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

Apple has reported Share-based Compensation for 18 years, with the latest figure at $3.5 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 9.36% year-over-year to $3.5 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $13.5 billion (up 10.08% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $12.9 billion, up 10.05% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $3.5 billion, down from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Share-based Compensation was $3.6 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at $2.2 billion in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $2.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.9 billion in 2022.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation advanced 28.26% — and 2023, when it climbed 3.17%.
• Apple's Share-based Compensation stood at $2.9 billion in 2022, then climbed by 3.17% to $3.0 billion in 2023, then increased by 9.64% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then gained by 9.37% to $3.6 billion in 2025, then dropped by 1.84% to $3.5 billion in 2026.
• The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $3.5 billion (Q1 2026), $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.