Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or MPWR?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $68.1B for Monolithic Power Systems, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or MPWR?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 24.6% for MPWR.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or MPWR?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, AAPL trades at a lower P/E — 38.1 vs 84.7 for MPWR. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AAPL or MPWR?

Accepted Answer

MPWR yields 0.48% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or MPWR?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	AAPL	MPWR
Price	$336.11	$1 386.00
Market cap	$4.91T	$68.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$3.27B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+15.9%
Net margin	27.6%	24.6%
Free cash flow	$137B	$586M
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	$1.23B
1-year price return	+32.3%	+41.5%
P/E	38.1	84.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	27%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.48%
Return on equity	137%	22%
Altman Z-score	12.84	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	166,000	4,501

Apple Inc. vs Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.