1 Top Management and Board of Directors; 2 INSIDER OWNERSHIP AND SELLING IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS; 3 Peer Comparison & Ranking of AAPL; 4 Patents

Top Management and Board of Directors

Top Management
Top Management [Six top executives with tenure > 14 yrs]

NameDesignationSince Appointment
Tim CookChief Executive Officer, Director14 Yrs, 2 Mos
Arthur D. LevinsonChairman, Director25 Yrs, 3 Mos
Kevan ParekhChief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President-
Jeff WilliamsChief Operating Officer-
Isabel Ge MaheVice President, Managing Director of Greater China-
Katherine AdamsVice President, General Counsel-


Board Of Directors
Board Of Directors [One director with tenure > 14 yrs]

NameSince Appointment
Ronald D. Sugar14 Yrs, 11 Mos

Board Of Directors [Five directors with tenure < 4 yrs]

NameSince Appointment
Alex Gorsky3 Yrs, 12 Mos
Susan L. Wagner-
Andrea Jung-
Wanda Austin-
Monica Lozano-


Independent Ratings of Directors
+ Tim Cook- Glassdoor Ranking:
Tim Cook was ranked 32 in the Glassdoor Employee Review's list of 100 Top CEOs in the United States for 2021.

+ Tim Cook- Bloomberg Pay Index Ranking:
Tim Cook was ranked 3 in the Bloomberg Pay Index list in the United States for 2021, an improvement from rank 8 in 2020. According to Bloomberg Pay Index, Tim Cook's total compensation had increased by (222.13%) $588.7 million from $265 million to $853.8 million in 2021.

+ Tim Cook- Harvard Business Ranking:
Tim Cook was ranked 62 in the Harvard Business Review's list of 100 Best-Performing CEO's in the world for 2019.



INSIDER OWNERSHIP AND SELLING IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Shares Held by Insiders as on Nov 06, 2025 (Value computed at price $269.79)

NameShares HeldValue, $
Arthur D. Levinson4,125,5761,113,039,149
Tim Cook3,280,295884,990,788
Katherine Adams179,15848,335,037
Susan L. Wagner1,255338,586
Ronald D. Sugar1,255338,586
Alex Gorsky1,255338,586
Andrea Jung1,255338,586
Total7,590,0492,047,719,320

Arthur D. Levinson now has a beneficial interest in 4,125,576 Apple shares worth $1.1 billion.

Tim Cook now has a beneficial interest in 3,280,295 Apple shares worth $885 million.

Katherine Adams now has a beneficial interest in 179,158 Apple shares worth $48.3 million.

Susan L. Wagner now has a beneficial interest in 1,255 Apple shares worth $338,586.

Ronald D. Sugar now has a beneficial interest in 1,255 Apple shares worth $338,586.

Alex Gorsky now has a beneficial interest in 1,255 Apple shares worth $338,586.

Andrea Jung now has a beneficial interest in 1,255 Apple shares worth $338,586.


Insider selling Summary in the past 12 months

NameNo. of SharesPrice, $Value, $
Cook Timothy D [CEO]238,099241.757,560,381
Levinson Arthur D [Chairman]201,516227.345,807,647
Adams Katherine L. [Vice President]47,125256.812,101,154
Total486,740237.2115,469,182


Peer Comparison & Ranking of AAPL
FAANG PEER COMPARISON: AAPL - SIZE (all figures in $)

In its FAANG Peer Group of 5 companies (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet's Google) AAPL is ranked AAPL is ranked first (1) by MCap, second (2) by Revenue, Net Profit and third (3) by PV$1000, Total Assets.


Name (Code)MCapPV $1000
(1 yr)
RevenueNet ProfitTotal Assets
Rank of AAPL13223
Apple (AAPL)4,030.7B1,221.2391B93.7B365B
Amazon (AMZN)2,579.8B1,173.0638B59.2B527.9B
Alphabet (GOOGL)1,656.4B1,623.3350B100.1B450.3B
Meta Platforms (META)1,565.6B1,087.0164.5B62.4B276.1B
Netflix (NFLX)469.1B1,405.439B8.7B53.6B

FAANG PEER COMPARISON: AAPL - VALUATION INDICATORS

In value terms, comparing relative value of its shares, AAPL is ranked

+ 4 out of 5 by Price/Earnings per share [44.5]
+ 4 out of 5 by Price/Sales per share [10.4]
+ 5 out of 5 by Turnover Rate (%) [76.9]


Name (Code)Last PriceP/EP/SP/BookTurnover Rate (%)
Rank of AAPL by value445
Apple (AAPL)$269.7944.510.476.9
Amazon (AMZN)$242.9243.34.114.597.0
Alphabet (GOOGL)$284.6035.34.85.798.0
Meta Platforms (META)$618.8125.49.610.7149.4
Netflix (NFLX)$1,096.5453.711.918.8228.6

BUYSELLSIGNALS FUNDAMENTALS VALUATION RANKING:
Apple vs NASDAQ Market

Out of 2,831 stocks and 4 units in the NASDAQ Market, Apple is ranked second(2) by Revenue, fourth(4) by Net Profit $, sixth(6) by Total Assets and sixth(6) by ROE.

NASDAQ AvgAAPLAAPL Rank
Revenue $-391 B2
Net Profit $-93.7 B4
Total Assets $-365 B6
ROE (%)12.98164.66
ROA (%)5.225.729
EBITDA Margin%16.931.6128
P/Earnings-44.2x177
P/Sales-10.3x225
Yield (%)0.60.4626
Total Debt/Equity (the lower the better)0.5x0.2x933
Premium to 52-Wk Low (%)55.659.81690
Discount to 52-Wk High (%)5.22.72630
Negative values are shown in brackets.

MARKET SHARE
Apple has a position of market dominance in the Technology sector.
Apple vs Technology sector [Technology sector Total in Brackets]
Revenue of $391 billion[52.2% of aggregate sector revenue of $753.9 billion; down from 54.5% in the previous year.]
Net Profit of $93.7 billion [58.9% of aggregate sector net profit of $155.6 billion; down from 67.8% in the previous year.]
EBIT of $123.5 billion [62.3% of aggregate sector EBIT of $195 billion; down from 67.4% in the previous year.]

GLOBAL RANK [out of 46,391 stocks] AND RANK OF APPLE IN THE AMERICAN REGION [out of 9,533 stocks]

DescriptionValueGlobal RankIn Am Region
Total Assets ($)365B22491
Revenue ($)391B276
Net Profit ($)93.7B134
Return on Equity %164.68935
Net Profit Margin %24.04,796848
Price to Book62.134,3084,906
Price/Earnings38.519,0702,682
Yield %0.418,6673,147
PV1000 (1Year) $1,22114,6072,597
$ Change (1Year) %39.16,7561,070

RANK OF APPLE IN THE NASDAQ-100 INDEX [out of 89 stocks], IN THE NASDAQ MARKET [out of 2800 stocks] AND IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR [out of 218 stocks]

DescriptionValueIn NASDAQ-100 IndexIn NASDAQ MarketIn Technology sector
Total Assets ($)365B551
Revenue ($)391B221
Net Profit ($)93.7B441
Return on Equity %164.6241
Net Profit Margin %24.0201379
Price/Earnings44.25681338
Yield %0.44464218
PV1000 (1Year) $1,2232615214

LONG-TERM FUNDAMENTAL RANKING: 4 OUT OF 5 [5 is best]
Apple is ranked number 1 out of 259 listed technology companies in the United States with a market capitalization of $4,030.7 billion.

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
Number of Patents Issued to Apple by the US Patent Office and the European Patent Office
A total of 35,906 patents were issued to Apple in the last eleven years. In the past year 4,284 patents were issued, 1.3 times average of 3,264 patents per year.

12 months ended Nov 06No. of Patents Issued
20254,284
20248,051
20234,937
20223,003
20213,402
20203,111
20192,615
20182,570
20172,117
20161,469
2015347
Total35,906


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)

1 Tax & Dividend; 2 Financials as Reported Q4 2024-25, Past 10 Years

Tax & Dividend
Average Income Tax Paid (Past 5 Years)
In the past 5 years, Income Tax as % of profit before tax increased from 14.4% to 24.1%, Income Tax as % of sales increased from 3.5% to 7.6% and Income Tax as % of operating cash flow increased from 14.4% to 24.1%.

Description20242023202220212020
As % of profit before tax24.114.716.213.314.4
As % of operating cash flow24.114.716.213.314.4
As % of sales7.64.44.943.5

The 5-year average of profit before tax was 16.5%.

Dividend History
In the past 2 years annual dividends have increased by 4.0c from 98.0c to 102.0c. Based on a start date of 2 years ago, there has been no decline in dividends over the last 2 years.

Date PaidValue (c)Type
11 Aug 202526Quarterly
12 May 202526Quarterly
10 Feb 202525Quarterly
11 Nov 202425Quarterly
Tr 12 Months102
2023 - 202498

Source: Nasdaq Stock Exchange: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/AAPL/dividend-history, company (Apple)


Financials as Reported Q4 2024-25, Past 10 Years
Financials as reported (Q4/2025)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
(In $ Million, except per share data and shares outstanding)

INCOME STATEMENT AS REPORTED (Q4/2025)

Description$ Million$ Million
Sep 27, 2025Sep 28, 2024Change %
Net sales:
Products73,71669,958Up 5.4
Services28,75024,972Up 15.1
Total net sales(1)102,46694,930Up 7.9
Cost of sales:
Products47,01944,566Up 5.5
Services7,1066,485Up 9.6
Total cost of sales54,12551,051Up 6.0
Gross margin48,34143,879Up 10.2
Operating expenses:
Research and development8,8667,765Up 14.2
Selling general and administrative7,0486,523Up 8.0
Total operating expenses15,91414,288Up 11.4
Operating income32,42729,591Up 9.6
Other income/(expense) net37719Up 1,884.2
Income before provision for income taxes32,80429,610Up 10.8
Provision for income taxes5,33814,874Down 64.1
Net income27,46614,736Up 86.4
Earnings per share:
Basic$1.8597.0cUp 90.7
Diluted$1.8597.0cUp 90.7
Shares used in computing earnings per share:
Basic14,815,307,00015,171,990,000Down 2.4
Diluted14,863,609,00015,242,853,000Down 2.5

BALANCE SHEET AS REPORTED (Q4/2025)

Description$ Million$ Million
Sep 27, 2025Sep 28, 2024Change %
ASSETS:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents35,93429,943Up 20.0
Marketable securities18,76335,228Down 46.7
Accounts receivable net39,77733,410Up 19.1
Vendor non-trade receivables33,18032,833Up 1.1
Inventories5,7187,286Down 21.5
Other current assets14,58514,287Up 2.1
Total current assets147,957152,987Down 3.3
Non-current assets:
Marketable securities77,72391,479Down 15.0
Property plant and equipment net49,83445,680Up 9.1
Other non-current assets83,72774,834Up 11.9
Total non-current assets211,284211,993Down 0.3
Total assets359,241364,980Down 1.6
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable69,86068,960Up 1.3
Other current liabilities66,38778,304Down 15.2
Deferred revenue9,0558,249Up 9.8
Commercial paper7,9799,967Down 19.9
Term debt12,35010,912Up 13.2
Total current liabilities165,631176,392Down 6.1
Non-current liabilities:
Term debt78,32885,750Down 8.7
Other non-current liabilities41,54945,888Down 9.5
Total non-current liabilities119,877131,638Down 8.9
Total liabilities285,508308,030Down 7.3
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock and additional paid-in capital 0.00001 par value: 50400000 shares authorized; 14773260 and 15116786 shares issued and outstanding respectively93,56883,276Up 12.4
Accumulated deficit-14,264-19,154Improved 25.5
Accumulated other comprehensive loss-5,571-7,172Improved 22.3
Total shareholders' equity73,73356,950Up 29.5
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity359,241364,980Down 1.6

CASH FLOW AS REPORTED (Q4/2025)

Description$ Million$ Million
Sep 27, 2025Sep 28, 2024Change %
Cash cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents beginning balances29,94330,737Down 2.6
Operating activities:
Net income112,01093,736Up 19.5
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash generated by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization11,69811,445Up 2.2
Share-based compensation expense12,86311,688Up 10.1
Other-89-2,266Improved 96.1
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable net-6,682-3,788Deterioration 76.4
Vendor non-trade receivables-347-1,356Improved 74.4
Inventories1,400-1,046Recovery
Other current and non-current assets-9,197-11,731Improved 21.6
Accounts payable9026,020Down 85.0
Other current and non-current liabilities-11,07615,552Deterioration
Cash generated by operating activities111,482118,254Down 5.7
Investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities-24,407-48,656Improved 49.8
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities40,90751,211Down 20.1
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities12,89011,135Up 15.8
Payments for acquisition of property plant and equipment-12,715-9,447Deterioration 34.6
Other-1,480-1,308Deterioration 13.1
Cash generated by investing activities15,1952,935Up 417.7
Financing activities:
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards-5,960-5,441Deterioration 9.5
Payments for dividends and dividend equivalents-15,421-15,234Deterioration 1.2
Repurchases of common stock-90,711-94,949Improved 4.5
Proceeds from issuance of term debt net4,481
Repayments of term debt-10,932-9,958Deterioration 9.8
Proceeds from/(Repayments of) commercial paper net-2,0323,960Deterioration
Other-111-361Improved 69.3
Cash used in financing activities-120,686-121,983Improved 1.1
Increase/(Decrease) in cash cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents5,991-794Recovery
Cash cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents ending balances35,93429,943Up 20.0

Download APPLE Financials Past 10 Years


DescriptionSep 24Sep 23Sep 22Sep 21Sep 20
Income Statement
Revenue per share 25.3824.2424,153.6421.6915.66
Tax (B)29.716.719.314.59.7
Net profit (B)93.79799.894.757.4
EPS 6.116.166.155.673.31
Balance Sheet
Equity Share Capital (B)5762.150.763.165.3
Retained Earnings (19.2 B)(214 M)(3.1 B)5.6 B15 B
Total Debt (B)1061065
Total Assets (B)365352.6352.8351323.9
Current Asset (B)153143.6135.4134.8143.7
Fixed Asset (B)45.743.742.139.436.8
Working Capital (B)(23.4)(1.7)(18.6)9.438.3
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow (B)118.3110.5122.210480.7
Investing Cash Flow (B)2.93.7(22.4)(14.5)(4.3)
Financing Cash Flow (B)(122)(108.5)(110.7)(93.4)(86.8)
Net Cash Flow (794 M)5.8 B(11 B)(3.9 B)(10.4 B)

DescriptionSep 19Sep 18Sep 17Sep 16Sep 15
Income Statement
Revenue per share 13.9953.1243.6539.2140.34
Tax (B)10.513.415.715.719.1
Net profit (B)55.359.548.445.753.4
EPS 2.9932.322.092.32
Balance Sheet
Equity Share Capital (B)90.5107.1134128.2119.4
Retained Earnings (B)45.966.998.29791.9
Total Debt (B)612128764.3
Total Assets (B)338.5365.7375.3321.7290.3
Current Asset (B)162.8131.3128.6106.989.4
Fixed Asset (B)37.441.333.82722.5
Working Capital (B)57.115.427.827.98.8
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow (B)69.477.464.265.881.3
Investing Cash Flow (B)45.916.1(46.4)(46)(56.3)
Financing Cash Flow (B)(91)(87.9)(18)(20.5)(17.7)
Net Cash Flow 24.3 B5.6 B(195 M)(636 M)7.3 B