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Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal ...
The following section summarizes insights on Apple Inc's Return on Common Equity:
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Metrics similar to Return on Common Equity in the efficiency category include:
A ratio used to measure the return that a firm generates on the book value of common equity.
Return on Common Equity is defined as:
Return on Common Equity = Net Income To Common / Average Total Common Equity
Return on Common Equity for Apple is calculated as follows:
Net Income [ 96.15 B ]
(/) Average Equity over Period [ 70.429 B ]
(=) Return on Common Equity [ 136.5% ]
The tables below summarizes the trend in Apple’s return on common equity over the last five years:
| Fiscal Year | Net Income | Average Common Equity | Return on Common Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | 57.411 B | 77.913 B | 73.7% |
| 2021-09-25 | 94.68 B | 64.215 B | 147.4% |
| 2022-09-24 | 99.803 B | 56.881 B | 175.5% |
| 2023-09-30 | 96.995 B | 56.409 B | 171.9% |
| 2024-09-28 | 93.736 B | 59.548 B | 157.4% |
Return on equity represents the percentage return a company generates on the money shareholders have invested.
The Net Income used in the numerator is often adjusted for one-time and non-recurring items to present a clearer view of future earnings. Since income is earned over the course of a year, we average book value of Common Equity at the start and end of the year for the denominator.
In general, a higher return on equity suggests management is utilizing the capital invested by shareholders efficiently.
The chart above depicts the distribution of return on common equity for companies operating in the Information Technology sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,310 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,224 had meaningful values. The average return on common equity of companies in the sector is -27.3% with a standard deviation of 101.9%.
Apple Inc's Return on Common Equity of 136.5% is significantly outside the interquartile range and is excluded from the distribution. The following table provides additional summary stats:
| Economic Risk Region | Developed |
| Total Constituents | 2,315 |
| Included Constituents | 2,224 |
| Min | -920.3% |
| Max | 62.3% |
| Median | 3.1% |
| Mean | -27.3% |
| Standard Deviation | 101.9% |
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