Question 1

Which is bigger, AAPL or NTAP?

Accepted Answer

Apple Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.91T vs $46.7B for NetApp, Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AAPL or NTAP?

Accepted Answer

AAPL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 27.6% vs 18.2% for NTAP.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL or NTAP?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, NTAP trades at a lower P/E — 32.8 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 NTAP?

Accepted Answer

NTAP yields 0.88% vs 0.32% for AAPL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AAPL or NTAP?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AAPL leads 7 of 12 comparable metrics and NTAP leads 5. StockCV rates AAPL “Strong” and NTAP “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AAPL	NTAP
Price	$336.11	$237.68
Market cap	$4.91T	$46.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$467B	$16.0B
Revenue growth	+1.8%	+2.9%
Net margin	27.6%	18.2%
Free cash flow	$137B	$3.64B
Net cash (debt)	($31.6B)	$1.04B
1-year price return	+32.3%	+97.6%
P/E	38.1	32.8
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	5%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.88%
Return on equity	137%	114%
Altman Z-score	12.84	3.45
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	166,000	11,700

Apple Inc. vs NetApp, Inc