Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Apple Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29).
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. current ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. quick ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
Current Ratio
Apple Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jul 1, 2023 | Apr 1, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 24, 2022 | Jun 25, 2022 | Mar 26, 2022 | Dec 25, 2021 | Sep 25, 2021 | Jun 26, 2021 | Mar 27, 2021 | Dec 26, 2020 | Sep 26, 2020 | Jun 27, 2020 | Mar 28, 2020 | Dec 28, 2019 | Sep 28, 2019 | Jun 29, 2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | Dec 29, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 152,987) | 125,435) | 128,416) | 143,692) | 143,566) | 122,659) | 112,913) | 128,777) | 135,405) | 112,292) | 118,180) | 153,154) | 134,836) | 114,423) | 121,465) | 154,106) | 143,713) | 140,065) | 143,753) | 163,231) | 162,819) | 134,973) | 123,346) | 140,828) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 176,392) | 131,624) | 123,822) | 133,973) | 145,308) | 124,963) | 120,075) | 137,286) | 153,982) | 129,873) | 127,508) | 147,574) | 125,481) | 107,754) | 106,385) | 132,507) | 105,392) | 95,318) | 96,094) | 102,161) | 105,718) | 89,704) | 93,772) | 108,283) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.36 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 1.32 | 1.30 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 4.55 | 5.01 | 4.39 | 4.15 | 4.14 | 3.96 | 4.29 | 4.01 | 3.70 | 3.73 | 4.34 | 5.06 | 5.03 | 5.09 | 4.99 | 5.50 | 5.59 | 5.82 | 5.81 | 5.91 | 5.77 | 5.34 | |||||||
| Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.91 | 0.89 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 1.42 | 1.62 | 1.49 | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.59 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 1.81 | 1.70 | 1.51 | 1.69 | 1.80 | 2.11 | |||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | 4.69 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 2.31 | 2.49 | 2.89 | 2.13 | 1.91 | 1.79 | 1.91 | 1.85 | 1.93 | 2.10 | 2.29 | 2.51 | 2.25 | 2.10 | 2.26 | 2.41 | 2.35 | 2.40 | 2.10 | 2.02 | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 152,987 ÷ 176,392 = 0.87
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. current ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
Quick Ratio
Apple Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jul 1, 2023 | Apr 1, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 24, 2022 | Jun 25, 2022 | Mar 26, 2022 | Dec 25, 2021 | Sep 25, 2021 | Jun 26, 2021 | Mar 27, 2021 | Dec 26, 2020 | Sep 26, 2020 | Jun 27, 2020 | Mar 28, 2020 | Dec 28, 2019 | Sep 28, 2019 | Jun 29, 2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | Dec 29, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 29,943) | 25,565) | 32,695) | 40,760) | 29,965) | 28,408) | 24,687) | 20,535) | 23,646) | 27,502) | 28,098) | 37,119) | 34,940) | 34,050) | 38,466) | 36,010) | 38,016) | 33,383) | 40,174) | 39,771) | 48,844) | 50,530) | 37,988) | 44,771) | |||||||
| Current marketable securities | 35,228) | 36,236) | 34,455) | 32,340) | 31,590) | 34,074) | 31,185) | 30,820) | 24,658) | 20,729) | 23,413) | 26,794) | 27,699) | 27,646) | 31,368) | 40,816) | 52,927) | 59,642) | 53,877) | 67,391) | 51,713) | 44,084) | 42,104) | 41,656) | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 33,410) | 22,795) | 21,837) | 23,194) | 29,508) | 19,549) | 17,936) | 23,752) | 28,184) | 21,803) | 20,815) | 30,213) | 26,278) | 17,475) | 18,503) | 27,101) | 16,120) | 17,882) | 15,722) | 20,970) | 22,926) | 14,148) | 15,085) | 18,077) | |||||||
| Vendor non-trade receivables | 32,833) | 20,377) | 19,313) | 26,908) | 31,477) | 19,637) | 17,963) | 30,428) | 32,748) | 20,439) | 24,585) | 35,040) | 25,228) | 16,433) | 14,533) | 31,519) | 21,325) | 14,193) | 14,955) | 18,976) | 22,878) | 12,326) | 11,193) | 18,904) | |||||||
| Total quick assets | 131,414) | 104,973) | 108,300) | 123,202) | 122,540) | 101,668) | 91,771) | 105,535) | 109,236) | 90,473) | 96,911) | 129,166) | 114,145) | 95,604) | 102,870) | 135,446) | 128,388) | 125,100) | 124,728) | 147,108) | 146,361) | 121,088) | 106,370) | 123,408) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 176,392) | 131,624) | 123,822) | 133,973) | 145,308) | 124,963) | 120,075) | 137,286) | 153,982) | 129,873) | 127,508) | 147,574) | 125,481) | 107,754) | 106,385) | 132,507) | 105,392) | 95,318) | 96,094) | 102,161) | 105,718) | 89,704) | 93,772) | 108,283) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 1.22 | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.13 | 1.14 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 3.47 | 3.67 | 3.16 | 2.86 | 2.73 | 2.65 | 3.05 | 2.89 | 2.73 | 2.97 | 3.54 | 4.23 | 4.24 | 4.33 | 4.25 | 4.73 | 4.94 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 5.28 | 4.95 | 4.46 | |||||||
| Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.69 | 0.68 | 1.10 | 1.18 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 1.41 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.46 | 1.45 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 1.64 | 1.54 | 1.39 | 1.56 | 1.67 | 1.97 | |||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | 2.19 | 1.12 | 0.87 | 1.16 | 0.95 | 1.17 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.75 | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 131,414 ÷ 176,392 = 0.75
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. quick ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
Cash Ratio
Apple Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jul 1, 2023 | Apr 1, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 24, 2022 | Jun 25, 2022 | Mar 26, 2022 | Dec 25, 2021 | Sep 25, 2021 | Jun 26, 2021 | Mar 27, 2021 | Dec 26, 2020 | Sep 26, 2020 | Jun 27, 2020 | Mar 28, 2020 | Dec 28, 2019 | Sep 28, 2019 | Jun 29, 2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | Dec 29, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 29,943) | 25,565) | 32,695) | 40,760) | 29,965) | 28,408) | 24,687) | 20,535) | 23,646) | 27,502) | 28,098) | 37,119) | 34,940) | 34,050) | 38,466) | 36,010) | 38,016) | 33,383) | 40,174) | 39,771) | 48,844) | 50,530) | 37,988) | 44,771) | |||||||
| Current marketable securities | 35,228) | 36,236) | 34,455) | 32,340) | 31,590) | 34,074) | 31,185) | 30,820) | 24,658) | 20,729) | 23,413) | 26,794) | 27,699) | 27,646) | 31,368) | 40,816) | 52,927) | 59,642) | 53,877) | 67,391) | 51,713) | 44,084) | 42,104) | 41,656) | |||||||
| Total cash assets | 65,171) | 61,801) | 67,150) | 73,100) | 61,555) | 62,482) | 55,872) | 51,355) | 48,304) | 48,231) | 51,511) | 63,913) | 62,639) | 61,696) | 69,834) | 76,826) | 90,943) | 93,025) | 94,051) | 107,162) | 100,557) | 94,614) | 80,092) | 86,427) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 176,392) | 131,624) | 123,822) | 133,973) | 145,308) | 124,963) | 120,075) | 137,286) | 153,982) | 129,873) | 127,508) | 147,574) | 125,481) | 107,754) | 106,385) | 132,507) | 105,392) | 95,318) | 96,094) | 102,161) | 105,718) | 89,704) | 93,772) | 108,283) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 0.85 | 0.80 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 2.90 | 3.06 | 2.62 | 2.41 | 2.26 | 2.10 | 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.27 | 2.50 | 3.07 | 3.79 | 3.82 | 3.85 | 3.74 | 4.28 | 4.35 | 4.60 | 4.56 | 4.46 | 4.30 | 3.96 | |||||||
| Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 1.37 | 1.61 | |||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | 1.23 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 0.14 | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 65,171 ÷ 176,392 = 0.37
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Apple Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |