Apple Inc. operates in the Electronic computers sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Apple Inc. with three other manufacturers of computers and peripheral equipment in North America: HP Inc (2020 sales of $56.64 billion of which 69% was Personal Systems), Dell Technologies Inc ($94.22 billion of which 51% was Client Solutions), and International Business Machines Corporation ($73.62 billion of which 35% was Global Technology Services).

Sales Analysis. During the second calendar quarter of 2021, sales at Apple Inc. totalled $81.43 billion. This is an increase of 36.4% from the $59.69 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020. During the first two calendar quarters of 2021, sales totalled $171.02 billion, which is 44.9% higher than through the first two quarters of 2020. During the previous 9 quarters, sales at Apple Inc. have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year. Sales at Apple Inc. appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 9 calendar years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for between 32.2% and 37.9% of the annual calendar year sales. Apple Inc. reported sales of $274.52 billion for the fiscal year ending September of 2020. This represents an increase of 5.5% versus 2019, when the company's sales were $260.17 billion. Sales of Europe saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 13.9% in 2020, from $60.29 billion to $68.64 billion. Apple Inc. also saw significant increases in sales in Rest of Asia Pacific (up 10.1% to $19.59 billion) . Not all segments of Apple Inc. experienced an increase in sales in 2020: sales of Greater China fell 7.7% to $40.31 billion. Apple Inc. also experienced decreases in sales in Japan (down 0.4% to $21.42 billion) .