Apple Inc.

NasdaqGS:AAPL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.9t

Apple Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Apple has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 11.7%, while the Tech industry saw earnings growing at 21.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 8.3% per year. Apple's return on equity is 164.6%, and it has net margins of 24%.

Key information

11.7%

Earnings growth rate

14.7%

EPS growth rate

Tech Industry Growth14.3%
Revenue growth rate8.3%
Return on equity164.6%
Net Margin24.0%
Last Earnings Update28 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Investors Can Find Comfort In Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Earnings Quality

Nov 14
Investors Can Find Comfort In Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Earnings Quality

Recent updates

Apple: Why I'm Not Selling No Matter What You Say

Dec 28

Apple: Insourcing Can Structurally Lift Gross Margins

Dec 19

Apple Moves Ahead In AI With New Broadcom Deal

Dec 12

Why Apple Doesn't Need Nvidia

Dec 06

Apple: Steady EPS Compounder, But The Past Will Not Repeat

Nov 27

Buffett Keeps Selling Apple -- Should You, Too?

Nov 20

Investors Can Find Comfort In Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Earnings Quality

Nov 14
Investors Can Find Comfort In Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) Earnings Quality

Apple's Q4 And FY 2024: A Superb Business Trading At A Real Overvaluation

Nov 14

Apple: Time To Exit As Buffett Sells (Again) Amid China Woes

Nov 06

Analysts Are Updating Their Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Estimates After Its Full-Year Results

Nov 02
Analysts Are Updating Their Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Estimates After Its Full-Year Results

Apple: Looking At Arguments For A Strong Earnings Report

Oct 31

Apple: Sluggish Growth Numbers Can Change The Narrative

Oct 24

Calculating The Fair Value Of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Oct 23
Calculating The Fair Value Of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Can Apple's Services Segment Offset iPhone Weakness? (Rating Upgrade)

Oct 17

Apple: High Valuation Does Not Account For The Risks

Oct 11

When Should You Buy Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)?

Oct 10
When Should You Buy Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)?

Apple Might Be Tempting Ahead Of Q4, But A Correction Is Coming

Oct 04

Apple Likely To Gain In The Holiday Quarter

Sep 28

Apple: Risk From Trifold Smartphone Market

Sep 22

Apple: Not Ready To Glow Up

Sep 16

Wall Street Brunch: 'It's Glowtime' For Apple

Sep 08

Why I Believe Apple's Stock Deserves Substantial Upside

Aug 25

These 4 Measures Indicate That Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Is Using Debt Safely

Aug 22
These 4 Measures Indicate That Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Is Using Debt Safely

Apple: Red Flags Are Piling Up (Rating Downgrade)

Aug 19

Apple: Apple Intelligence Taking The Center Stage

Aug 12

Apple: Don't Blindly Follow Buffett's Dump

Aug 05

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Apple makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NasdaqGS:AAPL Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
28 Sep 24391,03593,73626,09731,370
29 Jun 24385,603101,95625,72530,912
30 Mar 24381,623100,38925,37830,348
30 Dec 23385,706100,91325,11129,902
30 Sep 23383,28596,99524,93229,915
01 Jul 23383,93394,76025,22129,369
01 Apr 23385,09594,32125,26028,724
31 Dec 22387,53795,17125,25227,654
24 Sep 22394,32899,80325,09426,251
25 Jun 22387,54299,63324,27025,262
26 Mar 22386,017101,93523,67024,182
25 Dec 21378,323100,55522,79123,057
25 Sep 21365,81794,68021,97321,914
26 Jun 21347,15586,80221,29321,120
27 Mar 21325,40676,31120,71220,161
26 Dec 20294,13563,93020,35019,464
26 Sep 20274,51557,41119,91618,752
27 Jun 20273,85758,42419,55817,884
28 Mar 20267,98157,21519,15317,383
28 Dec 19267,68357,52718,65916,766
28 Sep 19260,17455,25618,24516,217
29 Jun 19259,03455,69517,88315,857
30 Mar 19258,49057,17017,56515,301
29 Dec 18261,61259,43117,25714,731
29 Sep 18265,59559,53116,70514,236
30 Jun 18255,27456,12016,30313,483
31 Mar 18247,41753,31815,97812,719
30 Dec 17239,17650,52515,54612,117
30 Sep 17229,23448,35115,26111,581
01 Jul 17223,50746,65114,92911,154
01 Apr 17220,45745,73014,58710,777
31 Dec 16218,11845,21714,29210,512
24 Sep 16215,63945,68714,19410,045
25 Jun 16220,28847,79714,4179,695
26 Mar 16227,53550,67814,5409,169
26 Dec 15234,98853,73114,5778,576
26 Sep 15233,71553,39414,3298,067
27 Jun 15224,33750,73713,7827,533
28 Mar 15212,16447,80813,0687,102
27 Dec 14199,80044,46212,5406,606
27 Sep 14182,79539,51011,9936,041
28 Jun 14178,14438,55511,5085,523
29 Mar 14176,03537,70711,3035,098

Quality Earnings: AAPL has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AAPL's current net profit margins (24%) are lower than last year (25.3%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AAPL's earnings have grown by 11.7% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: AAPL's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: AAPL had negative earnings growth (-3.3%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Tech industry average (26.1%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: Whilst AAPL's Return on Equity (164.59%) is outstanding, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 00:13
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/09/28

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Apple Inc. is covered by 98 analysts. 39 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Per Anders LindbergABG Sundal Collier
Mark RosenAccountability Research Corporation
Edward ZabitskyACI Research