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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Apple had 96 more articles in the media than Microsoft. MarketBeat recorded 202 mentions for Apple and 106 mentions for Microsoft. Microsoft's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Apple's score of 0.32 indicating that Microsoft is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
60.4% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Microsoft shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Microsoft shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apple pays an annual dividend of $0.96 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 14.9% 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 stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microsoft has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 received 4086 more outperform votes than Microsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.24% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 72.55% of users gave Microsoft an outperform vote.
Apple currently has a consensus target price of $204.11, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Microsoft has a consensus target price of $452.61, indicating a potential upside of 9.13%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Microsoft.
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.
Summary
Apple beats Microsoft on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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