Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 49.27% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 222.0% to 49.27% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 47.86%, a 123.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 46.91%, up 70.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 49.27% in Q1 2026 for Apple, up from 48.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 49.27% in Q1 2026 to a low of 42.26% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 46.22% (2024), compared with a mean of 45.66%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: crashed -80bps in 2022 and later surged 291bps in 2023.
  • Apple's Gross Margin stood at 42.96% in 2022, then increased by 7bps to 45.87% in 2023, then increased by 2bps to 46.88% in 2024, then grew by 3bps to 48.16% in 2025, then increased by 2bps to 49.27% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 49.27% (Q1 2026), 48.16% (Q4 2025), and 47.18% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.