Apple (AAPL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)
Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $3.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation rose 9.37% year-over-year to $3.6 billion, compared with a TTM value of $13.2 billion through Dec 2025, up 9.97%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $12.9 billion, up 10.05% over the prior year.
- Share-based Compensation was $3.6 billion for Q4 2025 at Apple, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $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.
- The sharpest move saw Share-based Compensation rose 28.26% in 2022, then grew 3.17% in 2023.
- Year by year, Share-based Compensation 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.
- Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for AAPL at $3.6 billion in Q4 2025, $3.2 billion in Q3 2025, and $3.2 billion in Q2 2025.