Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or IBM?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $213B for International Business Machines Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or IBM?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 15.5% for IBM.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or IBM?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, IBM trades at a lower P/E — 20.0 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 IBM?

Accepted Answer

IBM yields 2.95% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or IBM?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AAPL leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and IBM leads 4. StockCV rates AAPL “Strong” and IBM “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AAPL	IBM
Price	$336.11	$226.50
Market cap	$4.91T	$213B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$69.1B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+3.7%
Net margin	27.6%	15.5%
Free cash flow	$137B	$13.8B
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	($47.7B)
1-year price return	+32.3%	-21.4%
P/E	38.1	20.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	85%
Dividend yield	0.32%	2.95%
Return on equity	137%	34%
Altman Z-score	12.84	2.80
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	166,000	287,000

Apple Inc. vs International Business Machines Corporation