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Item 1. Financial Statements

2025-01-31 compared with 2024-08-02 · 67 added, 90 removed, 291 unchanged (35% of the section changed)

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(In millions, except number of shares, which are reflected in thousands, and per-share amounts)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Products $ 97,960 $ 96,458

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(In millions)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Net income $ 36,330 $ 33,916

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Total change in unrealized gains/losses on marketable debt securities ( 1,427 ) 3,120

Total other comprehensive income/(loss) 544 ( 55 ) 3,036 ( 692 )

Total other comprehensive income 383 2,074

Total comprehensive income $ 36,713 $ 35,990

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(In millions, except per-share amounts)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Total shareholders’ equity, beginning balances $ 56,950 $ 62,146

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Beginning balances 83,276 73,812

Common stock issued — — 752 690

Common stock withheld related to net share settlement of equity awards ( 1,891 ) ( 1,660 )

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Ending balances ( 11,221 ) 8,242

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss):

Accumulated other comprehensive loss:

Beginning balances ( 7,172 ) ( 11,452 )

Other comprehensive income/(loss) 544 ( 55 ) 3,036 ( 692 )

Other comprehensive income 383 2,074

Ending balances ( 6,789 ) ( 9,378 )

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(In millions)

Nine Months Ended

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning balances

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning balances

$ 29,943 $ 30,737

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Repurchases of common stock ( 23,606 ) ( 20,139 )

Proceeds from issuance of term debt, net — 5,228

Repayments of term debt ( 1,009 ) —

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Cash used in financing activities ( 39,371 ) ( 30,585 )

Increase/(Decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ( 4,102 ) 4,921

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, ending balances

Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents 356 11,237

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents, ending balances

$ 30,299 $ 41,974

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The Company’s fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period that ends on the last Saturday of September.

An additional week is included in the first fiscal quarter every five or six years to realign the Company’s fiscal quarters with calendar quarters, which occurred in the first fiscal quarter of 2023.

The Company’s fiscal years 2024 and 2023 span 52 and 53 weeks, respectively.

An additional week is included in the first fiscal quarter every five or six years to realign the Company’s fiscal quarters with calendar quarters.

The Company’s fiscal years 2025 and 2024 span 52 weeks each.

Unless otherwise stated, references to particular years, quarters, months and periods refer to the Company’s fiscal years ended in September and the associated quarters, months and periods of those fiscal years.

Note 2 – Revenue

Net sales disaggregated by significant products and services for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 were as follows (in millions):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

$ 39,296 $ 39,669 $ 154,961 $ 156,778

7,009 6,840 22,240 21,743

Net sales disaggregated by significant products and services for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 were as follows (in millions):

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

$ 69,138 $ 69,702

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Total net sales $ 124,300 $ 119,575

Total net sales include $ 3.4 billion of revenue recognized in the three months ended June 29, 2024 that was included in deferred revenue as of March 30, 2024, $ 3.3 billion of revenue recognized in the three months ended July 1, 2023 that was included in deferred revenue as of April 1, 2023 , $ 6.5 billion of revenue recognized in the nine months ended June 29, 2024 that was included in deferred revenue as of September 30, 2023, and $ 7.0 billion of revenue recognized in the nine months ended July 1, 2023 that was included in deferred revenue as of September 24, 2022.

The Company’s proportion of net sales by disaggregated revenue source was generally consistent for each reportable segment in Note 11, “Segment Information and Geographic Data” for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023, except in Greater China, where iPhone revenue represented a moderately higher proportion of net sales.

As of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Company had total deferred revenue of $ 12.5 billion and $ 12.1 billion, respectively.

As of June 29, 2024, the Company expects 64 % of total deferred revenue to be realized in less than a year, 25 % within one-to-two years, 9 % within two-to-three years and 2 % in greater than three years.

Total net sales include $ 3.7 billion of revenue recognized in the three months ended December 28, 2024 that was included in deferred revenue as of September 28, 2024 and $ 3.5 billion of revenue recognized in the three months ended December 30, 2023 that was included in deferred revenue as of September 30, 2023.

The Company’s proportion of net sales by disaggregated revenue source was generally consistent for each reportable segment in Note 10, “Segment Information and Geographic Data” for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, except in Greater China, where iPhone revenue represented a moderately higher proportion of net sales.

As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, the Company had total deferred revenue of $ 13.2 billion and $ 12.8 billion, respectively.

As of December 28, 2024, the Company expects 64 % of total deferred revenue to be realized in less than a year, 25 % within one-to-two years, 9 % within two-to-three years and 2 % in greater than three years.

| Q1 2025 Form 10-Q | 6

Note 3 – Earnings Per Share

The following table shows the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 (net income in millions and shares in thousands):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

The following table shows the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 (net income in millions and shares in thousands):

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Net income $ 36,330 $ 33,916

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Diluted earnings per share $ 2.40 $ 2.18

Approximately 32 million restricted stock units (“RSUs”) were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended July 1, 2023 because their effect would have been antidilutive.

Note 4 – Financial Instruments

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

The following tables show the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities by significant investment category as of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023 (in millions):

June 29, 2024

The following tables show the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities by significant investment category as of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024 (in millions):

December 28, 2024

Cost Unrealized

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Money market funds 778 — — 778 778 — —

Mutual funds and equity securities

515 105 ( 3 ) 617 — 617 —

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(1) The valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of the Company’s Level 2 financial instruments, which generally have counterparties with high credit ratings, are based on quoted market prices or model-driven valuations using significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

(2) As of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, total marketable securities included $ 14.1 billion and $ 13.8 billion, respectively, that were restricted from general use, related to the State Aid Decision (refer to Note 6, “Income Taxes”) and other agreements.

The following table shows the fair value of the Company’s non-current marketable debt securities, by contractual maturity, as of June 29, 2024 (in millions):

Due after 1 year through 5 years $ 64,209

Due after 5 years through 10 years 8,660

Due after 10 years 18,371

Total fair value $ 91,240

(2) As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, cash and cash equivalents included $ 126 million and $ 2.6 billion, respectively, held in escrow and restricted from general use.

These restricted cash and cash equivalents are designated to settle the Company’s obligation related to the 2016 European Commission (the “Commission”) decision that Ireland granted state aid to the Company (the “State Aid Decision”), which was confirmed during the fourth quarter of 2024 by the European Court of Justice in a reversal of the 2020 judgment of the European General Court.

(3) As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, current marketable securities included $ 3.3 billion and $ 13.2 billion, respectively, held in escrow and restricted from general use.

These restricted marketable securities are designated to settle the Company’s obligation related to the State Aid Decision.

As of December 28, 2024, 85 % of the Company’s non-current marketable debt securities other than mortgage- and asset-backed securities had maturities between 1 and 5 years, 11 % between 5 and 10 years, and 4 % greater than 10 years.

As of December 28, 2024, 13 % of the Company’s non-current mortgage- and asset-backed securities had maturities between 1 and 5 years, 10 % between 5 and 10 years, and 77 % greater than 10 years.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging

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The Company designates these instruments as either cash flow or fair value hedges.

As of June 29, 2024, the maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for term debt–related foreign currency transactions is 18 years.

As of December 28, 2024, the maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for term debt–related foreign currency transactions is 18 years.

The Company may also use derivative instruments that are not designated as accounting hedges to protect gross margins from certain fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, as well as to offset a portion of the foreign currency gains and losses generated by the remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities denominated in non-functional currencies.

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The Company designates these instruments as either cash flow or fair value hedges.

The notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments as of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023 were as follows (in millions):

The notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments as of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024 were as follows (in millions):

2024 September 28,

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Foreign exchange contracts $ 96,150 $ 91,493

The carrying amounts of the Company’s hedged items in fair value hedges as of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023 were as follows (in millions):

2024 September 30,

Hedged assets/(liabilities):

Current and non-current marketable securities $ 15,007 $ 14,433

Current and non-current term debt $ ( 13,096 ) $ ( 18,247 )

As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, the carrying amount of the Company’s current and non-current term debt subject to fair value hedges was $ 13.3 billion and $ 13.5 billion, respectively.

Accounts Receivable

Trade Receivables

The Company’s third-party cellular network carriers accounted for 32 % and 41 % of total trade receivables as of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.

As of December 28, 2024, the Company had two customers that individually represented 10% or more of total trade receivables, which accounted for 18 % and 11 %.

The Company’s third-party cellular network carriers accounted for 33 % and 38 % of total trade receivables as of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, respectively.

The Company requires third-party credit support or collateral from certain customers to limit credit risk.

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Rather, the Company recognizes any gain on these sales as a reduction of products cost of sales when the related final products are sold by the Company.

As of June 29, 2024, the Company had two vendors that individually represented 10% or more of total vendor non-trade receivables, which accounted f or 46 % and 18 % .

As of December 28, 2024, the Company had two vendors that individually represented 10% or more of total vendor non-trade receivables, which accounted f or 43 % and 24 % .

A s of September 28, 2024, the Company had two vendors that individually represented 10% or more of total vendor non-trade receivables, which accounted for 44 % and 23 %.

Note 5 – Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details

The following table shows the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statement details as of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023 (in millions):

The following tables show the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statement details as of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024 (in millions):

2024 September 28,

$ 2,792 $ 3,627

Finished goods

Total inventories

$ 6,911 $ 7,286

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

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| Q1 2025 Form 10-Q | 9

Note 6 – Income Taxes

European Commission State Aid Decision

On August 30, 2016, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced its decision that Ireland granted state aid to the Company by providing tax opinions in 1991 and 2007 concerning the tax allocation of profits of the Irish branches of two subsidiaries of the Company (the “State Aid Decision”).

The State Aid Decision ordered Ireland to calculate and recover additional taxes from the Company for the period June 2003 through December 2014.

Irish legislative changes, effective as of January 2015, eliminated the application of the tax opinions from that date forward.

The Company and Ireland appealed the State Aid Decision to the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “General Court”).

On July 15, 2020, the General Court annulled the State Aid Decision.

On September 25, 2020, the Commission appealed the General Court’s decision to the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) and a hearing was held on May 23, 2023.

A decision from the ECJ is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The Company believes it would be eligible to claim a U.S.

foreign tax credit for a portion of any incremental Irish corporate income taxes potentially due related to the State Aid Decision.

Note 6 – Debt

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The Company uses net proceeds from the commercial paper program for general corporate purposes, including dividends and share repurchases.

As of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Company had $ 3.0 billion and $ 6.0 billion of commercial paper outstanding, respectively.

The following table provides a summary of cash flows associated with the issuance and maturities of commercial paper for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 (in millions):

Nine Months Ended

Maturities 90 days or less:

Repayments of commercial paper, net $ ( 2,985 ) $ ( 3,326 )

Maturities greater than 90 days:

Repayments of commercial paper — ( 2,645 )

Total repayments of commercial paper, net $ ( 2,985 ) $ ( 5,971 )

As of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Company had outstanding fixed-rate notes with varying maturities for an aggregate carrying amount of $ 98.3 billion and $ 105.1 billion, respectively (collectively the “Notes”).

As of June 29, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the fair value of the Company’s Notes, based on Level 2 inputs, was $ 86.2 billion and $ 90.8 billion, respectively.

As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, the Company had $ 2.0 billion and $ 10.0 billion of commercial paper outstanding, respectively.

As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, the Company had outstanding fixed-rate notes with varying maturities for an aggregate carrying amount of $ 94.8 billion and $ 96.7 billion, respectively (collectively the “Notes”).

As of December 28, 2024 and September 28, 2024, the fair value of the Company’s Notes, based on Level 2 inputs, was $ 82.7 billion and $ 88.4 billion, respectively.

Note 7 – Shareholders’ Equity

Share Repurchase Program

During the nine months ended June 29, 2024, the Company repurchased 387 million shares of its common stock for $ 70.0 billion.

The Company’s share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to acquire a minimum amount of shares.

Under the programs, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

| Q3 2024 Form 10-Q | 10

During the three months ended December 28, 2024, the Company repurchased 100 million shares of its common stock for $ 23.3 billion.

The Company’s share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire a minimum amount of shares.

Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Note 8 – Share-Based Compensation

Restricted Stock Units

A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 is as follows:

A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for the three months ended December 28, 2024 is as follows:

(in thousands)

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Grant-Date Fair

Value Per RSU Aggregate

(in millions)

Value Per RSU

Balance as of September 28, 2024 163,326 $ 158.73

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RSUs canceled ( 2,278 ) $ 174.77

Balance as of June 29, 2024 166,423 $ 157.66 $ 35,052

The fair value as of the respective vesting dates of RSUs was $ 6.4 billion an d $ 15.0 billion for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024, respectively, and was $ 7.0 billion and $ 14.9 billion for the three- and nine-month periods ended July 1, 2023, respectively.

Balance as of December 28, 2024 186,756 $ 183.49

The total vesting-date fair value of RSUs was $ 8.4 billion and $ 7.7 billion for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively.

Share-Based Compensation

The following table shows share-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefit included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 (in millions):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

The following table shows share-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefit included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 (in millions):

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Share-based compensation expense $ 3,286 $ 2,997

Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation expense $ ( 1,332 ) $ ( 1,235 )

As of June 29, 2024, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs was $ 21.9 billion, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

As of December 28, 2024, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs was $ 29.2 billion, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of 2.9 years.

| Q1 2025 Form 10-Q | 10

Note 9 – Contingencies

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In the opinion of management, there was not at least a reasonable possibility the Company may have incurred a material loss, or a material loss greater than a recorded accrual, concerning loss contingencies for asserted legal and other claims.

| Q3 2024 Form 10-Q | 11

Note 10 – Segment Information and Geographic Data

The following table shows information by reportable segment for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 (in millions):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

The following table shows information by reportable segment for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 (in millions):

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Net sales $ 52,648 $ 50,430

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Operating income $ 4,584 $ 4,579

A reconciliation of the Company’s segment operating income to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 is as follows (in millions):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

2023 June 29,

A reconciliation of the Company’s segment operating income to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 is as follows (in millions):

Three Months Ended

2024 December 30,

Segment operating income $ 53,174 $ 50,088

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Item 1. Financial Statements