Company · AAPL · Fiscal year ended Sep 27, 2025 (10-K filed Oct 31, 2025)
How Apple makes money, live: revenue, profit and where it goes
The iPhone is half of sales, but Services is 26% of revenue and 42% of gross profit.
Revenue since Jan 1 projected from annual 10-K averages
$13,233 a second
0 since you opened this page$13,233 a second— a day
Employees~166,000
Quarterly dividend$0.26
Cash & securities$132.4B
Diluted EPS$7.46
Net income (profit)
$3,562/s
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Share buybacks
$2,884/s
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Dividends paid
$490/s
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Each counter = FY2025 total from the 10-K ÷ 31,449,600 seconds (364 days, the 52-week fiscal year). These are averages, not real-time sales. Buybacks and dividends are the cash paid in the cash flow statement. 1
The short answer
Apple sells devices, and sells services that run on them. In fiscal 2025 Services were 26.2% of net sales but 42.2% of gross margin, because Services earned a 75.4% margin against 36.8% on products (derived). 1
Gross margin FY2025 as filed. Apple reports operating income only by geography, so gross margin is the product/services profit view.
Products$112.89B57.8%
Services$82.31B42.2%
Gross margin: $195.20B
Services: 26.2% of net sales, 42.2% of gross margin (derived). Gross margin percentage: Services 75.4%, Products 36.8% (as filed).
Apple's 10-K does not allocate R&D (34,550) or SG&A (27,601) to products or Services, so operating profit by product line is not reported and not shown. Reported segment operating income by region is in the Geography section. US$ millions. 1
Money in, money out
Every dollar of FY2025 revenue, from where it came to where it went. Values in US$ billions.
Income statement, FY2025 live flow
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US$ millions from the 10-K: 209,586 + 33,708 + 28,023 + 35,686 + 109,158 = 416,161 net sales. Cost of sales 220,960 (products 194,116, services 26,844). Operating income 133,050 less other expense, net 321 = pre-tax 132,729 (derived); tax 20,719; net income 112,010. 1 Net income 112,010 → dividends 15,421 + buybacks 90,711 (cash flow statement) + left after payouts 5,878 (112,010 − 15,421 − 90,711, derived). 1
Per-second basis: Fiscal-year total ÷ seconds in the fiscal year. Apple's FY2025 was 52 weeks = 364 days = 31,449,600 seconds (not 365 days). Each counter shows that per-second rate × seconds since Jan 1 in your time zone. The counters are projections from that average, not live sales. † = derived (calculated from filed figures, math in the note).
Every node and flow as text (17 nodes, 16 flows)
Node
Fiscal year
Per second
iPhone
$209.59B
$6.7K/s
Mac
$33.71B
$1.1K/s
iPad
$28.02B
$891/s
Wearables, Home & Accessories
$35.69B
$1.1K/s
Services
$109.16B
$3.5K/s
Total revenue
$416.16B
$13.2K/s
Cost of sales
$220.96B
$7.0K/s
Research & development
$34.55B
$1.1K/s
Selling, general & admin
$27.60B
$878/s
Operating income
$133.05B
$4.2K/s
Pre-tax income
$132.73B
$4.2K/s
Other expense, net
$321.00M
$10/s
Income tax
$20.72B
$659/s
Net income
$112.01B
$3.6K/s
Dividends paid
$15.42B
$490/s
Share buybacks
$90.71B
$2.9K/s
Left after payouts † †
$5.88B
$187/s
Flow
Fiscal year
Per second
iPhone → Total revenue
$209.59B
$6.7K/s
Mac → Total revenue
$33.71B
$1.1K/s
iPad → Total revenue
$28.02B
$891/s
Wearables, Home & Accessories → Total revenue
$35.69B
$1.1K/s
Services → Total revenue
$109.16B
$3.5K/s
Total revenue → Cost of sales
$220.96B
$7.0K/s
Total revenue → Research & development
$34.55B
$1.1K/s
Total revenue → Selling, general & admin
$27.60B
$878/s
Total revenue → Operating income
$133.05B
$4.2K/s
Operating income → Pre-tax income
$132.73B
$4.2K/s
Operating income → Other expense, net
$321.00M
$10/s
Pre-tax income → Income tax
$20.72B
$659/s
Pre-tax income → Net income
$112.01B
$3.6K/s
Net income → Dividends paid
$15.42B
$490/s
Net income → Share buybacks
$90.71B
$2.9K/s
Net income → Left after payouts †
$5.88B
$187/s
Where the cash went, FY2025
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Operating cash flow 111,482; capex 12,715; dividends and dividend equivalents 15,421; common stock repurchased 90,711 (cash basis; the 10-K MD&A says $89.3B of shares repurchased, 402 million shares). Apple paid out 7,365 more than it generated: 12,715 + 15,421 + 90,711 − 111,482 = 7,365 (derived), funded from cash, marketable securities and net debt activity. 1
How Apple's filed numbers connect hardware, Services and what the money is used for. Apple's 10-K does not report active devices or say Services growth comes from its installed base, so this loop shows the filed dollars and the one link the company states itself.
Apple's loop, FY2025
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Devices sold$307.0B products. iPhone 209,586, Mac 33,708, iPad 28,023, Wearables/Home/Accessories 35,686 = 307,003 (derived). Products gross margin was 36.8%.1
Services on them$109.2B (+14%). Services (App Store, advertising, cloud services, AppleCare, payments and more) grew 14%, "primarily due to higher net sales from advertising, the App Store and cloud services". Apple also says it believes "decisions by customers to purchase its hardware products depend in part on the availability of third-party software applications and services".1
High-margin profit$82.3B services GM. Services gross margin 82,314 of total 195,201 = 42.2% (derived), at 75.4% against 36.8% for products.1
Reinvest & return$106.1B returned. R&D 34,550 (+10%). Dividends 15,421 plus buybacks 90,711 returned 106,132 (derived). The 10-K says gross margins "will be subject to volatility and downward pressure".1
Buybacks on a cash basis; the MD&A says $89.3B of shares repurchased. 1
Per employee
About 166,000 full-time equivalent employees at fiscal year-end. 1
Only the US and China are 10% or more of sales, so only they are broken out. Share is derived. 1
The decisions behind the numbers
Services
42%
of gross profit from 26% of revenue
Services sales were $109.2B (up 14%) with a 75.4% gross margin, against 36.8% for products. That is $82.3B of the $195.2B total gross margin (derived). The 10-K credits advertising, the App Store and cloud services for the growth.1
Buybacks
$89.3B
of stock repurchased in FY2025
402 million shares retired. In May 2025 Apple announced a new $100B program and raised the quarterly dividend from $0.25 to $0.26. Cash returned (buybacks 90.7B + dividends 15.4B) was 95% of net income (derived).1
Greater China
−4%
sales fell to $64.4B
Greater China net sales were $72.6B in FY2023, $67.0B in FY2024 and $64.4B in FY2025, now 15% of the total (derived). The 10-K attributes the FY2025 drop mainly to lower iPhone sales.1
Research and development
8.3%
of revenue goes to R&D
R&D was $34.6B, up 10%, and R&D plus SG&A ($62.2B) was 14.9% of revenue (derived). Cost of sales alone took 53%.1
Taxes
15.6%
effective tax rate, versus 24.1% a year earlier
FY2024's rate included the State Aid Decision charge. The 10-K says the provision fell $10.7B year over year on that item. Cash taxes paid were $43.4B in FY2025.1
Five years of results
Revenue and net income by fiscal year, from the 10-Ks.