Apple vs Amazon Com
AAPL and AMZN side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AAPL and AMZN compare
Apple is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Amazon Com ($5.2T against $2.9T).
On earnings, Amazon Com is cheaper: it trades at 21.5× trailing earnings, against 40.8× for Apple.
Amazon Com grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.4% versus 14.2% for Apple).
Apple keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 27.6% compared with 16.9% at Amazon Com.
Apple pays a dividend yielding 0.30%; Amazon Com does not pay one.
Amazon Com scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 17 for Apple), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AAPL | AMZN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.2T | $2.9T |
| Share price | $355.63 | $266.17 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.0% | 7.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 122% | 44.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 1.44 |
| Employees | 167K | 1.6M |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 40.8× | 21.5× (better) |
| P/S | 11.1× | 3.6× (better) |
| P/B | 48.3× | 4.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.0× | 16.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 38.0× | – |
| PEG | 5.93 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.6% (better) | −1.6% |
| Fair value | $250.64 | $372.47 |
| Margin of safety | −41.9% | 28.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.2% | 15.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.7% | 13.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 29.9% | 76.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 32.3% | 74.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.9% | 28.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 48.7% | 51.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | 33.2% (better) | 13.1% |
| Net margin | 27.6% (better) | 16.9% |
| FCF margin | 29.3% (better) | −5.9% |
| Return on equity | 149% (better) | 27.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 106% (better) | 16.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | 0.29 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.13 (better) | 0.36 |
| Interest coverage | – | 23.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.00 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 13.89 (better) | 4.07 |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.30% | – |
| Payout ratio | 12.1% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 14 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.6% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 66.4% | 67.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.06% | 9.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$209M (better) | −$433M |
| Superinvestors holding | 12 | 25 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.99% | 0.96% |
Go deeper
- AAPL stock overview
- AAPL income statement
- AAPL valuation and score
- AMZN stock overview
- AMZN income statement
- AMZN valuation and score
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