Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or FTV?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $17.3B for Fortive Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or FTV?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 16.0% for FTV.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or FTV?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, FTV trades at a lower P/E — 32.4 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 FTV?

Accepted Answer

FTV yields 0.33% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or FTV?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	AAPL	FTV
Price	$336.11	$57.26
Market cap	$4.91T	$17.3B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$3.33B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	-10.6%
Net margin	27.6%	16.0%
Free cash flow	$137B	$955M
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	($1.93B)
1-year price return	+32.3%	+16.1%
P/E	38.1	32.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	37%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.33%
Return on equity	137%	9%
Altman Z-score	12.84	2.94
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	166,000	10,000

Apple Inc. vs Fortive Corporation