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Apple financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

Apple Inc. · Nasdaq: AAPL Latest fiscal year ended September 27, 2025 10-K filed October 31, 2025 · 0000320193-25-000079 Updated

Apple's revenue rose 6.4% to $416.2B in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 32.0%, up from 31.5% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $98.8B, down 9.2%. It paid out $106.1B in dividends and buybacks, 107% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.6%.

Revenue
$416.2B
▲ 6.4%
Operating margin
32.0%
▲ 0.5 pts
Free cash flow
$98.8B
▼ 9.2%
Return on invested capital
102.9%
▲ 14.7 pts
Piotroski F-score
8 of 9
7 a year earlier
About these figures. Share counts and per-share figures for earlier years are restated for a stock split (4-for-1), so every year is on today's share basis.

Revenue and margins

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Returns on capital

Return on invested capital and on equity
Percent. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on invested capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Try a discounted cash flow model

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures below come from Apple's 10-K. The four assumptions start at the same example values on every company page, so they are not The Filing Desk's view of Apple. Change them to see what different assumptions imply.

From the 10-K
Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at September 27, 2025. Negative means net debt.
Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.
Your assumptions
Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.
Value per share on these assumptions
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Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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Everything after year 10, valued today
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Plus net cash
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Share of value from after year 10
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Projected free cash flow
US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.
Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.
How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation, and this site does not show share prices.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, billions

Balance sheet

Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments62.648.361.665.254.7
Debt incl. finance leases125.6121.0112.1107.599.9
Net debt (negative means net cash)62.972.750.642.445.2
Net debt to EBITDA0.5x0.6x0.4x0.3x0.3x
Debt to equity2.0x2.4x1.8x1.9x1.4x
Interest coverage41.2x40.8x29.1x——
Current ratio1.1x0.9x1.0x0.9x0.9x
Quick ratio1.0x0.8x0.9x0.8x0.9x
US$ billions unless stated, at each fiscal year end.

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positivePassPassPass
Cash from operations is positivePassPassPass
Return on assets roseFailFailPass
Cash from operations exceeds net incomePassPassFail
Debt fell relative to assetsPassPassPass
Current ratio rosePassFailPass
Share count didn't risePassPassPass
Gross margin rosePassPassPass
Revenue rose relative to assetsFailPassPass
F-score7 of 97 of 98 of 9
Accruals ratio−3.8%−6.8%0.1%
The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compared with peers

CompanyYearRevenue growthOperating marginFCF marginROICNet debt / EBITDAF-score
AppleFY256.4%32.0%23.7%102.9%0.3x8
MicrosoftFY2617.8%46.8%20.2%30.9%0.1x6
AlphabetFY2515.1%32.0%18.2%36.7%−0.5x8
AmazonFY2512.4%11.2%1.1%20.6%−0.3x6
Meta PlatformsFY2522.2%41.4%22.9%35.5%−0.2x6
Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly.

10 years of figures

Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue215.6229.2265.6260.2274.5365.8394.3383.3391.0416.2
Revenue growth−7.7%6.3%15.9%−2.0%5.5%33.3%7.8%−2.8%2.0%6.4%
Gross profit84.388.2101.898.4105.0152.8170.8169.1180.7195.2
Research and development10.011.614.216.218.821.926.329.931.434.5
Operating income60.061.370.963.966.3108.9119.4114.3123.2133.1
Net income45.748.459.555.357.494.799.897.093.7112.0
Diluted EPS (US$)2.082.302.982.973.285.616.116.136.087.46
Diluted shares (millions)22,00121,00720,00018,59617,52816,86516,32615,81215,40815,005
Cash flow
Cash from operations66.264.277.469.480.7104.0122.2110.5118.3111.5
Capital expenditure12.712.513.310.57.311.110.711.09.412.7
Free cash flow53.551.864.158.973.493.0111.499.6108.898.8
Dividends paid12.012.613.714.114.114.514.815.015.215.4
Share buybacks29.732.972.766.972.486.089.477.594.990.7
Acquisitions0.30.30.70.61.50.00.30.00.00.0
Stock-based compensation4.24.85.36.16.87.99.010.811.712.9
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments20.520.366.3100.690.962.648.361.665.254.7
Debt incl. finance leases87.0115.7114.5108.0113.1125.6121.0112.1107.599.9
Total assets321.7375.3365.7338.5323.9351.0352.8352.6365.0359.2
Total liabilities193.4241.3258.6248.0258.5287.9302.1290.4308.0285.5
Shareholders' equity128.2134.0107.190.565.363.150.762.157.073.7
Margins and ratios
Gross margin39.1%38.5%38.3%37.8%38.2%41.8%43.3%44.1%46.2%46.9%
Operating margin27.8%26.8%26.7%24.6%24.1%29.8%30.3%29.8%31.5%32.0%
Net margin21.2%21.1%22.4%21.2%20.9%25.9%25.3%25.3%24.0%26.9%
Free cash flow margin24.8%22.6%24.1%22.6%26.7%25.4%28.3%26.0%27.8%23.7%
Return on invested capital25.0%21.8%30.1%42.4%61.2%88.5%80.3%82.6%88.2%102.9%
Return on equity36.9%36.9%49.4%55.9%73.7%147.4%175.5%171.9%157.4%171.4%
Return on assets14.9%13.9%16.1%15.7%17.3%28.1%28.4%27.5%26.1%30.9%
Net debt to EBITDA0.9x1.3x0.6x0.1x0.3x0.5x0.6x0.4x0.3x0.3x
US$ billions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Apple's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Apple.