At the end of 2013, Apple succeeded to mark the cash and marketable securities of $137 billion. The case traces the route that helped the company to achieve this significant amount of cash and how and whether it would be better to pay this to shareholders, mainly in the face of shareholder pressure. This case asks students to conduct a basic financial analysis, which is accompanied by a cash distribution analysis, financial projection, and ratio analysis.
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