AAPL · NASDAQ · Consumer Electronics
Apple Inc. is a global technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of consumer electronics, software, and digital services.
Current price
$342.96
▲ +$1.69 (0.50%) today
ET&A View
Last reviewed 14 September 2026
ET&A sees limited reason to buy aggressively or sell at the current price.
Apple remains one of the world's highest-quality consumer technology franchises, supported by an exceptionally loyal installed base, powerful ecosystem economics, a growing high-margin Services business and extraordinary…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Margins, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
Revenue
$466.8bn · ↑ +6% last year
Earnings
$128.9bn · ↑ +19% last year
Margins
Keeps 33% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
$98.8bn spare cash a year · 21% of sales
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 0.1 years of earnings
Dividend
0.3% yield · Pays out 12% of earnings · covered 8.3×
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Apple remains one of the world's highest-quality consumer technology franchises, supported by an exceptionally loyal installed base, powerful ecosystem economics, a growing high-margin Services business and…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $416.2bn | +6.4% | 32.0% | $112.0bn | $7.46 | $98.8bn |
| FY2024 | $391.0bn | +2.0% | 31.5% | $93.7bn | $6.08 | $108.8bn |
| FY2023 | $383.3bn | −2.8% | 29.8% | $97.0bn | $6.13 | $99.6bn |
| FY2022 | $394.3bn | — | 30.3% | $99.8bn | $6.11 | $111.4bn |
Long-term growth investors
Also suits: Investors who want a mix of growth and stability
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
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Apple Inc. is a global technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of consumer electronics, software, and digital services. The company is best known for its integrated ecosystem of hardware and software products, which includes smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and a growing portfolio of subscription-based and transactional services.
The company’s product portfolio is anchored by the iPhone, which remains its flagship product and primary revenue driver. Complementing this are its Mac computers, iPad tablets, and an expanding category of wearables, home devices, and accessories, including Apple Watch, AirPods, and mixed-reality devices. These products operate on proprietary systems such as iOS, macOS, and watchOS, forming a unified ecosystem that enhances user retention and cross-device functionality.
In addition to hardware, Apple has built a high-margin services segment that includes digital content platforms, cloud infrastructure, payment solutions, and subscription offerings such as Apple Music, Apple TV+, iCloud, and Apple Pay. This segment has become increasingly important in driving profitability, improving margins, and diversifying revenue streams beyond device sales.
Consumer Electronics · USA
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As of 14 October 2026
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
| Measure | Today | Source |
|---|---|---|
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| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
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Other published measures
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Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Highly profitable · Strong balance sheet · Strong
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 4.5 / 10 | Average |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 5.2 / 10 | Average |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 9.1 / 10 | Excellent |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 9.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 8.4 / 10 | Strong |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 1.6 / 10 | Weak |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 7.3 / 10 | Strong |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
Apple Inc Note
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