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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 Assets:
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Metrics similar to Return on Assets in the efficiency category include:
A ratio that measures the dollars in net profit a business generates per dollar of assets it owns.
Return on Assets is defined as:
Return on Assets = Net Income / Average Total Assets
Return on Assets for Apple is calculated as follows:
Net Income [ 96.15 B ]
(/) Average Assets over Period [ 348.8 B ]
(=) Return on Assets [ 27.6% ]
The tables below summarizes the trend in Apple’s return on assets over the last five years:
| Fiscal Year | Net Income | Average Assets | Return on Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | 57.411 B | 331.2 B | 17.3% |
| 2021-09-25 | 94.68 B | 337.4 B | 28.1% |
| 2022-09-24 | 99.803 B | 351.9 B | 28.4% |
| 2023-09-30 | 96.995 B | 352.7 B | 27.5% |
| 2024-09-28 | 93.736 B | 358.8 B | 26.1% |
Return on assets represents the dollars in earnings or Net Income a company generates per dollar of assets. ROA is typically used to gauge the efficiency of the company and its management at deploying capital to generate income for shareholders.
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 Total Assets at the start and end of the year for the denominator.
In general, a higher return on assets suggests management is utilizing the asset base efficiently.
The chart above depicts the distribution of return on assets for companies operating in the Information Technology sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,360 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,273 had meaningful values. The average return on assets of companies in the sector is -18.2% with a standard deviation of 59.2%.
Apple Inc's Return on Assets of 27.6% ranks in the 99.2% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:
| Economic Risk Region | Developed |
| Total Constituents | 2,367 |
| Included Constituents | 2,273 |
| Min | -476.4% |
| Max | 29.7% |
| Median | 1.1% |
| Mean | -18.2% |
| Standard Deviation | 59.2% |
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