Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $3.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 9.36% to $3.5 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $13.5 billion, a 10.08% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $12.9 billion, up 10.05% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $3.5 billion in Q1 2026 for Apple, down from $3.6 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 $2.2 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $2.9 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $2.9 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: grew 28.26% in 2022 and later increased 3.17% in 2023.
  • Apple's Share-based Compensation stood at $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, then fell by 1.84% to $3.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $3.5 billion (Q1 2026), $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.2 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.