Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or AOS?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $7.66B for A.O. Smith Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or AOS?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 13.1% for AOS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or AOS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, AOS trades at a lower P/E — 15.3 vs 38.1 for AAPL. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AAPL or AOS?

Accepted Answer

AOS yields 2.58% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or AOS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AAPL leads 8 of 12 comparable metrics and AOS leads 4. StockCV rates AAPL “Strong” and AOS “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AAPL	AOS
Price	$336.11	$56.38
Market cap	$4.91T	$7.66B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$3.80B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+0.7%
Net margin	27.6%	13.1%
Free cash flow	$137B	$639M
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	$80.5M
1-year price return	+32.3%	-19.1%
P/E	38.1	15.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	99%
Dividend yield	0.32%	2.58%
Return on equity	137%	27%
Altman Z-score	12.84	5.15
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	166,000	11,500

Apple Inc. vs A.O. Smith Corporation