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Apple (AAPL) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2017)

Updated

Apple's (AAPL) FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.31 for fiscal Q2 2017 (quarter ended Apr 1, 2017), unchanged from 0.31 a year earlier and up 139.1% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Apple (AAPL) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Apr 1, 2017, FCF Payout Ratio at Apple was 0.23, up 8.4% year-over-year; for FY2016 (ended Sep 24, 2016), it was 0.23, up 37.6% from FY2015.

  • In prior fiscal years, Apple's FCF Payout Ratio was 0.17 in FY2015 (-25.6%), 0.22 in FY2014 (-4.4%), 0.23 in FY2013 (+297.2%) and 0.06 in FY2012.
  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio has run from a low of 0.09 in fiscal Q1 2015 to a high of 0.47 in fiscal Q3 2013 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, FCF Payout Ratio increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 18.9%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Payout Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2016, with growth of 90.8%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2015, with a decline of 35.2%.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.13 (Q1 2017), 0.25 (Q4 2016) and 0.41 (Q3 2016).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Apple 4,863.18 Bn 4,610.67 Bn 54.77 Bn -
2 Cisco Systems 445.19 Bn 381.12 Bn 11.06 Bn -
3 Dell Technologies 353.32 Bn 309.07 Bn 9.83 Bn 0.41
4 Arista Networks 261.04 Bn 214.50 Bn 1.91 Bn -
5 Sandisk 248.81 Bn 237.33 Bn 7.58 Bn -
6 Seagate Technology Holdings 201.18 Bn 196.18 Bn 1.90 Bn 0.15
7 Western Digital 159.43 Bn 147.56 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.04
8 Sony 144.77 Bn 95.16 Bn 6.53 Bn -
9 Lumentum Holdings 96.72 Bn 88.53 Bn 477.30 Mn -
10 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 90.82 Bn 68.69 Bn 4.93 Bn 0.21
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 1, 2017 0.31
Dec 31, 2016 0.13
Sep 24, 2016 0.25
Jun 25, 2016 0.41
Mar 26, 2016 0.31
Dec 26, 2015 0.12
Sep 26, 2015 0.30
Jun 27, 2015 0.24
Mar 28, 2015 0.16
Dec 27, 2014 0.09
Sep 27, 2014 0.30
Jun 28, 2014 0.36
Mar 29, 2014 0.22
Dec 28, 2013 0.13
Sep 28, 2013 0.35
Jun 29, 2013 0.47
Mar 30, 2013 0.24
Dec 29, 2012 0.12
Sep 29, 2012 0.44
API Access

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