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硬件入口维护装机基盘,Services 把设备关系转成高毛利利润池,FCF 和回购决定复利质量。

Apple 的核心不是单季度 iPhone 销量,而是庞大设备装机量把硬件入口持续转化为高毛利 Services 收入;如果 iPhone / AI 设备周期能维持装机基盘,Services 毛利池和回购现金流就是长期复利来源。

01 · System

先看商业系统,再看单季销量。

验证:硬件入口是否能维护装机基盘,并把入口持续转化为 Services 毛利池、现金流和下一轮设备周期。

01 Hardware entry

iPhone / Mac / iPad / Wearables

02 Installed base

设备基盘与换机周期

03 Services pool

高毛利服务收入

04 FCF

现金流转化

05 Capital / AI

回购与下一轮设备周期

02 · Revenue Mix

六个季度的收入结构。

验证:硬件入口是否稳定,Services 是否持续抬升。金额统一为 USD billions。

FY2026 Q2 iPhone $57B

YoY 21.7% · 51.3% of total

iPhoneServicesMaciPadWearables
FY2025 Q1$124.3B
FY2025 Q2$95.4B
FY2025 Q3$94B
FY2025 Q4$102.5B

calculated from FY2025 total minus first nine months FY2025

FY2026 Q1$143.8B
FY2026 Q2$111.2B

03 · Services

服务毛利池是否扩大。

验证:Services 收入、毛利率和估算毛利贡献是否同向扩张。

Latest Services gross profit $23.8B

$31B revenue · 76.7% GM

Services revenue Estimated gross profit FY2026 Q2 · $23.8B gross profit
FY2025 Q1 $19.8B

75.0% GM

$26.3B revenue $19.8B gross profit
FY2025 Q2 $20.2B

75.7% GM

$26.6B revenue $20.2B gross profit
FY2025 Q3 $20.7B

75.6% GM

$27.4B revenue $20.7B gross profit
FY2025 Q4 $21.6B

75.3% GM

$28.8B revenue $21.6B gross profit
calculated from FY2025 total minus first nine months FY2025
FY2026 Q1 $23B

76.5% GM

$30B revenue $23B gross profit
FY2026 Q2 $23.8B

76.7% GM

$31B revenue $23.8B gross profit

04 · Cycle Signals

iPhone 和 Greater China 分开看。

验证:iPhone 是否维护装机基盘,中国区是否恢复;两者都展示 YoY 和收入占比。

iPhone revenue

FY2025 Q1
$69.1B

YoY n/a · 55.6% of total

FY2025 Q2
$46.8B

YoY n/a · 49.1% of total

FY2025 Q3
$44.6B

YoY n/a · 47.4% of total

FY2025 Q4
$49B

YoY n/a · 47.8% of total

FY2026 Q1
$85.3B

YoY 23.3% · 59.3% of total

FY2026 Q2
$57B

YoY 21.7% · 51.3% of total

Greater China revenue

FY2025 Q1
$18.5B

YoY n/a · 14.9% of total

FY2025 Q2
$16B

YoY n/a · 16.8% of total

FY2025 Q3
$15.4B

YoY n/a · 16.3% of total

FY2025 Q4
$14.5B

YoY n/a · 14.1% of total

FY2026 Q1
$25.5B

YoY 37.9% · 17.8% of total

FY2026 Q2
$20.5B

YoY 28.1% · 18.4% of total

05 · Capital Return / AI

现金流和回购能力。

验证:OCF 扣除 CapEx 后的 FCF 是否能覆盖回购;Shares Outstanding 是否随回购下降。AI 字段只展示官方可验证状态。

Cash flow and buyback

绿色是 FCF after CapEx;蓝色是 cash spent on buyback。用来观察回购是否由自由现金流支撑。

FY2026 Q2 FCF$26.7B
FCF after CapEx Buyback cash spent FY2026 Q2 · shares 14.67B
FY2025 Q115.04B shares
FCF $27B
Buyback $23.6B

OCF $29.9B minus CapEx $2.9B

FY2025 Q214.94B shares
FCF $20.9B
Buyback $25.9B

OCF $24B minus CapEx $3.1B

FY2025 Q314.86B shares
FCF $24.4B
Buyback $21.1B

OCF $27.9B minus CapEx $3.5B

FY2025 Q414.77B shares
FCF $26.5B
Buyback $20.1B

OCF $29.7B minus CapEx $3.2B

calculated from FY2025 total minus first nine months FY2025
FY2026 Q114.70B shares
FCF $51.6B
Buyback $24.7B

OCF $53.9B minus CapEx $2.4B

FY2026 Q214.67B shares
FCF $26.7B
Buyback $12.3B

OCF $28.7B minus CapEx $2B

AI product-cycle watchlist

Apple Intelligence

Official feature family; rollout and country availability require source refresh before automation.

Siri

Tracked as an AI product-cycle catalyst only when Apple discloses shipped features or availability.

Supported devices

Needs structured source extraction before numeric adoption tracking.

Launch regions

Needs structured source extraction before region-count tracking.

06 · Logic Closure

把数据重新接回投资逻辑。

这个模块验证什么:不是增加一个新结论,而是检查“硬件入口 → Services 毛利池 → FCF → 回购 / AI / 新设备周期”这条链条哪些已经有数据支持,哪些仍需要继续跟踪。

Current loop 入口仍主要由 iPhone 承担,Services 毛利池在六季度内扩大,最新 FCF 仍可覆盖回购;AI 设备周期是尚未完全结构化验证的下一段。

这里不写买入、卖出或估值判断,只把页面已有事实串成一条可复查的研究链。

01 入口还在吗

FY2026 Q2 iPhone revenue $57B,占总收入 51.3%。

继续看 iPhone revenue、Greater China 和新设备周期,不把单季销量当唯一答案。
02 利润池变大了吗

Services gross profit 从 $19.8B 到 $23.8B,变化 +4.0B。

看 Services revenue 与 Services gross margin 是否同向,而不是只看 revenue。
03 现金能回流吗

FY2026 Q2 FCF $26.7B,Buyback $12.3B,覆盖倍数 2.2x。

看 FCF after CapEx 是否持续覆盖回购,而不是只看授权额度。
04 回购有效吗

Shares outstanding 从 15.04B 到 14.67B,变化 -0.37B shares。

看回购现金是否转成实际股本下降,避免只看 buyback spend。
05 下一轮入口在哪里

AI / Siri / supported devices 暂只保留官方状态,不把未结构化字段写成假 adoption data。

未来补 Apple Intelligence availability、supported devices 和 launch regions 后再验证换机周期。

07 · Sources

来源、更新时间和计算口径。

验证:每个字段都能回到来源和计算说明;FY2025 Q4 计算值必须标注 calculated from FY2025 total minus first nine months FY2025。

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Values are stored locally in USD billions from company filings or earnings tables.

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Operating cash flow, capital expenditures and share repurchases are from Apple 10-Q/10-K XBRL facts. Interim quarters use year-to-date minus prior year-to-date where Apple reports cumulative amounts. FY2025 Q4 is calculated from FY2025 total minus first nine months FY2025. Free cash flow equals operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Shares outstanding uses CommonStockSharesOutstanding at period end.

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Pending structured extraction. Qualitative status only until official fields are mapped.

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Official product page used as a non-financial source placeholder for future automated parsing.

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Official product page used as a non-financial source placeholder for future automated parsing.

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