AAPL vs. DELL, HPQ, FIT, DBD, SSYS, DDD, HMI, 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), 3D Systems (DDD), Huami (HMI), Kopin (KOPN), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and Omnicell (OMCL).
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Apple has a net margin of 26.31% compared to Apple's net margin of 4.00%. Dell Technologies' return on equity of 148.33% beat Apple's return on equity.
Dell Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $135.81, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Apple has a consensus price target of $205.59, indicating a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than Apple.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apple received 6537 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.25% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dell Technologies pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.6% 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. Dell Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Dell Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Apple had 52 more articles in the media than Dell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Apple and 36 mentions for Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Apple's score of 0.48 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Apple beats Dell Technologies on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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