Apple's cash reserve is close to Microsoft's: A big comparison between Apple and Microsoft's financial strength

Microsoft has ranked first in cash reserves among technology companies. However, its cash reserve has dropped to 26.3 billion US dollars now from 64 billion US dollars four years ago, as a great deal of money has been spent on stock buy-back, dividend and acquisition in the past few years. This figure still ranks first in information technology companies. However, Apple Company has caught up in the past two years. For details, please refer to the following.