Apple 2023 10-K Takeaways

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Today's Above Avalon daily update includes Neil’s key takeaways from Apple's annual 10-K filing for 2023. The update covers 16 Apple financial topics. Published at the end of the fiscal year, 10-K filings include a more in-depth examination into Apple’s financials and business versus the 10-Q filings published at the end of 1Q, 2Q, and 3Q. Said another way, 10-Ks are a treasure trove of granular financial data. We will also use this opportunity to recap some of Apple’s financial totals for FY2023 and how they compared to prior years. Share buyback is one topic that is mentioned in Apple's 10-K that we will talk about in greater detail tomorrow.

Apple 2023 10-K Takeaways

Quarterly Cash Dividends. Regarding Apple's quarterly cash dividend (a 0.5% dividend yield given Apple's current stock price), Apple's share repurchases have led to a declining share count which makes it less costly to pay the same amount of cash dividends. Despite the quarterly cash dividend increasing by 154% since being reinstated in 2012, Apple's dividend expense has increased by just 40%.

Here is Apple's annual dividend expense:

  • 2013: $11B

  • 2014: $11B

  • 2015: $12B

  • 2016: $12B

  • 2017: $13B

  • 2018: $14B

  • 2019: $14B

  • 2020: $14B

  • 2021: $14B

  • 2022: $15B

  • 2023: $15B

Debt. In 2023, Apple issued $5.3B of debt (floating- and fixed-rate notes) while repaying $11.2B of debt and $4.0B of net repayments of commercial paper.

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