
Apple bucks a 4.9% global PC shipment decline in Q2 as memory chip shortages squeeze production, pricing and AI PC adoption across the industry.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. Apple is the world's largest technology company by revenue (totalling $274.5 billion in 2020) and, since January 2021, the world's most valuable company. As of 2021, Apple is the world's fourth-largest PC vendor by unit sales, and fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, along with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
| Revenue (TTM) | $451.44B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $216.07B |
| EBITDA | $159.98B |
| Operating Margin | 32.30% |
| Return on Equity | 141.50% |
| Return on Assets | 26.20% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $30.53 |
| Book Value | $7.26 |
| Price-to-Book | 42.57 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 10.20 |
| EV/Revenue | 10.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.44 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 21.80% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 16.60% |
| Shares Outstanding | $14.69B |
| Float | $14.66B |
| % Insiders | 1.63% |
| % Institutions | 65.77% |
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