AAPL vs. MSFT, NVDA, GOOG, GOOGL, META, TSM, DELL, SMCI, OMCL, and OSS
Should you be buying Apple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple include Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Dell Technologies (DELL), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Omnicell (OMCL), and One Stop Systems (OSS).
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Apple received 4085 more outperform votes than Microsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.24% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 72.57% of users gave Microsoft an outperform vote.
Microsoft has a net margin of 36.43% compared to Apple's net margin of 26.31%. Apple's return on equity of 148.33% beat Microsoft's return on equity.
Apple currently has a consensus target price of $204.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.81%. Microsoft has a consensus target price of $454.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.21%. Given Microsoft's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Microsoft is more favorable than Apple.
60.4% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Microsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Microsoft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Apple pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Microsoft pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Apple has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microsoft has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Microsoft. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Apple had 20 more articles in the media than Microsoft. MarketBeat recorded 147 mentions for Apple and 127 mentions for Microsoft. Microsoft's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Apple's score of 0.38 indicating that Microsoft is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Apple beats Microsoft on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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