AppleApple Inc.USAAPLNasdaqFY ending Sep 2025, consolidated, US GAAP

What does Apple do with its cash?

How cash from operations was spent on investment, dividends, buybacks and more.

Operating cash flow
$111.5B
Capex
$12.7B
of revenue 3.1%
Free cash flow
$98.8B
Returned to shareholders
$106.1B
of net income: 95%

Cash flow ratios

Cash conversion, investment and shareholder payments calculated from disclosed figures.

Net income$112B
Operating cash flow$111.5B
Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)
83.8%
Cash vs. profit gap
-$528M(純利益の -0.5%)
Shareholder returns
of net income 94.8% · of FCF 107.5%
Shareholder payments — dividends
of net income 13.8% · of FCF 15.6%
CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)
3.1%
Investing CF relative to operating CF
13.6%

Nonpositive profit and free cash flow are omitted as ratio denominators. Amounts use the period's reported currency.

Five-year trend

Operating cash flow$111.5B
FY ending Sep 2021: $104B$104BFY ending Sep 2022: $122.2B$122.2BFY ending Sep 2023: $110.5B$110.5BFY ending Sep 2024: $118.3B$118.3BFY ending Sep 2025: $111.5B$111.5BFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Free cash flow$98.8B
FY ending Sep 2021: $93B$93BFY ending Sep 2022: $111.4B$111.4BFY ending Sep 2023: $99.6B$99.6BFY ending Sep 2024: $108.8B$108.8BFY ending Sep 2025: $98.8B$98.8BFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Net income$112B
FY ending Sep 2021: $94.7B$94.7BFY ending Sep 2022: $99.8B$99.8BFY ending Sep 2023: $97B$97BFY ending Sep 2024: $93.7B$93.7BFY ending Sep 2025: $112B$112BFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

How to read this

  • Operating cash flow is the cash the core business actually brought in, including changes in receivables and inventory.
  • Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditure: a gauge of cash available for other uses.
  • Large "borrowing" or "cash drawdown" flows mean the company spent more than it generated that year.

Sources

Show source documents (5)
  • SEC EDGAR (U.S. SEC)

    Form 10-K

    ID 0000320193-25-0000792025-10-31Open
  • SEC EDGAR (U.S. SEC)

    Form 10-K

    ID 0000320193-24-0001232024-11-01Open
  • SEC EDGAR (U.S. SEC)

    Form 10-K

    ID 0000320193-23-0001062023-11-03Open
  • SEC EDGAR (U.S. SEC)

    Form 10-K

    ID 0000320193-22-0001082022-10-28Open
  • SEC EDGAR (U.S. SEC)

    Form 10-K

    ID 0000320193-21-0001052021-10-29Open

Extracted from XBRL: 19 / Derived from other figures: 1

Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Processed by Vizora.

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