AAPL vs. DELL, HPQ, FIT, DBD, SSYS, HMI, DDD, KOPN, SMCI, and OMCL
Should you be buying Apple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple include Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), Fitbit (FIT), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Stratasys (SSYS), Huami (HMI), 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and Omnicell (OMCL).
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Apple had 26 more articles in the media than Dell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Apple and 81 mentions for Dell Technologies. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Dell Technologies' score of 0.42 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Apple pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dell Technologies pays out 36.3% 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.
60.4% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apple has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple received 6535 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.24% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
Apple has a net margin of 26.31% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.00%. Apple's return on equity of 148.33% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
Apple presently has a consensus price target of $205.59, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Dell Technologies has a consensus price target of $135.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Dell Technologies.
Summary
Apple beats Dell Technologies on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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