Apple's gross margin
Every company analysis starts with margins. Gross marginDefinitionGross marginThe share of each revenue dollar left after the direct cost of producing what was sold. It is the first read on pricing power and production efficiency, and the starting point of every margin analysis.Gross margin = Gross profit ÷ Revenue = (Revenue − Cost of revenue) ÷ RevenueDrivers: Price · Cost · Volume · MixFull definition → is the share of each sales dollar a company keeps after the direct cost of making its product — a first read on pricing power and efficiency.
Below are Apple's own figures from its latest annual reportDefinitionForm 10-KThe audited annual report a US public company files with the SEC — the most complete single document about a business: audited financial statements, management's discussion, risk factors, and the auditor's own opinion. It is the primary source nearly every figure on Echelon grounds to.One 10-K = audited statements + MD&A + risk factors + auditor's reportDrivers: Assurance · Cadence · Restated comparativesFull definition → (Form 10-K), pulled from SEC EDGAR. Use them to work out the gross marginDefinitionGross marginThe share of each revenue dollar left after the direct cost of producing what was sold. It is the first read on pricing power and production efficiency, and the starting point of every margin analysis.Gross margin = Gross profit ÷ Revenue = (Revenue − Cost of revenue) ÷ RevenueDrivers: Price · Cost · Volume · MixFull definition → yourself.
Gross marginDefinitionGross marginThe share of each revenue dollar left after the direct cost of producing what was sold. It is the first read on pricing power and production efficiency, and the starting point of every margin analysis.Gross margin = Gross profit ÷ Revenue = (Revenue − Cost of revenue) ÷ RevenueDrivers: Price · Cost · Volume · MixFull definition → = gross profit ÷ revenue (equivalently, (revenue − cost of revenue) ÷ revenue).
Apple Inc. 10-K (FY2025, period ended 2025-09-27), accession 0000320193-25-000079, via SEC EDGAR
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