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

Apple has reported Share-based Compensation for 18 years, with the latest figure at $3.4 billion in Q2 2026.

• Share-based Compensation for Q2 2026 came in at $3.4 billion, up 7.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $13.7 billion (up 9.32% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.9 billion, up 10.05% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation declined to $3.4 billion in Q2 2026, from $3.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $1.6 billion in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $2.9 billion and a median of $2.9 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation gained 0.59%; it then jumped 64.89% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it 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 slipped by 5.37% to $3.4 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Share-based Compensation figures were $3.4 billion in Q2 2026, $3.5 billion in Q1 2026, and $3.6 billion in Q4 2025.