Apple (AAPL) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Apple (AAPL) has reported Share-based Compensation for 18 consecutive years, with $1.9 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Share-based Compensation fell 38.86% year-over-year to $1.9 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 stood at $19.4 billion (up 54.59% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $12.9 billion, up 9.65% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation declined to $1.9 billion in Q2 2026 per AAPL's latest filing, from $4.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $10.2 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$404.0 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $3.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.9 billion in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Share-based Compensation plunged 150.06% in 2022, then jumped 469.31% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Share-based Compensation stood at $4.1 billion in 2022, then declined by 26.88% to $3.0 billion in 2023, then gained by 9.64% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then jumped by 211.93% to $10.2 billion in 2025, then sank by 81.1% to $1.9 billion in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Share-based Compensation over the past three periods registered $1.9 billion, $4.1 billion, and $10.2 billion for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.