Apple’s chipset shipments increased to 18 pc in Q3 globally
Tech giant Apple’s chipset shipments increased to 18 per cent globally in the third quarter this year (from 13 per cent in Q2 2024), due to the launch of its A18 chipset.
Apple’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Luca Maestri has sold a total of 96,735 shares worth $16.9 million as part of an arranged trading plan, reports MacRumors.
According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the transaction was executed in two tranches.
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One transaction was for 66,390 shares, sold for $174.66 each, while the other was 30,345 shares pricing $175.60 each.
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“The transactions were made pursuant to a predetermined trading plan adopted by Maestri in November 2020, in accordance with insider trading laws”, the report mentioned.
Maestri still holds around 110,000 shares of Apple stock following the sale, according to the US SEC filing.
He joined Apple in 2013 and reports directly to CEO Tim Cook.
Apple’s stock closed at $171.52 on Friday and is up nearly 32 per cent since June.
Despite the global macro-economic environment, Apple saw a record June quarter with 2 per cent (year-over-year) revenue increase at $83 billion, riding on a 12 percent sales increase in services.
iPhone revenue was up from $39.5 billion to $40.7 billion in the April-June period, a 3 percent increase from the same time last year.
“Our June quarter results continued to demonstrate our ability to manage our business effectively despite the challenging operating environment,” said Maestri.
“We set a June quarter revenue record and our installed base of active devices reached an all-time high in every geographic segment and product category,” he had said.
During the quarter, Apple generated nearly $23 billion in operating cash flow, and returned over $28 billion to its shareholders.
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