Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 1.45% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 10.0% year-over-year to 1.45%, compared with a TTM value of 1.45% through Dec 2025, down 10.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 1.71%, up 14.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 1.45% for Q4 2025 at Apple, down from 1.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 1.83% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.13% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.51%, with a median of 1.49% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity skyrocketed 65bps in 2021, then dropped -29bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 1.49% in 2021, then grew by 19bps to 1.77% in 2022, then dropped by -16bps to 1.48% in 2023, then increased by 5bps to 1.55% in 2024, then dropped by -6bps to 1.45% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for AAPL at 1.45% in Q4 2025, 1.61% in Q3 2025, and 1.5% in Q2 2025.