NVIDIA (NVDA) Competitors

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

Is NVDA or AAPL more profitable?

NVIDIA has a net margin of 52.41% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat NVIDIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NVIDIA	52.41%	101.74%	70.72%
Apple	24.30%	170.91%	31.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, NVDA or AAPL?

NVIDIA has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NVDA or AAPL?

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

Do analysts prefer NVDA or AAPL?

NVIDIA currently has a consensus price target of $208.76, indicating a potential upside of 17.00%. Apple has a consensus price target of $244.03, indicating a potential downside of 4.09%. Given NVIDIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Apple.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NVIDIA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	36 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.96
Apple	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NVDA or AAPL?

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
NVIDIA	$130.50B	33.23	$72.88B	$3.51	50.83
Apple	$408.63B	9.24	$93.74B	$6.59	38.61

Is NVDA or AAPL a better dividend stock?

NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% 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. NVIDIA has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Apple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor NVDA or AAPL?

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 162 more articles in the media than Apple. MarketBeat recorded 417 mentions for NVIDIA and 255 mentions for Apple. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.80 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NVIDIA	255 Very Positive mention(s)	44 Positive mention(s)	62 Neutral mention(s)	34 Negative mention(s)	8 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apple	172 Very Positive mention(s)	28 Positive mention(s)	40 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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