Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Change in Intangibles (2016 - 2017)

Apple filings provide 9 years of Change in Intangibles readings, the most recent being $154.0 million for Q4 2017.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Intangibles rose 79.07% to $154.0 million in Q4 2017 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2017 was $412.0 million, a 18.58% decrease, with the full-year FY2017 number at $344.0 million, down 57.74% from a year prior.
  • Change in Intangibles hit $154.0 million in Q4 2017 for Apple, up from $135.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Intangibles ranged from a high of $394.0 million in Q4 2015 to a low of $26.0 million in Q3 2014.
  • Median Change in Intangibles over the past 5 years was $91.0 million (2016), compared with a mean of $128.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Intangibles: surged 777.5% in 2013 and later plummeted 92.59% in 2014.
  • Apple's Change in Intangibles stood at $59.0 million in 2013, then dropped by 18.64% to $48.0 million in 2014, then skyrocketed by 720.83% to $394.0 million in 2015, then crashed by 78.17% to $86.0 million in 2016, then skyrocketed by 79.07% to $154.0 million in 2017.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Intangibles were $154.0 million (Q4 2017), $135.0 million (Q3 2017), and $83.0 million (Q3 2017) per Business Quant data.