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Apple Suffered Longest Revenue Dip In More Than Two Decades This Year, With Rival Firms Performing Better In The 12-Month Period
29.12.2023 - 17:31 / wccftech.com
Apple may have crossed the $3 trillion valuation mark this year, making it the most valuable company in the world, but that does not mean the California-based firm had the most successful run in 2023 because other technology giants outperformed it by quite a fair margin. In fact, according to the latest report, Apple suffered its longest revenue slide in 22 years, with several challenges expected to make attempts at its growth in 2024.
Comparing Apple’s stock performance, the Cupertino titan’s shares jumped 49 percent, but according to CNBC, the company underperformed, with NVIDIA’s shares more than tripling this year and Meta climbing to almost 200 percent. Amazon rose 83 percent, whereas Alphabet and Microsoft shares climbed to 59 percent and 57 percent, respectively. Fortunately, despite these gains, Apple generated an impressive $383 billion in revenue for fiscal 2023 while pocketing $97 billion in profit.
Some figures also show that Apple is suffering from a slowing global economy, with hardware sales dropping with every passing quarter. In 2023, the company’s iPad division accumulated $28.3 billion in revenue, dropping 3.4 percent compared to the same period last year. Also, despite switching to its M-series chipsets that deliver impressive performance gains and unrivaled battery life, consumers have shown less interest in the Mac family, and as a result, this category’s revenue dropped a whopping 27 percent to $10.2 billion for fiscal 2023.
Thankfully, Apple can rely on strong iPhone sales during the holiday quarter to maintain that strong momentum, particularly the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, which sport more exclusive upgrades compared to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Even in China, where Apple was said to be experiencing trouble thanks to Huawei’s resurgence and the Mate 60 lineup’s popularity, the top five best-selling smartphones in the region for October 2023 included three iPhone models.
Also, the Services business has been performing incredibly well, to the point that it has managed to offset Apple’s other declining divisions, with analysts predicting that this category alone is estimated to be worth between $1.5 and $1.6 trillion in 2024, bringing the company’s valuation to an unfathomable $4 trillion. Another test for Apple is pushing its $3,499 mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, to consumers willing to pay that exorbitant sum, and several industry watchers have said that it will be an uphill battle.
Regardless, Apple can capitalize on where it lost out in 2023, and with the new year starting, the company has a fresh opportunity to take its 12-month revenue and net income to new heights.
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