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Apple Inc.: diluted weighted-average shares

Apple diluted weighted-average shares: 15.0 billion shares for the year ending 2025-09-27, down 2.6% on the year. 19 values since 2007 from SEC filings.

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At a glance

Apple reported diluted weighted-average shares of 15.0 billion shares for the year ending 2025-09-27, down 2.6% from 15.4 billion shares a year earlier. From 2007 to 2025 it grew at a compound 17.0% a year, from 889.3 million shares to 15.0 billion shares. Across the last five reported years it ranged from 15.0 billion shares (2025-09-27) to 16.9 billion shares (2021-09-25).

Computed from the values in the table below, in shares; each links to the filing it came from.

What this measure means

Weighted-average shares used for diluted earnings per share. Potential shares are included under the applicable dilution rules, not simply added to outstanding shares.

Exact concept: us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2006-10-01 to 2025-09-27. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

Selected filing history

Diluted weighted-average shares in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
2024-09-292025-09-2715,004,697,000shares2025-10-3110-K · 0000320193-25-000079 SEC
2023-10-012024-09-2815,408,095,000shares2025-10-3110-K · 0000320193-25-000079 SEC
2022-09-252023-09-3015,812,547,000shares2025-10-3110-K · 0000320193-25-000079 SEC
2021-09-262022-09-2416,325,819,000shares2024-11-0110-K · 0000320193-24-000123 SEC
2020-09-272021-09-2516,864,919,000shares2023-11-0310-K · 0000320193-23-000106 SEC
2019-09-292020-09-2617,528,214,000shares2022-10-2810-K · 0000320193-22-000108 SEC
2018-09-302019-09-2818,595,651,000shares2021-10-2910-K · 0000320193-21-000105 SEC
2017-10-012018-09-2920,000,435,000shares2020-10-3010-K · 0000320193-20-000096 SEC
2016-09-252017-09-305,251,692,000shares2019-10-3110-K · 0000320193-19-000119 SEC
2015-09-272016-09-245,500,281,000shares2018-11-0510-K · 0000320193-18-000145 SEC
2014-09-282015-09-265,793,069,000shares2017-11-0310-K · 0000320193-17-000070 SEC
2013-09-292014-09-276,122,663,000shares2016-10-2610-K · 0001628280-16-020309 SEC
2012-09-302013-09-286,521,634,000shares2015-10-2810-K · 0001193125-15-356351 SEC
2011-09-252012-09-296,617,483,000shares2014-10-2710-K · 0001193125-14-383437 SEC
2010-09-262011-09-24936,645,000shares2013-10-3010-K · 0001193125-13-416534 SEC
2009-09-272010-09-25924,712,000shares2012-10-3110-K · 0001193125-12-444068 SEC
2008-09-282009-09-26907,005,000shares2011-10-2610-K · 0001193125-11-282113 SEC
2007-09-302008-09-27902,139,000shares2010-10-2710-K · 0001193125-10-238044 SEC
2006-10-012007-09-29889,292,000shares2010-01-2510-K/A · 0001193125-10-012091 SEC

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Entity
Apple Inc. / CIK 0000320193
Captured
SEC response SHA-256
73a86c6aedc31f77cac2ea4df5f80f0b3bd7e6eb58bb4e01444fbedf3afb9c43

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000320193.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))