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How Apple Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$416.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$221.0B · 53%Gross profit$195.2B · 47%Operating income$133.1B · 32%Income before tax$132.7B · 32%Income tax$20.7B · 5%Net income$112.0B · 27%As of 2025-09-27 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$416.2B100%
Cost of revenue$221.0B53%
$195.2B47%
$133.1B32%
Income before tax$132.7B32%
Income tax$20.7B5%
$112.0B27%
Source: · event Sep 27, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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