Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or FDS?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $10.2B for Factset Research Systems.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or FDS?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 21.5% for FDS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or FDS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, FDS trades at a lower P/E — 19.1 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 FDS?

Accepted Answer

FDS yields 1.61% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or FDS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AAPL leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and FDS leads 5. StockCV rates AAPL “Strong” and FDS “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AAPL	FDS
Price	$336.11	$287.18
Market cap	$4.91T	$10.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$2.48B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+5.9%
Net margin	27.6%	21.5%
Free cash flow	$137B	$707M
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	($1.28B)
1-year price return	+32.3%	+1.4%
P/E	38.1	19.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	87%
Dividend yield	0.32%	1.61%
Return on equity	137%	26%
Altman Z-score	12.84	3.98
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	166,000	12,694

Apple Inc. vs Factset Research Systems