Apple (AAPL) Long-Term Debt Repayments (2017 - 2026)
Apple (AAPL) posted Long-Term Debt Repayments of $4.25 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Sep 26, 2026), up 240.0% from $1.25 billion a year earlier.
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Apple (AAPL) Long-Term Debt Repayments (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), Apple's Long-Term Debt Repayments came in at $12.4 billion, up 13.4% from FY2025.
- Annual Long-Term Debt Repayments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Apple's Long-Term Debt Repayments was $10.93 billion in FY2025 (+9.8%), $9.96 billion in FY2024 (-10.7%), $11.15 billion in FY2023 (+16.9%) and $9.54 billion in FY2022 (+9.1%).
- Quarterly Long-Term Debt Repayments has run from a low of $232 million in fiscal Q3 2026 to a high of $7.5 billion in fiscal Q3 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Debt Repayments increased in four of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 46.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Debt Repayments in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2026, with growth of 240.0%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a decline of 95.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Long-Term Debt Repayments for the three prior fiscal quarters was $232 million (Q3 2026), $5.75 billion (Q2 2026) and $2.16 billion (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | LT Debt Repayment (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,090.84 Bn | 4,836.31 Bn | 54.82 Bn | 4.25 Bn |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 390.99 Bn | 326.92 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 4.40 Bn |
| 3 | Arista Networks | 240.45 Bn | 189.65 Bn | 2.33 Bn | - |
| 4 | Dell Technologies | 219.04 Bn | 174.80 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 1.02 Bn |
| 5 | Sony | 158.27 Bn | 38.21 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Sandisk | 129.40 Bn | 114.23 Bn | 9.38 Bn | - |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 114.31 Bn | 109.16 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 8 | Western Digital | 105.81 Bn | 95.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 1.17 Bn |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 63.81 Bn | 41.69 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 1.32 Bn |
| 10 | Lumentum Holdings | 55.90 Bn | 46.85 Bn | 644.00 Mn | 4.70 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | 4.25 Bn |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 232.00 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 5.75 Bn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.16 Bn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1.25 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 5.67 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.00 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 1.01 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 2.56 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 4.25 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 3.15 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 7.50 Bn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 2.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.40 Bn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 2.79 Bn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 3.00 Bn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 3.75 Bn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 1.25 Bn |
| Jun 26, 2021 | 3.00 Bn |
| Mar 27, 2021 | 3.50 Bn |
API Access
Apple Long-Term Debt Repayments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-debt-repayments&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-debt-repayments", "ticker": "AAPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-debt-repayments&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();