Apple's CabbageHow the iPhone-maker spends its revenue.

$234 billionApple's revenue (ttm)

$238 billion

$234 billion

$230 billion

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If Apple were a country...

$0 billion

$500 billion

The S&P 500 Companies, Ranked by Revenue

Apple:

3rd

Not all of this falls to the bottom line.

70%

Where does Apple's revenue go?

$234

Billion

Expenses ate up $163.4 billion.$163.4 billion

Where does Apple's revenue go?

70%

8%

$234

Billion

Taxes accounted for another $19.2 billion.$19.2 billion

Where does Apple's revenue go?

70%

8%

22%$234

Billion

Leaving net income of $51.3 billion

Where does Apple's revenue go?

70%

8%

5%

22%$234

Billion

From this, it paid dividends totalling $11.6 billion

Where does Apple's revenue go?

70%

8%

5%

15%22%$234

Billion

Bought back common stock worth $34.8 billion

Where does Apple's revenue go?

70%

8%

5%

15%

2%

22%$234

Billion

And retained the rest…

Interesting observations 3

$19.1B

$8.5B

$5.6B $4.5B

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The 10 Biggest Corporate Taxpayers in AmericaBased on income tax provisions, trailing twelve months

First, Apple pays A LOT in taxes.

Second, Apple enjoys wider profit margins than eight out of ten of its peers.

30%Apple's

pretax

operating

margin (ttm)

19%Average

pretax

operating

margin of the 100

biggest S&P 500

companies

(ttm)

0%

5,000%

10,000%

15,000%

20,000%

25,000%

30,000%

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Apple's

Stock

S&P 500

Which, third, explains this…

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