AAPL vs. NVDA, MSFT, 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 NVIDIA (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), 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).
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than NVIDIA. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVIDIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NVIDIA presently has a consensus target price of $844.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.52%. Apple has a consensus target price of $205.27, indicating a potential upside of 18.16%. Given NVIDIA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than NVIDIA.
NVIDIA has a net margin of 48.85% compared to NVIDIA's net margin of 26.16%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 156.04% beat Apple's return on equity.
64.8% of NVIDIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of NVIDIA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 100 more articles in the media than Apple. MarketBeat recorded 252 mentions for NVIDIA and 152 mentions for Apple. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.40 indicating that NVIDIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apple received 4530 more outperform votes than NVIDIA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.27% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 68.68% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.
NVIDIA has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NVIDIA pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.0% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Apple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Apple on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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