AAPL vs IBM
Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | AAPL | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $416.2B | $67.5B |
| Net income | $112.0B | $10.6B |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 58.2% |
| Net margin | 26.9% | 15.7% |
| Return on equity | 171.4% | 35.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.46 | $11.17 |
| Dividend / share | $1.02 | $6.71 |
| Payout ratio | 13.8% | 59.0% |
| Free cash flow | $98.8B | $12.1B |
| Equity | $73.7B | $32.6B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.74× | 1.46× |
| Current ratio | 0.89× | 0.96× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 8.7% | 4.1% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 14.3% | 13.6% |
AAPL bills 6.2× the revenue of IBM, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (26.9% against 15.7%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | AAPL | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $416.2B | $67.5B |
| FY2024 | $391.0B | $62.8B |
| FY2023 | $383.3B | $61.9B |
| FY2022 | $394.3B | $60.5B |
| FY2021 | $365.8B | $57.4B |
| FY2020 | $274.5B | $55.2B |
| FY2019 | $260.2B | $57.7B |
| FY2018 | $265.6B | $79.6B |
| FY2017 | $229.2B | $79.1B |
| FY2016 | $215.6B | $79.9B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | AAPL | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $112.0B | $10.6B |
| FY2024 | $93.7B | $6.0B |
| FY2023 | $97.0B | $7.5B |
| FY2022 | $99.8B | $1.6B |
| FY2021 | $94.7B | $5.7B |
| FY2020 | $57.4B | $5.6B |
| FY2019 | $55.3B | $9.4B |
| FY2018 | $59.5B | $8.7B |
| FY2017 | $48.4B | $5.8B |
| FY2016 | $45.7B | $11.9B |
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