Apple vs HP
AAPL and HPQ side by side, both in computer and office equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AAPL and HPQ compare
Apple is the larger company, worth 194 times as much as HP ($5.0T against $26.0B).
On earnings, HP is cheaper: it trades at 11.0× trailing earnings, against 39.5× for Apple.
Apple grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.2% versus 8.1% for HP).
Apple keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 27.6% compared with 4.1% at HP.
Both pay dividends: Apple yields 0.31% and HP 4.2%.
Apple scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for HP), 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 | HPQ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.0T | $26.0B |
| Share price | $344.63 | $28.78 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.8% | 3.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 128% | −9.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 1.03 |
| Employees | 166K | 55K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 15 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 39.5× | 11.0× (better) |
| P/S | 10.8× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 46.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.1× | 7.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 36.8× | 6.7× (better) |
| PEG | 5.74 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 15.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $257.69 | $50.63 |
| Margin of safety | −33.7% | 43.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.2% (better) | 8.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.7% (better) | −0.48% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 29.9% (better) | −7.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 32.3% (better) | −4.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.9% (better) | 6.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 48.7% (better) | 19.9% |
| Operating margin | 33.2% (better) | 5.4% |
| Net margin | 27.6% (better) | 4.1% |
| FCF margin | 29.3% (better) | 6.6% |
| Return on equity | 149% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 106% (better) | 52.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.13 (better) | 1.20 |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.00 (better) | 0.79 |
| Altman Z-score | 13.54 (better) | 1.61 |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.31% | 4.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 12.1% | 44.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 14 (better) | 9 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 10.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.6% | 4.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 8.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 66.4% | 92.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.06% | 0.24% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$116M | −$4.9M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 12 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.83% | 8.1% |
Go deeper
- AAPL stock overview
- AAPL income statement
- AAPL valuation and score
- HPQ stock overview
- HPQ income statement
- HPQ valuation and score
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