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by tristanj 3166 days ago
Only if they stop giving it back to their shareholders. Since they started their buyback program in 2012 Apple has 'returned' over $222 billion to shareholders [0]. Presently they are issuing debt to finance the buybacks & dividends. If they are not careful they may end up like IBM.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/05/apple-5b-bond-sale-fund...

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That debt is borrowed against offshore holdings that they plan to repatriate when the tax conditions are more favorable.