Apple Inc. vs ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AAPL and AMD diverge most: on debt / equity, AAPL reads 0.85 and AMD reads 0.05; on return on equity, AAPL reads 115.1% and AMD reads 7.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AAPL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What AMD's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AAPL | AMD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $315.32 | $558.29 |
| Market cap | $4.64T | $921.2B |
| Sector | Computer Hardware | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +32.1% | — |
| P/E | 38.2 | 183.1 |
| P/B | 43.60 | 14.29 |
| P/S | 10.29 | 24.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.1 | 210.5 |
| Revenue growth | +12.4% | +34.8% |
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 52.8% |
| Operating margin | 32.3% | 14.4% |
| Net margin | 27.1% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 115.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | 33.0% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 61.6% | 5.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.85 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 2.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.61 | 6.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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