Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $26.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 28.02% to $26.7 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $129.2 billion, a 31.16% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $98.8 billion, down 9.23% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $26.7 billion in Q1 2026 for Apple, down from $51.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $51.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $19.4 billion in Q3 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $25.6 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $26.6 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 31.58% in 2022 and later soared 90.97% in 2025.
  • Apple's Free Cash Flow stood at $30.2 billion in 2022, then increased by 24.11% to $37.5 billion in 2023, then dropped by 28.02% to $27.0 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 90.97% to $51.6 billion in 2025, then crashed by 48.15% to $26.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $26.7 billion (Q1 2026), $51.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $26.5 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.