The Apple Inc. is
involved in the business of the software and hard ware. Apple Inc is the
largest leading companies which are providing g the various in all over the
world. For the fiscal years 2018, the worldwide annual revenue of the Apple Inc.
reaches to the $265 billion and it’s known as the world’s largest company which
is providing the services for information technology. It is also known as the
world’s largest third mobile company after the Huawei and Samsung. Apple Inc.
values at over $ 1 trillion and it became the first public company of the
United States in August 2018. Currently
123000 employees are working in the Apple and its dealing in the roundabout 24 countries
by maintaining its 504 retail stores.
Financials
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2014-09
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2015-09
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2016-09
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2017-09
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2018-09
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Revenue USD Mil
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182,795
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233,715
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215,639
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229,234
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265,595
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Gross Margin %
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38.6
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40.1
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39.1
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38.5
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38.3
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Operating Income USD Mil
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52,503
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71,230
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60,024
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61,344
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70,898
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Operating Margin %
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28.7
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30.5
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27.8
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26.8
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26.7
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Net Income USD Mil
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39,510
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53,394
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45,687
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48,351
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59,531
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Earnings Per Share USD
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6.45
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9.22
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8.31
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9.21
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11.91
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Dividends USD
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1.81
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1.98
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2.18
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2.4
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2.72
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Payout Ratio % *
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28.5
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22.3
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24.8
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26.5
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23.7
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Shares Mil
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6,123
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5,793
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5,500
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5,252
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5,000
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Book Value Per Share *
USD
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20.62
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22.53
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23.71
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25.83
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24.17
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Operating Cash Flow USD
Mil
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59,713
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81,266
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65,824
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63,598
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77,434
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Cap Spending USD Mil
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-9,813
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-11,488
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-13,548
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-12,795
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-13,313
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Free Cash Flow USD Mil
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49,900
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69,778
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52,276
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50,803
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64,121
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Free Cash Flow Per Share
* USD
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7.73
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11.82
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8.97
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9.66
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11.52
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Working Capital USD Mil
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5,083
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8,768
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27,863
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27,831
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14,473
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In
the above table the revenues of the corporation can be seen. In the year 2014
the revenue of the organization is $182,795 which grew up to $265,595 which
shows significant increase in the profitability. In short it can be said that
in the upcoming future the profits of the Apple Corporation will further
increase which will allow organization to provide significant return to the shareholders.
There is the wide range of the products and services of the Apple Inc. These all products are presents according to
the time line (Fridson and Alvarez 2011).
Mac
This is the major and
main product of the Apple and there is the lot version of this book which
changing day by day. All the categories
of these products are includes as the;
Mac Mini: it is introduced in the 2005 and
known as the sub desk top computer of the consumers.
Mac book: it is introduced in the 2006 and
known as the ultra-portable book for the consumers
Mac pro: it is introduced in the 2006 and
known as the desk top computer of the work stations.
Mac book Air: it is introduced in the 2008
and known as ultra-portable book for the consumers.
IPod
Apple introduced the iPod
for playing digital music player in 2001 an after that its various models are
introduced and now the brand of the iPod is become the famous for Apple. In
September 2012 there more than 350 million units have been shipped. Nike is
included in the major partner of the Apple for producing and supplying the iPod.
The Apple has given the discounts for
its iPod Nano in 2017 for increasing their sales.
IPhone
Apple introduced its
variety of the iPhone in September 2018 and their models are existing as the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR the
features of the I phone XS and Max are displaying the super retina and it also
have the feature of the improved and faster dual camera system. Many other
feature as well.
IPad
Much anticipated media
tablet and iPad are introduced by the Apple in 2010 which is offering the
interaction of the multi touch formatting which is also includes as the photos,
videos, e-books, video games and word processing documents. Safari is also
using for the web browsing in the various categories of the mobile phones (Melville 2017).
Apple
Watch
In 2014, apple has
launched its original smart watch which has mind-blowing features, and its
being introduced as the product of the fitness of the health tracking. In 2014
it was introduced in the market. In the
2016, the second generation of the Apple watch was released. The series of the Apple watch has introduced
on the 2017 having various feature related to the products.
There are many other
products of the Apple which are Apple TV, Home Pod, Software electronic vehicles
and Apple energy. Apple is performing in the cast variety of the service in the
market and these4 all services are related to the software and hard ware of the
electronic devices. Furthermore all the products of the Apple are selling in
the market with name of the Apple Company (Christoffersen 2011).
The revenue of the Apple Inc.
is increasing in the last five years which is showing the high performance of
the Apple Inc. as well as it can enhance the revenue growth for the future
expansion of the corporation. The high performance of the Apple can be indicted
by the revenue of the Apple Inc. which is increasing over the last years. No
particular insider activity has been found in the Apple Inc. and all activities
are performing by the external performances.
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Christoffersen, Peter. 2011. Elements of
Financial Risk Management. Academic Press.
Fridson, Martin S., and
Fernando Alvarez. 2011. Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's
Guide. John Wiley & Sons.
Melville, Alan. 2017. International
Financial Reporting: A Practical Guide . 6. Pearson Higher Ed.