Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Apple's Retained Earnings history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$4.9 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 56.74% year-over-year to -$4.9 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$4.9 billion, up 56.74%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$14.3 billion, 25.53% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings reached -$4.9 billion in Q4 2025 per AAPL's latest filing, up from -$14.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $14.4 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of -$19.2 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$4.1 billion, with a median of -$6.6 billion recorded in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for Retained Earnings was 4544.76% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 6915.34% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $14.4 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 189.45% to -$12.9 billion in 2022, then surged by 163.83% to $8.2 billion in 2023, then crashed by 236.14% to -$11.2 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 56.74% to -$4.9 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAPL's Retained Earnings are -$4.9 billion (Q4 2025), -$14.3 billion (Q3 2025), and -$17.6 billion (Q2 2025).