The Past Year: Press Releases Press Releases and Corporate Wire Press Release article 1 of 12, Source: WEC, 82 words May 04: Apple quarterly dividends up 3.8% sequentially from previous quarter Apple today announced a quarterly dividend of 27.0c per share for Q2/2026; up 3.8% sequentially from the previous quarter (Q1/2026) dividend of 26.0c. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 11, 2026 and the record date is Monday, May 11, 2026 and it is payable on Thursday, May 14. Total dividends per share paid in the 12 months ended May 04 were $1.04. Press Release article 2 of 12, Source: WEC, 75 words February 03: Apple quarterly dividends steady Apple today announced a quarterly dividend of 26.0c per share for Q1/2026; unchanged from the previous quarter (Q4/2025) dividend of 26.0c. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 09, 2026 and the record date is Monday, February 09, 2026 and it is payable on Thursday, February 12. Total dividends per share paid in the 12 months ended February 03 were $1.03. Press Release article 3 of 12, 294 words December 27 2025: Apple: File SEC Form 10-Q - Management's Discussion and Analysis 10-Q Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations This Item and other sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Form 10-Q") contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. For example, statements in this Form 10-Q regarding the potential future impact of macroeconomic conditions and tariffs and other measures on the Company's business and results of operations are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as "future," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "will," "would," "could," "can," "may," and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A of the 2025 Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q, in each case under the heading "Risk Factors." The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law. Unless otherwise stated, all information presented herein is based on the Company's fiscal calendar, and references to particular years, quarters, months or periods refer to the Company's fiscal years ended in September and the associated quarters, months and periods of those fiscal years. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the 2025 Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Press Release article 4 of 12, Source: WEC, 76 words November 03 2025: Apple quarterly dividends steady Apple today announced a quarterly dividend of 26.0c per share for Q4/2025; unchanged from the previous quarter (Q3/2025) dividend of 26.0c. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 10, 2025 and the record date is Monday, November 10, 2025 and it is payable on Thursday, November 13. Total dividends per share paid in the 12 months ended November 03 were $1.02. Press Release article 5 of 12, 302 words September 27 2025: Apple: File SEC Form 10-K - Management's Discussion and Analysis 10-K Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K. This Item generally discusses 2025 and 2024 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2025 and 2024. Discussions of 2023 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023 are not included, and can be found in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Part II, Item 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2024. Product, Service and Software Announcements The Company announces new product, service and software offerings at various times during the year. Significant announcements during fiscal year 2025 included the following: First Quarter 2025: Fiscal Period The Company's fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period that ends on the last Saturday of September. An additional week is included in the first fiscal quarter every five or six years to realign the Company's fiscal quarters with calendar quarters, which occurred in the first quarter of 2023. The Company's fiscal years 2025 and 2024 spanned 52 weeks each, whereas fiscal year 2023 spanned 53 weeks. Macroeconomic Conditions Macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, interest rates and currency fluctuations, have directly and indirectly impacted, and could in the future materially impact, the Company's results of operations and financial condition. Tariffs and Other Measures Beginning in the second quarter of 2025, new U.S. Tariffs were announced, including additional tariffs on imports from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and the EU, among others. In response, several countries have imposed, or threatened to impose, reciprocal tariffs on imports from the U.S. Press Release article 6 of 12, Source: Company Website, 302 words August 06 2025: Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces American Manufacturing Program CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a new $100 billion commitment to America, a significant acceleration of its U.S. investment that now totals $600 billion over the next four years. Today's announcement includes the ambitious new American Manufacturing Program (AMP), dedicated to bringing even more of Apple's supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the U.S. Through AMP, Apple will increase its investment across America and incentivize global companies to manufacture even more critical components in the United States. "Today, we're proud to increase our investments across the United States to $600 billion over four years and launch our new American Manufacturing Program," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "This includes new and expanded work with 10 companies across America. They produce components that are used in Apple products sold all over the world, and we're grateful to the President for his support." Apple parts and components manufactured in the U.S. ship to customers around the world; in fact, roughly two-thirds of the components made in the U.S. are exported to customers outside the U.S. Today, Apple partners with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, supporting more than 450,000 supplier and partner jobs. In the next four years, Apple plans to directly hire 20,000 people in the U.S. - the vast majority focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning. Apple American Manufacturing Program Apple is working with its suppliers to accelerate manufacturing in the U.S. through the new American Manufacturing Program. The first AMP partners include Corning, Coherent, GlobalWafers America (GWA), Applied Materials, Texas Instruments (TI), Samsung, GlobalFoundries, Amkor, and Broadcom. This builds on Apple's July commitment to buy American-made rare earth magnets from MP Materials. Press Release article 7 of 12, Source: Company Website, 307 words August 06 2025: Apple and Corning partner to manufacture 100 percent of iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple and Corning today announced a major expansion of their long-standing partnership to make precision glass for Apple products. Apple is making a new $2.5 billion commitment to produce all of the cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch in Corning's Harrodsburg, Kentucky, manufacturing facility. This means that 100 percent of the cover glass on iPhone and Apple Watch units sold worldwide will be made in the U.S. for the first time. Corning is creating the world's largest and most advanced smartphone glass production line at the Harrodsburg facility. Corning will now dedicate this entire facility to manufacturing for Apple, which will help increase Corning's manufacturing and engineering workforce in Kentucky by 50 percent. The two companies will also open a new Apple-Corning Innovation Center at the Harrodsburg plant. The Innovation Center will play a key role in the development and engineering of advanced materials and next-generation manufacturing platforms for Apple's future generations of products. These projects are part of Apple's broader commitment to spend and invest more than $600 billion in the U.S. economy over the next four years. This includes Apple's newly announced American Manufacturing Program (AMP), which will invest across America and incentivize global companies to onshore production and manufacture even more of Apple's critical components in the United States. "Corning is a storied American company, and we're thrilled to work together to build the largest and most advanced production line ever created for smartphone glass," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "Thanks to the power of American manufacturing, any customer anywhere in the world who buys a new iPhone or Apple Watch will be holding precision glass made right here in Kentucky. Press Release article 8 of 12, Source: WEC, 76 words August 05 2025: Apple quarterly dividends steady Apple today announced a quarterly dividend of 26.0c per share for Q3/2025; unchanged from the previous quarter (Q2/2025) dividend of 26.0c. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 11, 2025 and the record date is Monday, August 11, 2025 and it is payable on Thursday, August 14. Total dividends per share paid in the 12 months ended August 05 were $1.01. Press Release article 9 of 12, Source: Company Website, 291 words July 29 2025: Apple Manufacturing Academy opens in Detroit on August 19 Apple will open its all-new Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit on Tuesday, August 19, with free programming to train and support American businesses, innovators, and manufacturers. The academy is part of Apple's pledge to spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, and builds on the company's long history of investment in American innovation and advanced manufacturing. "We're thrilled to welcome companies from across the country to the Apple Manufacturing Academy starting next month," said Sabih Khan, Apple's chief operating officer. "Apple works with suppliers in all 50 states because we know advanced manufacturing is vital to American innovation and leadership. With this new programming, we're thrilled to help even more businesses implement smart manufacturing so they can unlock amazing opportunities for their companies and our country." Beginning August 19, Apple, in partnership with Michigan State University, will host small and medium-sized businesses from across the country in Detroit for various workshops with Apple experts. The courses are designed to help American companies transition to advanced manufacturing by implementing artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing techniques. Sessions will focus on machine learning and deep learning in manufacturing; automation in the product manufacturing industry; leveraging manufacturing data to improve product quality; applying digital technologies to enhance operations; and more. In addition to in-person courses, Apple engineers are already consulting with American companies to help them drive productivity, efficiency, and quality in their supply chains. Consulting services are available both virtually and in person. Later this year, the academy will also offer virtual programming, with a skills development curriculum that teaches workers vital skills like project management and manufacturing process optimization. Press Release article 10 of 12, Source: Company Website, 300 words July 15 2025: Apple expands U.S. supply chain with $500 million commitment to American rare earth magnets Today Apple announced a new commitment of $500 million with MP Materials, the only fully integrated rare earth producer in the United States. With this multiyear deal, Apple is committed to buying American-made rare earth magnets developed at MP Materials' flagship Independence facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The two companies will also work together to establish a cutting-edge rare earth recycling line in Mountain Pass, California, and develop novel magnet materials and innovative processing technologies to enhance magnet performance. The commitment is part of Apple's pledge to spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, and builds on the company's long history of investment in American innovation, advanced manufacturing, and next-generation recycling technologies. "American innovation drives everything we do at Apple, and we're proud to deepen our investment in the U.S. economy," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "Rare earth materials are essential for making advanced technology, and this partnership will help strengthen the supply of these vital materials here in the United States. We couldn't be more excited about the future of American manufacturing, and we will continue to invest in the ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit of the American people." Apple and MP Materials will build out the state-of-the-art Texas factory with a series of neodymium magnet manufacturing lines specifically designed for Apple products. The new equipment and technical capacity will allow MP Materials to significantly boost its overall production. Once built, the American-made magnets will be shipped across the country and all over the world, helping to meet increasing global demand for the material. The increased production will support dozens of new jobs in advanced manufacturing and R&D. Press Release article 11 of 12, Source: Company Website, 318 words June 09 2025: Apple Intelligence gets even more powerful with new capabilities across Apple devices CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced new Apple Intelligence features that elevate the user experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple Intelligence unlocks new ways for users to communicate with features like Live Translation; do more with what's on their screen with updates to visual intelligence; and express themselves with enhancements to Image Playground and Genmoji.1 Additionally, Shortcuts can now tap into Apple Intelligence directly, and developers will be able to access the on-device large language model at the core of Apple Intelligence, giving them direct access to intelligence that is powerful, fast, built with privacy, and available even when users are offline. These Apple Intelligence features are available for testing starting today, and will be available to users with supported devices set to a supported language this fall. "Last year, we took the first steps on a journey to bring users intelligence that's helpful, relevant, easy to use, and right where users need it, all while protecting their privacy. Now, the models that power Apple Intelligence are becoming more capable and efficient, and we're integrating features in even more places across each of our operating systems," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "We're also taking the huge step of giving developers direct access to the on-device foundation model powering Apple Intelligence, allowing them to tap into intelligence that is powerful, fast, built with privacy, and available even when users are offline. We think this will ignite a whole new wave of intelligent experiences in the apps users rely on every day. We can't wait to see what developers create." Apple Intelligence features will be coming to eight more languages by the end of the year: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), and Vietnamese. Press Release article 12 of 12, Source: Company Website, 289 words June 09 2025: Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers to foster creativity, innovation, and design CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced new technologies and enhancements to its developer tools to help developers create more beautiful, intelligent, and engaging app experiences across Apple platforms. A beautiful new software design brings more focus to content, and delivers more expressive and delightful experiences across iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26,1 while keeping them all instantly familiar. The Foundation Models framework joins a suite of tools that allow developers to tap into on-device intelligence, and Xcode 26 leverages large language models like ChatGPT, giving them access to Xcode's Coding Tools and other intelligent features. These new resources join the extensive and continuously evolving set of technologies Apple offers developers, including over 250,000 APIs that enable developers to integrate their apps with Apple's hardware and software features. These APIs span a wide range of capabilities, such as machine learning, augmented reality, health and fitness, spatial computing, and high-performance graphics. With each platform release, Apple expands and refines its technologies and tools to assist developers in bringing their ideas to life and delivering rich, responsive, and optimized experiences across Apple platforms. "Developers play a vital role in shaping the experiences customers love across Apple platforms," said Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "With access to the on-device Apple Intelligence foundation model and new intelligence features in Xcode 26, we're empowering developers to build richer, more intuitive apps for users everywhere." New Design with Liquid Glass The elegant new design gives developers the opportunity to make their apps more expressive and delightful, while being instantly familiar. Top Management and Board of Directors Top Management http://www.buysellsignals.net/BuySellSignals/report/Usnyse/Stock/Daily/Html/AAPL_Board_Of_Directors.html Board Of Directors http://www.buysellsignals.net/BuySellSignals/report/Usnyse/Stock/Daily/Html/AAPL_Board_Of_Directors.html Independent Ratings of Directors http://www.buysellsignals.net/BuySellSignals/report/Usnyse/Stock/Daily/Html/AAPL_Board_Of_Directors.html INSIDER OWNERSHIP AND SELLING IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS Shares Held by Insiders as on May 05, 2026 (Value computed at price $284.16)
Arthur D. Levinson now has a beneficial interest in 4,126,587 Apple Inc. shares worth $1.2 billion. Tim Cook now has a beneficial interest in 3,280,295 Apple Inc. shares worth $932.1 million. Katherine Adams now has a beneficial interest in 175,408 Apple Inc. shares worth $49.8 million. Ronald D. Sugar now has a beneficial interest in 1,139 Apple Inc. shares worth $323,658. Alex Gorsky now has a beneficial interest in 1,139 Apple Inc. shares worth $323,658. Andrea Jung now has a beneficial interest in 1,139 Apple Inc. shares worth $323,658. Susan L. Wagner now has a beneficial interest in 1,139 Apple Inc. shares worth $323,658. Monica Lozano now has a beneficial interest in 1,139 Apple Inc. shares worth $323,658. Insider selling Summary in the past 12 months
Peer Comparison & Ranking of AAPL BUYSELLSIGNALS FUNDAMENTALS VALUATION RANKING: Apple Inc. vs NASDAQ Market Out of 2,813 stocks and 1 unit in the NASDAQ Market, Apple Inc. is ranked third(3) by Net Profit $, third(3) by Revenue, eleventh(11) by ROE and Thirty-first(31) by ROA.
MARKET SHARE Apple Inc. has a position of market dominance in the Technology sector. Apple Inc. vs Technology sector [Technology sector Total in Brackets] Revenue of $416.2 billion[52.6% of aggregate sector revenue of $803.7 billion; down from 54.9% in the previous year.] Net Profit of $112 billion [61.8% of aggregate sector net profit of $176.9 billion; up from 58.1% in the previous year.] EBIT of $132.7 billion [57.5% of aggregate sector EBIT of $226.8 billion; down from 61.4% in the previous year.] GLOBAL RANK [out of 46,125 stocks] AND RANK OF APPLE INC. IN THE AMERICAN REGION [out of 9,341 stocks]
RANK OF APPLE INC. IN THE NASDAQ-100 INDEX [out of 89 stocks], IN THE NASDAQ MARKET [out of 2733 stocks] AND IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR [out of 186 stocks]
LONG-TERM FUNDAMENTAL RANKING: 4 OUT OF 5 [5 is best] Apple Inc. is ranked number 1 out of 244 listed technology companies in the United States with a market capitalization of $4,171.8 billion. Within its sector it has a relatively low P/E of 37.9. Finally, its earnings growth in the past 12 months has been a comparatively high 22.6%. Stocks are scored on a set of parameters reflecting fundamental analytical tools involving valuation, size and financial performance. They are ranked according to the average values of those parameters. The highest ranking is 5 and the lowest ranking is 1. Patents Rank by patents issued in the past 12 months: Apple vs NASDAQ stocks Apple is ranked 2 by patents issued in the past year out of 3,730 NASDAQ listed companies. A total of 97,073 patents were issued to NASDAQ listed companies in the past year, an average of 82.5 patents per company. Apple received 7,773 patents in the past 12 months, 299 times average. Source: https://www.uspto.gov/, https://www.epo.org/en, company (Apple Inc.), Ticker(AAPL) Tax & Dividend Average Income Tax Paid (Past 5 Years) In the past 5 years, Income Tax as % of profit before tax increased from 13.3% to 15.6%, Income Tax as % of sales increased from 4.0% to 5.0% and Income Tax as % of operating cash flow increased from 13.3% to 15.6%.
The 5-year average of profit before tax was 16.8%. Dividend History In the past 3 years annual dividends have increased by 8.0c from 96.0c to 104.0c. Based on a start date of 3 years ago, there has been no decline in dividends over the last 3 years.
Source: Nasdaq Stock Exchange: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/AAPL/dividend-history, company (Apple Inc.), Ticker(AAPL) Financials as Reported Q2 2025-26, Past 10 Years Financials as reported (Quarter ending 28 March 2026) SEC FILING 10-Q RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (In $ Million, except per share data and shares outstanding) INCOME STATEMENT AS REPORTED (Quarter ending 28 March 2026)
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Source: Apple Inc.'s, 10-Q filing dated May 01, 2026, available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000013/aapl-20260328.htm and Apple Inc.'s website: https://investor.apple.com/investor-relations/default.aspx. company (Apple Inc.), Ticker(AAPL) Download APPLE INC. Financials Past 10 Years
Source: Apple Inc.'s, 10-K filing dated October 31, 2025, available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000079/aapl-20250927.htm and Apple Inc.'s website: https://investor.apple.com/investor-relations/default.aspx. company (Apple Inc.), Ticker(AAPL) |