A customer counts cash to pay for two iPhone 6 smartphones during the sales launch at the Apple Inc. store in New York.

Apple reported quarterly earnings and revenue on Tuesday that barely beat analyst expectations—but its cash hoard is bigger than ever.

The company revealed that its cash pile broke $200 billion for the first time, hitting some $203 billion. This is up 5 percent from last quarter, and up 23 percent from last year.

There are only 14 companies in the S&P 500 index that have a larger market cap than Apple's cash pile.

Apple's total cash is the equivalent of: