Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2025)

Apple's Short-term Investments history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $21.6 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Short-term Investments fell 8.03% year-over-year to $21.6 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $21.6 billion, down 8.03%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $18.8 billion, 46.74% down from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments reached $21.6 billion in Q4 2025 per AAPL's latest filing, up from $18.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $36.2 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of $18.8 billion in Q3 2025.
  • Average Short-term Investments over 5 years is $27.6 billion, with a median of $27.7 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Short-term Investments: plummeted 53.65% in 2021, then surged 64.38% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Short-term Investments shows it stood at $26.8 billion in 2021, then grew by 15.03% to $30.8 billion in 2022, then increased by 4.93% to $32.3 billion in 2023, then dropped by 27.41% to $23.5 billion in 2024, then dropped by 8.03% to $21.6 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAPL's Short-term Investments are $21.6 billion (Q4 2025), $18.8 billion (Q3 2025), and $19.1 billion (Q2 2025).