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META vs. AAPL, AMD, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA, and SNAP

Should you be buying Meta Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Platforms include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), and Snap (SNAP).

Meta Platforms vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Meta Platforms pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Meta Platforms pays out 7.6% 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. Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Meta Platforms has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Apple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Meta Platforms has a net margin of 39.99% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Meta Platforms' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Meta Platforms 39.99%39.33%25.83%

Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by company 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Platforms. Meta Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B9.88$93.74B$6.5939.49
Meta Platforms$164.50B11.32$62.36B$27.6226.85

Apple presently has a consensus target price of $252.47, suggesting a potential downside of 2.99%. Meta Platforms has a consensus target price of $829.66, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Meta Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Meta Platforms is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Meta Platforms
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
39 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02

In the previous week, Apple had 114 more articles in the media than Meta Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 274 mentions for Apple and 160 mentions for Meta Platforms. Meta Platforms' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Apple's score of 0.94 indicating that Meta Platforms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
185 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
15 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Meta Platforms
116 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Meta Platforms beats Apple on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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META vs. The Competition

MetricMeta PlatformsINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.86T$19.74B$33.39B$10.65B
Dividend Yield0.29%3.66%3.19%4.86%
P/E Ratio26.8573.82730.6228.20
Price / Sales11.32100.301,321.62128.09
Price / Cash23.8684.1137.9661.42
Price / Book10.299.137.506.50
Net Income$62.36B$356.34M$820.48M$276.73M
7 Day Performance4.13%2.21%531.84%-0.16%
1 Month Performance-1.84%-2.32%628.20%1.37%
1 Year Performance31.54%60.99%24,387.39%32.60%

Meta Platforms Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
META
Meta Platforms
4.5649 of 5 stars
$741.85
+1.2%
$829.66
+11.8%
+26.0%$1.86T$164.50B26.8274,067Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
AAPL
Apple
4.768 of 5 stars
$249.34
+0.6%
$248.29
-0.4%
+9.6%$3.70T$408.63B37.84164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.4319 of 5 stars
$238.60
+9.4%
$231.00
-3.2%
+49.4%$387.21B$25.79B137.1328,000Trending News
High Trading Volume
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8061 of 5 stars
$215.57
-0.4%
$266.26
+23.5%
+14.9%$2.30T$637.96B32.861,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.6527 of 5 stars
$251.66
+2.2%
$241.00
-4.2%
+51.4%$3.04T$350.02B26.80190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.0082 of 5 stars
$251.03
+2.3%
$249.26
-0.7%
+52.4%$3.04T$350.02B26.73183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9703 of 5 stars
$513.43
0.0%
$618.47
+20.5%
+21.8%$3.82T$281.72B37.64228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.8267 of 5 stars
$1,203.29
-1.0%
$1,337.63
+11.2%
+46.1%$511.31B$41.69B51.2714,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9469 of 5 stars
$179.83
-0.1%
$222.23
+23.6%
+25.6%$4.37T$130.50B51.2336,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.3746 of 5 stars
$435.15
+1.4%
$363.03
-16.6%
+101.4%$1.45T$97.69B251.53125,665Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SNAP
Snap
3.513 of 5 stars
$7.91
-0.2%
$34.65
+338.3%
-22.0%$13.36B$5.36B-24.704,911Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:META) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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