Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Apple's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $91,824 Mil. Apple's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $61,210 Mil. Therefore, Apple's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 150.01%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Apple's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
AAPL'
s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 35.82 Med: 53.01 Max: 175.46
Current: 166.1
During the past 13 years, Apple's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 175.46%. The lowest was 35.82%. And the median was 53.01%.
AAPL's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than 97.29% of 2360
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 5.60
vs AAPL: 166.10
Apple Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Apple's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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
Trend
Sep14
Sep15
Sep16
Sep17
Sep18
Sep19
Sep20
Sep21
Sep22
Sep23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
55.92
73.69
147.44
175.46
171.95
Apple Quarterly Data
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
152.39
223.45
162.58
129.91
150.01
Competitive Comparison
For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Apple's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Apple Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Apple's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Apple's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.
Apple Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation
Apple's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as
* 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.
In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
Apple (NAS:AAPL) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation
Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.
Be Aware
Net Income is used.
Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.
Apple Return-on-Tangible-Equity Related Terms
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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.
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