Apple sales rise 5%, topping estimates as iPad and Services revenues jump

Apple reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations, with overall revenue rising 5%.  

Apple shares were flat in extended trading.

Here's how Apple did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ended June 29: 

Apple expects similar overall revenue growth in the current quarter, company finance chief Luca Maestri said on a call with analysts.

Apple also expects Services to grow at about the same rate as the previous three quarters, which was about 14%. The company sees operating expenditures between $14.2 billion and $14.4 billion in the current quarter, Maestri added, with gross margin of between 45.5% and 46.5%.

Apple reported $21.45 billion in net income during the quarter, versus $19.88 billion, or $1.26 per share,  in the year-ago period.  

Apple's most important business remains the iPhone, which accounted for about 46% of the company's total sales during the quarter. While the tech giant beat LSEG estimates, the product line still declined about 1% year over year, to $39.29 billion in revenue.  

"On a constant currency basis, we grew year on year. And so that's sort of how we look at it from an operational point of view," Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC's Steve Kovach.  

Cook said that while Apple can't yet speak to the positive sales impact from its newly announced Apple Intelligence service until it starts shipping to customers later this fall, he said the company has boosted spending to get the service ready.  

"What we've done is we've redeployed a lot of people on to AI that were working on other things," Cook said. "From a data center point of view, as you know, we have a hybrid approach. So, we both have our own and we partner with people. And so that capex would be in the