AAPL dividends paid against free cash flow, by fiscal year

Name: AAPL dividends paid against free cash flow, by fiscal year
Creator: Strasmore
Published: 2026-09-26
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Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-26, from AAPL Dividend History: Splits and Raises.

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AAPL dividends paid against free cash flow, by fiscal year — 13 rows by 4 columns, computed 2026-09-26 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
year	dividends_paid_billions	free_cash_flow_billions	dividends_share_of_fcf_pct
2013	10.6	45.5	23.2
2014	11.1	50.1	22.2
2015	11.6	70	16.5
2016	12.2	53.5	22.7
2017	12.8	51.8	24.7
2018	13.7	64.1	21.4
2019	14.1	58.9	24
2020	14.1	73.4	19.2
2021	14.5	93	15.6
2022	14.8	111.4	13.3
2023	15	99.6	15.1
2024	15.2	108.8	14
2025	15.4	98.8	15.6

Rows × columns: 13 × 4
Computed: 2026-09-26
Completeness: No missing values
Source: US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence: Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats: JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for AAPL dividends paid against free cash flow, by fiscal year, derived from the stored result.
Column	Type	Range	Notes
`year`	text	13 distinct values (2013, 2014, 2015…)
`dividends_paid_billions`	number	10.6 to 15.4
`free_cash_flow_billions`	number	45.5 to 111.4
`dividends_share_of_fcf_pct`	number	13.3 to 24.7	percent

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on 2026-09-26, and the query below is what returned them.

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WITH annual_years AS
(
    SELECT
        toUInt16OrZero(toString(fiscal_year))                                            AS fy,
        argMax(abs(dividends), (filing_date, period_end))                                AS dividends_paid,
        argMax(net_cash_from_operating_activities, (filing_date, period_end))            AS operating_cash_flow,
        argMax(abs(purchase_of_property_plant_and_equipment), (filing_date, period_end)) AS capex
    FROM global_markets.stocks_cash_flow_statements
    WHERE has(tickers, 'AAPL')
      AND lower(timeframe) = 'annual'
    GROUP BY fy
    HAVING fy >= 2013
)
SELECT
    toString(fy)                                                                       AS year,
    round(toFloat64(dividends_paid) / 1e9, 1)                                          AS dividends_paid_billions,
    round(toFloat64(operating_cash_flow - capex) / 1e9, 1)                             AS free_cash_flow_billions,
    round(100 * toFloat64(dividends_paid) / toFloat64(operating_cash_flow - capex), 1) AS dividends_share_of_fcf_pct
FROM annual_years
ORDER BY year

SQL to run

WITH annual_years AS
(
    SELECT
        toUInt16OrZero(toString(fiscal_year))                                            AS fy,
        argMax(abs(dividends), (filing_date, period_end))                                AS dividends_paid,
        argMax(net_cash_from_operating_activities, (filing_date, period_end))            AS operating_cash_flow,
        argMax(abs(purchase_of_property_plant_and_equipment), (filing_date, period_end)) AS capex
    FROM global_markets.stocks_cash_flow_statements
    WHERE has(tickers, 'AAPL')
      AND lower(timeframe) = 'annual'
    GROUP BY fy
    HAVING fy >= 2013
)
SELECT
    toString(fy)                                                                       AS year,
    round(toFloat64(dividends_paid) / 1e9, 1)                                          AS dividends_paid_billions,
    round(toFloat64(operating_cash_flow - capex) / 1e9, 1)                             AS free_cash_flow_billions,
    round(100 * toFloat64(dividends_paid) / toFloat64(operating_cash_flow - capex), 1) AS dividends_share_of_fcf_pct
FROM annual_years
ORDER BY year

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