Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or MSI?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $73.5B for Motorola Solutions, Inc. New.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or MSI?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 17.4% for MSI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or MSI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, MSI trades at a lower P/E — 34.4 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 MSI?

Accepted Answer

MSI yields 1.04% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or MSI?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	AAPL	MSI
Price	$336.11	$444.18
Market cap	$4.91T	$73.5B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$12.2B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+8.6%
Net margin	27.6%	17.4%
Free cash flow	$137B	$2.68B
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	($8.00B)
1-year price return	+32.3%	-2.9%
P/E	38.1	34.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	57%
Dividend yield	0.32%	1.04%
Return on equity	137%	86%
Altman Z-score	12.84	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	166,000	23,000

Apple Inc. vs Motorola Solutions, Inc. New