Apple has not announced a date for its fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 earnings call. Its investor relations and earnings-call pages, current as of this writing, list nothing beyond the July 30, 2026 report for the third quarter. Anyone searching for when Apple reports next is looking for a date the company has simply not published yet.
What Apple has published is a pattern from its three earlier FY2026 calls, all at the same time of day and all confirmed on its own newsroom. That pattern points toward late October, but it is not a substitute for an announced date, and this article does not treat it as one.
What is confirmed, and what is not
| Key facts | Detail |
|---|---|
| Q4 FY2026 call date | Not announced |
| Quarter covered | July through September 2026 |
| New CEO’s first quarterly report as CEO | Yes, this will be it |
| Where to check | Apple’s earnings-call hub and investor relations pages |
| Last confirmed call | Q3 FY2026, 2:00 p.m. PT, July 30, 2026 |
The pattern from Apple’s three confirmed FY2026 calls
| Call | Date and time |
|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 2:00 p.m. PT, January 29, 2026 |
| Q2 FY2026 | 2:00 p.m. PT, April 30, 2026 |
| Q3 FY2026 | 2:00 p.m. PT, July 30, 2026 |
| Q4 FY2026 | Not yet announced |
All three confirmed calls were announced on Apple’s newsroom under a consistent format, each at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on the last Thursday-adjacent date of its respective month. For reference, Apple’s fiscal Q4 2025 results were reported in October 2025, which is consistent with a late-October window for FY2026 as well, though Apple’s own release for that period is a prior-year data point, not a confirmed FY2026 date.
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Why this quarter is different
Apple’s fiscal Q4 FY2026 covers July through September, meaning it is the first full quarterly report to fall entirely inside John Ternus’s tenure as CEO, which began September 1, 2026. It will also be the first report following Tim Cook’s move to Executive Chairman. Apple’s Q3 report, by contrast, was issued while Cook was still CEO. Apple has not said whether the leadership change affects how or when it announces the call date. The only documented pattern available to compare against is its own release process for the first three FY2026 calls: a newsroom post naming a specific day, each at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time.
A related figure also missing from Q3
Apple’s Q3 FY2026 press release did not carry a new share buyback authorization figure. Apple has historically announced buyback authorizations alongside its March-quarter results rather than its June-quarter results, so its absence from the Q3 release is consistent with that pattern rather than a change in itself. Readers looking for the current buyback figure should check the Q2 FY2026 release rather than Q3. The two missing figures, a Q4 call date and a fresh buyback number, are unrelated to each other in Apple’s own disclosure pattern; one is tied to the calendar and one to the quarter in which it is announced, and neither has a documented connection to the leadership transition that took effect this month.
Where to check as the date approaches
Apple posts its earnings call date on its newsroom, its dedicated earnings-call hub, and its investor relations site, typically a few weeks ahead of the call itself. The September 9 product launches, the iOS 27 rollout arriving Monday, and sales of the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch Series 12 will all fall inside the fiscal quarter this eventual call reports on, though none of them affects when Apple chooses to schedule it.
What Apple has not said
- A date or even a month for the Q4 FY2026 earnings call.
- Whether John Ternus, rather than CFO Kevan Parekh, will be quoted as CEO on that release.
- Any new share buyback authorization since the Q2 FY2026 figure.
Today is Saturday, September 12, 2026. Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter closes at the end of this month, and based on the prior three years the call itself would typically follow in late October, but that remains a pattern, not an announcement, until Apple’s newsroom publishes one.