Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Goodwill (2016 - 2017)

Apple filings provide 9 years of Goodwill readings, the most recent being $5.9 billion for Q4 2017.

  • On a quarterly basis, Goodwill rose 8.59% to $5.9 billion in Q4 2017 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2017 was $5.9 billion, a 8.59% increase, with the full-year FY2017 number at $5.7 billion, up 5.6% from a year prior.
  • Goodwill hit $5.9 billion in Q4 2017 for Apple, up from $5.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Goodwill ranged from a high of $5.9 billion in Q4 2017 to a low of $1.4 billion in Q1 2013.
  • Median Goodwill over the past 5 years was $5.1 billion (2015), compared with a mean of $4.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Goodwill: surged 192.71% in 2014 and later increased 4.25% in 2016.
  • Apple's Goodwill stood at $2.0 billion in 2013, then surged by 128.93% to $4.6 billion in 2014, then rose by 12.38% to $5.2 billion in 2015, then grew by 4.25% to $5.4 billion in 2016, then rose by 8.59% to $5.9 billion in 2017.
  • The last three reported values for Goodwill were $5.9 billion (Q4 2017), $5.7 billion (Q3 2017), and $5.7 billion (Q3 2017) per Business Quant data.