Growth Metrics

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

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Change in Intangibles for 9 consecutive years, with $154.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2017.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2017, Change in Intangibles rose 79.07% year-over-year to $154.0 million, compared with a TTM value of -$73.0 million through Dec 2017, down 106.36%, and an annual FY2017 reading of $344.0 million, down 57.74% over the prior year.
  • Change in Intangibles was $154.0 million for Q4 2017 at Apple, up from -$409.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Intangibles topped out at $571.0 million in Q1 2016 and bottomed at -$409.0 million in Q3 2017.
  • Average Change in Intangibles over 5 years is $126.4 million, with a median of $96.0 million recorded in 2016.
  • The sharpest move saw Change in Intangibles skyrocketed 777.5% in 2013, then crashed 92.59% in 2014.
  • Year by year, 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Intangibles for AAPL at $154.0 million in Q4 2017, -$409.0 million in Q3 2017, and $86.0 million in Q4 2016.