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Share-Based Compensation
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Compensation
Restricted Stock Units
A summary of the Company’s restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity and related information for the nine months ended June 27, 2026, is as follows:
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
Weighted-Average
Grant-Date Fair
Value Per RSU
Balance as of September 27, 2025151,574 $189.75 
RSUs granted72,400 $258.16 
RSUs vested(70,594)$184.72 
RSUs forfeited(9,418)$213.67 
Balance as of June 27, 2026143,962 $225.06 
The total vesting-date fair value of RSUs was $8.9 billion and $7.0 billion for the three months ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, respectively, and was $18.4 billion and $16.3 billion for the nine months ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, respectively.
Share-Based Compensation
The following table shows share-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefit included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025 (in millions):
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
June 27,
2026		June 28,
2025		June 27,
2026		June 28,
2025
Share-based compensation expense$3,401 $3,168 $10,523 $9,680 
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation expense$(1,122)$(795)$(3,217)$(2,870)
As of June 27, 2026, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs was $26.7 billion, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years.