Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Apple's Share-based Compensation history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $3.6 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation rose 9.37% year-over-year to $3.6 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $13.2 billion, up 9.97%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $12.9 billion, 10.05% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation reached $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 per AAPL's latest filing, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.9 billion in Q3 2021.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $2.7 billion, with a median of $2.8 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: rose 28.26% in 2022, then grew 3.17% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $2.3 billion in 2021, then grew by 28.26% to $2.9 billion in 2022, then increased by 3.17% to $3.0 billion in 2023, then grew by 9.64% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then rose by 9.37% to $3.6 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAPL's Share-based Compensation are $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), $3.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.2 billion (Q2 2025).