Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 24.04% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 214.0% to 24.04% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 28.61%, a 401.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 23.73%, down 409.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 24.04% in Q1 2026 for Apple, down from 35.86% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 35.86% in Q4 2025 to a low of 21.72% in Q3 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 25.79% (2022), compared with a mean of 26.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: tumbled -984bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1414bps in 2025.
  • Apple's FCF Margin stood at 25.79% in 2022, then rose by 22bps to 31.36% in 2023, then tumbled by -31bps to 21.72% in 2024, then soared by 65bps to 35.86% in 2025, then plummeted by -33bps to 24.04% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 24.04% (Q1 2026), 35.86% (Q4 2025), and 25.85% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.