Apple (Apple Inc.) is the world's highest market value company. If Apple is a country, then the ranking of GDP in many countries may drop by one.
No matter which financial indicator is measured, Apple is almost a behemoth. In January this year, it became the first company in the world to have a market value of more than $3 trillion. Although its market value has dropped to $2.25 trillion as of October 9, it is still an extremely staggering number.
has more public reports from the media. The latest Apple financial report data available at present is the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022. The third quarter is Apple's off-season, and its performance is usually the worst or only unsatisfactory in a year.
1 The following is compared with the GDP of other countries according to Apple's third quarter performance:
Apple's revenue in the third quarter was US$82.959 billion. According to the GDP data of various countries in 2021 released by International Monetary Fund (IMF), if Apple is a country, its quarterly revenue can rank 70th in the world, leading Sri Lanka's US$82.5 billion and lagging behind the Oman Kingdom's US$83.6 billion. If
is calculated for the whole year, Apple's total revenue in the past four quarters was US$387.5 billion, ranking 39th in global GDP, leading Malaysia's 's US$372.7 billion, and lagging behind the Philippines' US$393.6 billion.
However, Apple is still far from the main economy . Among countries with trillions of GDP, the lowest is Netherlands , with GDP of 1 trillion US dollars, ranking 18th. If Apple wants to enter the top 10, it must surpass South Korea's 1 trillion US dollars.
Apple's gross profit in the third quarter was US$35.9 billion, ranking 99th in global GDP, leading Sudan 's US$35.151 billion, lagging behind Estonian 's US$36.3 billion; annual gross profit was approximately US$167.9 billion, leading Algeria 's US$164.6 billion, lagging behind Qatar 's US$179.6 billion.
Apple's net profit in the third quarter was US$19.4 billion, leading the 117th place Mali , and lagging behind the 19.9 billion Brunei ; its annual net profit was US$99.6 billion, leading the 65th place Ethiopian , and lagging behind the 106.2 billion Ecuador .
In the R&D expenditure, Apple's R&D expenditure in the third quarter was US$6.8 billion, enough to exceed the 152nd-ranked Montenegro Goro's US$5.8 billion; annual R&D expenditure was US$25.2 billion, leading Bosnia's US$22.4 billion, not far from the 111th-ranked US$25.5 billion Ireland.
If measured from the product side, Apple's iPhone revenue in the third quarter was US$40.665 billion, leading the 94th place Bolivia US$239.8 billion, lagging behind the Uganda US$42.5 billion; annual revenue was US$201.7 billion, leading the 198.3 billion Ukraine and lagging behind the 209.5 billion Ukraine US$209.5 billion Ukraine.
