Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$4.9 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 28.5% year-over-year to -$4.9 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$4.9 billion through Dec 2025, up 28.5%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$14.3 billion, up 25.53% over the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$4.9 billion for Q4 2025 at Apple, up from -$14.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $15.3 billion in Q1 2021 and bottomed at -$19.2 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$2.6 billion, with a median of -$4.0 billion recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Retained Earnings soared 7964.25% in 2021, then plummeted 8850.47% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $14.4 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 77.55% to $3.2 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 154.38% to $8.2 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 182.37% to -$6.8 billion in 2024, then increased by 28.5% to -$4.9 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for AAPL at -$4.9 billion in Q4 2025, -$14.3 billion in Q3 2025, and -$17.6 billion in Q2 2025.