Apple Inc. (AAPL): gross margin, 10 filed years
Gross margin at Apple Inc. was 46.9% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 37.8% (FY2019) to 46.9% (FY2025), with a median of 40.4%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 46.9%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 39.1% | 10-K, filed 2016-10-26 |
| FY2017 | 38.5% | 10-K, filed 2017-11-03 |
| FY2018 | 38.3% | 10-K, filed 2018-11-05 |
| FY2019 | 37.8% | 10-K, filed 2019-10-31 |
| FY2020 | 38.2% | 10-K, filed 2020-10-30 |
| FY2021 | 41.8% | 10-K, filed 2021-10-29 |
| FY2022 | 43.3% | 10-K, filed 2022-10-28 |
| FY2023 | 44.1% | 10-K, filed 2023-11-03 |
| FY2024 | 46.2% | 10-K, filed 2024-11-01 |
| FY2025 | 46.9% | 10-K, filed 2025-10-31 |
How each year is computed
Gross profit / revenue x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.