In fiscal year 2025 Apple reported $416B in revenue against Microsoft's $282B, 1.48× as much.
| Measure | AAPL | MSFT | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $416B | $282B | ×1.48 |
| Gross profit | $195B | $194B | ×1.01 |
| Cost of revenue | $221B | $87.8B | ×2.52 |
| Operating income | $133B | $129B | ×1.04 |
| Net income | $112B | $102B | ×1.10 |
| EPS (diluted) | 7.46 | 13.64 | ×1.83 |
| Total assets | $379B | $665B | ×1.75 |
| Total liabilities | $291B | $274B | ×1.06 |
| Shareholders' equity | $88.2B | $391B | ×4.43 |
| Cash | $45.3B | $24.3B | ×1.87 |
| Long-term debt | $76.7B | $35.4B | ×2.16 |
| Shares outstanding | 14.7B | 7.4B | ×1.98 |
| Net margin | 26.9% | 36.1% | ×1.34 |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 45.6% | ×1.43 |
| Operating cash flow | $111B | $136B | ×1.22 |
| Capital expenditure | $12.7B | $64.6B | ×5.08 |
| Free cash flow | $98.8B | $71.6B | ×1.38 |
| R&D expense | $34.6B | $32.5B | ×1.06 |
| Dividends paid | $15.4B | $24.1B | ×1.56 |
| Income tax expense | $20.7B | $21.8B | ×1.05 |
| Share buybacks | $90.7B | $18.4B | ×4.92 |
The larger of the two figures is in bold. Larger is not automatically better: on debt, cost and tax a bigger number is simply a bigger number. This site reports the figures and leaves the judgement to you.
Revenue, year by year
Apple · 2016–2025
Microsoft · 2016–2025
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026
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