Apple (NAS:AAPL) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $62,482 Mil (As of Jun. 2023)

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Apple's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2022 ($51,355.00 Mil) to Mar. 2023 ($55,872.00 Mil) and increased from Mar. 2023 ($55,872.00 Mil) to Jun. 2023 ($62,482.00 Mil).

Apple's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Sep. 2020 ($90,943.00 Mil) to Sep. 2021 ($62,639.00 Mil) and declined from Sep. 2021 ($62,639.00 Mil) to Sep. 2022 ($48,304.00 Mil).

Apple Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Apple's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Apple Annual Data

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Sep14

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Sep18

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Sep21

Sep22

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

66,301.00

100,557.00

90,943.00

62,639.00

48,304.00

Apple Quarterly Data
	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																48,231.00	48,304.00	51,355.00	55,872.00	62,482.00

Apple Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Apple (NAS:AAPL) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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Apple (NAS:AAPL) Business Description

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Address

One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA, USA, 95014

Website

https://www.apple.com

Apple designs a wide variety of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones (iPhone), tablets (iPad), PCs (Mac), smartwatches (Apple Watch), and AirPods, among others. In addition, Apple offers its customers a variety of services such as Apple Music, iCloud, Apple Care, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness, Apple Card, and Apple Pay, among others. Apple's products include internally developed software and semiconductors, and the firm is well known for its integration of hardware, software, semiconductors, and services. Apple's products are distributed online as well as through company-owned stores and third-party retailers.

Executives

Alex Gorsky	director	JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933
Monica C Lozano	director
Deirdre O'brien	officer: Senior Vice President	ONE APPLE PARK WAY, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Robert A Iger	director	C/O WALT DISNEY CO, 500 S BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-1062
Andrea Jung	director	C/O APPLE INC, ONE APPLE PARK WAY, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Susan Wagner	director	C/O BLACKROCK, INC., 40 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
James A Bell	director	C/O THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, 2211 H.H. DOW WAY, MIDLAND MI 48674
Albert Jr Gore	director	C/O APPLE INC, 1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Ronald D Sugar	director	10877 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1650, LOS ANGELES CA 900274
Katherine L. Adams	officer: SVP, General Counsel	APPLE INC., 1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Luca Maestri	officer: Senior Vice President, CFO	1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Angela J Ahrendts	officer: Senior Vice President	1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Jeffrey E Williams	officer: COO	ONE INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Philip W Schiller	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O APPLE INC, ONE INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Eduardo H Cue	officer: Senior Vice President	1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO CA 95014