NVIDIA (NVDA) Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) 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 risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Is AAPL or NVDA a better dividend stock?

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Apple pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NVIDIA pays out 1.3% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and NVIDIA 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.

Do analysts rate AAPL or NVDA?

Apple presently has a consensus price target of $235.11, suggesting a potential upside of 9.66%. NVIDIA has a consensus price target of $181.22, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than NVIDIA.

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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
NVIDIA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	33 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Is AAPL or NVDA more profitable?

NVIDIA has a net margin of 51.69% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat NVIDIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apple	24.30%	167.24%	31.35%
NVIDIA	51.69%	105.09%	72.19%

Does the media refer more to AAPL or NVDA?

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 100 more articles in the media than Apple. MarketBeat recorded 360 mentions for NVIDIA and 260 mentions for Apple. NVIDIA's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Apple's score of 0.91 indicating that NVIDIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apple	158 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	57 Neutral mention(s)	18 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NVIDIA	228 Very Positive mention(s)	57 Positive mention(s)	41 Neutral mention(s)	17 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AAPL or NVDA?

Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AAPL or NVDA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apple	$391.04B	8.19	$93.74B	$6.42	33.40
NVIDIA	$148.52B	27.44	$72.88B	$3.10	53.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AAPL or NVDA?

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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