Apple executive director Tim Cook said that tariffs planned by the United States on foreign imports are expected to add additional $ 900 million in costs for the current period.
Similarly, Amazon.com shares yield up to 0.3%. The e -commerce giant and cloud computing provided a weaker perspective of what is expected for operational income and indicated that He is preparing for a more challenging business climate in the coming months.
On the other hand, other actions of the group of “7 magnificent” rose slightly to the hopes of positive developments in commercial conversations between the United States and China.
Main Apple balance data
The Apple technological giant obtained a net profit of US $24,780 million between the months of January and March 2025, second fiscal quarter for the company, which represents an increase of 4.6% compared to the result accounted for in the same period of the preceding year, according to the multinational, which will carry out a repurchase of own shares for an amount of up to US $ 15,000 million.
In his second fiscal quarter, Apple achieved net sales of US $ 95,359 million, which represents an interannual growth of 4.8%.
By regions, Apple sales in America grew by 8.2%year -on -year, up to US $40,315 million, while in Europe they increased 1.4%, with US $24,454 million, and in Japan they rose 16.5%, up to US $ 7,298 million. However, in the Chinese market, the quarterly revenues of the multinational added $ S16.002 million, 2% less than a year earlier. The CEO of the technological firm, Tim Cook, has declared that these figures represent “solid quarterly results”, especially highlighting the double digit growth of the services section.
Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $ 0.26 per ordinary action of the company, an increase of 4%, which will be paid on May 15, 2025.
Main Amazon Balance Data
The Electronic Commerce Giant Amazon registered a net profit of US $17,127 million in the first quarter of 2025, which represents 64.2% more than in the same period of the previous year, according to the company in a statement.
The total income of the company stood at US $ 155,667 million, 8% more, coming, mostly, of digital sales, with US $ 57,407 million and third -party sales, with US $ 36,512 million.
The company warned that its forecasts are subject “to a high degree of uncertainty”, so its results “They are inherently unpredictable and can be materially affected by many factors. “
Specifically, the electronic commerce giant has referred to the fluctuations of exchange rates, changes in global economic and geopolitical conditions, tariff and commercial policies, and the demand and expenditure of customers-including the impact of recessive fears-or inflation, among other issues.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that the founder of the multinational Amazon, Jeff Bezos, did “the right”, after the platform clarified that It will not break down the impact of tariffs on the prices of the products sold.
“Bezos has been very friendly. He has been incredible. He has solved the problem very quickly and has done the right thing,” Trump said after the press asked him how the call had gone with the tycoon.
These statements happened after the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, described as a “hostile and political act” the possibility that Amazon showed the impact of tariffs on the prices of each product, thus detailing the percentage of the price that would correspond to the encumbrances.
HoweverAmazon went to the way by ensuring that “this possibility for its main website never considered” Underlining that it was only an idea of the company’s ultra -cost store team, known as Amazon Haul. “This was never approved and it will not happen,” the company apostilled.
The CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, said The company is not very “susceptible” to the Donald Trump’s government tariff policy And he denied that his demand has weakened, although he acknowledged that everything can “change” with the course of the commercial war.
“Amazon is not exceptionally susceptible to tariffs,” Jassy said in a call to analyze the quarterly results, in which he alluded to uncertainty about politics and recognized an increase in purchases that can “indicate supply in anticipation” of the levies.
Source: Ambito
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