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Apple Research & Development

: $19,464 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2020)
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This is the expense the company spent on research and development. Apple's research and development for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $5,163 Mil. Its research and development for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $19,464 Mil.

Apple Research & Development Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Apple Annual Data
Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20
Research & Development Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10,045.00 11,581.00 14,236.00 16,217.00 18,752.00

Apple Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
Research & Development Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4,451.00 4,565.00 4,758.00 4,978.00 5,163.00

Apple Research & Development Calculation

This is the expense the company spent on research and development.

Research & Development for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was 4565 (Mar. 2020 ) + 4758 (Jun. 2020 ) + 4978 (Sep. 2020 ) + 5163 (Dec. 2020 ) = $19,464 Mil.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Apple  (NAS:AAPL) Research & Development Explanation

If competitive advantage is created by a patent or tech advantage, at some point it will disappear.

High R&D usually dictates high SG&A which threatens the competitive advantage.

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