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Wall Street Breakfast

Foxconn profit jumps, but tariffs cast a shadow

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business, Investing, Business News, News

3.8950 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Foxconn Q1 profit soars on AI demand; tariffs woes weigh on FY outlook. (00:28) Airbnb goes beyond rentals with full-service travel offerings. (02:34) YouTube bags rights to stream NFL game for the first time. (03:22)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Welcome to Wednesday and thanks for joining us here on Wall Street Breakfast on this Wednesday, May 14th.

0:15.0

I'm Julie Morgan. Foxcon rides the AI wave but braces for tariff trouble.

0:20.0

Airbnb rolls out new services for summer travelers, and YouTube scores its first NFL game.

0:29.0

Foxcon Technologies' first quarter profit jumped 91% beating estimates driven by demand for AI servers,

0:37.0

but the outlook was overshadowed by

0:39.5

uncertainty around tariffs. The Apple suppliers said net profit attributable to the parent company

0:46.0

surged 91% year over year to the equivalent of $1.39 billion. According to a report from Reuters,

0:56.6

the numbers beat analysts estimates by the equivalent of $1.25 billion. Foxcon's chairman said on an earnings call that U.S. tariffs will bring

1:04.0

more challenges and his outlook for the full year was more cautious than before. The company has a big

1:10.5

manufacturing presence in China, though

1:13.1

the U.S. and China have agreed to a significant reduction in tariffs on each other's goods

1:18.5

for 90 days. Foxconn adjusted the 2025 outlook to significant growth from strong growth,

1:26.0

citing foreign exchange. The company's chairman in the

1:29.3

earnings release pointed out that in addition to tariffs, geopolitics and changes in monetary

1:35.1

policy around the world may affect the global economy. And even though current sales forecasts

1:40.8

have not changed much, the exchange rate may affect revenue after conversion into

1:45.8

new Taiwan dollars. However, revenue in U.S. dollars remains unchanged. Foxcon's first quarter

1:52.8

revenue climbed 24% year over year. The company said the key word to sum up first quarter performance

1:59.6

is without a doubt, AI. The chairman

2:02.4

reiterated the view that 2025 is the first year of AI, saying that the performance of the AI

2:08.9

server business is quite impressive, with revenue growing by more than 50% compared to the same

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