AAPL vs. DELL, SMCI, HPQ, LOGI, VYX, FIT, DBD, OMCL, ATEN, and CRSR
Should you be buying Apple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple include Dell Technologies (DELL), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), HP (HPQ), Logitech International (LOGI), NCR Voyix (VYX), Fitbit (FIT), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Omnicell (OMCL), A10 Networks (ATEN), and Corsair Gaming (CRSR).
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) 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, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
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 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 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 1.6%. 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.
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 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple presently has a consensus target price of $228.62, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Dell Technologies has a consensus target price of $135.81, indicating a potential upside of 20.07%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than Apple.
In the previous week, Apple had 85 more articles in the media than Dell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 123 mentions for Apple and 38 mentions for Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Apple's score of 0.46 indicating that Dell Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apple received 6561 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.23% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Apple beats Dell Technologies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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