Apple vs Alphabet (Class A) AAPL vs GOOGL
Apple and Alphabet (Class A) on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- Debt / equity: Apple 0.8×, Alphabet (Class A) 0.2×.
- Return on equity: Apple 119.9%, Alphabet (Class A) 38.1%.
- Trailing P/E: Apple 39.4×, Alphabet (Class A) 17.1×.
- Net margin: Alphabet (Class A) 54.8%, Apple 27.6%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
AAPL+38.8%
GOOGL+35.4%
Profile
latestSector
Technology
Communication Services
Industry
Consumer Electronics
Internet Content & Information
Market value
$5.01T
$4.14T
Enterprise value
$5.06T
$4.18T
Employees
166,000
198,933
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2.8M
$2.2M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
114% overvalued vs model
51% overvalued vs model
Model range
$109–322
$154–430
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
27.3%
28.9%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: AAPL valuation · GOOGL valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: AAPL reverse DCF · GOOGL reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$343.46
$340.59
52-week high
$343.46
$402.62
52-week low
$246.63
$250.46
Price vs 52-week high
0.0%
−15.4%
Price vs 52-week low
+39.3%
+36.0%
Average daily volume / shares
0.3%
0.2%
Beta
1.07
1.21
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+3.3%
−0.7%
3 months
+3.1%
−3.9%
6 months
+30.4%
+1.4%
Year to date
+26.3%
+8.8%
1 year
+38.8%
+35.4%
1 year, dividends added
+39.2%
+35.8%
2 years
+48.2%
+106.2%
Valuation
price × TTM to Jun 2026P/E (TTM)
39.4×
17.1×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
38.9×
16.5×
Price / sales
10.7×
9.3×
EV / sales
10.8×
9.4×
EV / EBITDA
—
—
Price / book
46.6×
6.5×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
50.8×
56.5×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
2.0%
1.8%
Growth
TTM and FY2025Revenue growth (TTM)
—
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+14.8%
+23.8%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
1.8%
12.5%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
8.7%
17.2%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+18.4%
+90.5%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
6.9%
33.3%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
−3.9%
6.9%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−8.1%
−7.1%
Profitability
TTM to Jun 2026Gross margin (FY)†
46.9%
59.7%
Operating margin
33.2%
33.1%
EBITDA margin
—
—
Net margin
27.6%
54.8%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
23.7%
18.2%
Return on equity
119.9%
38.1%
Return on assets
33.6%
26.5%
Asset turnover
1.22
0.48
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
MRQ Jun 2026Cash
$39.54B
$55.91B
Total debt
$84.34B
$100.16B
Net debt
$44.80B
$44.25B
Debt / equity
0.8×
0.2×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
—
—
Interest coverage (FY)
0.0×
903.3×
Current ratio (FY)
0.89
2.01
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
0.3%
0.3%
Dividends per share
$1.06
$0.86
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
12.2%
4.3%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
4.5%
—
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
24
39
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$91.5M
$28K
Analyst upgrades
2
0
Analyst downgrades
2
0
Statements
income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025Revenue
$466.82B
$445.99B
EBITDA
—
—
Operating income
$154.86B
$147.75B
Net income
$128.93B
$244.21B
EPS (diluted)
$8.71
$19.91
Operating cash flow
$111.48B
$164.71B
Capital expenditure
−$12.71B
−$91.45B
Free cash flow
$98.77B
$73.27B
Dividends paid
$15.42B
$10.05B
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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.