Apple Cash Return Nears $1 TrillionApple Earnings: Stock Rises After Solid Report—and Despite Some MissesLast Updated:2 hours agoApple paid $15.4 billion in dividends in fiscal-year 2025, and spent another $90.7 billion on buybacks. That brings the company's total cash return since 2012 to $994 billion. It will likely cross a trillion dollars in the first quarter of 2026.Over that period, Apple has reduced the company's share count by 44%, boosting per-share metrics by 78%.