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Apple Inc. (AAPL) vs Sony Corporation (SONY)

Apple Inc. and Sony Corporation are both Consumer Electronics companies. Apple Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.00T against $161.7B — 30.9× the size. Sony Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Apple Inc. trades at 38.4×. Apple Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.1% against −2.58%. Apple Inc. has the higher net margin (27.6% vs −1.99%) and the higher return on invested capital (72.9% vs 13.0%). Both pay a dividend; Apple Inc. yields more (0.31% vs 0.28%). Across the 22 metrics below, Apple Inc. leads on 13 and Sony Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
P/E 38.40 n/m —
P/S 10.60 1.98 1.02
P/B 45.26 2.94 1.78
Price to free cash flow 39.14 15.26 8.56
EV/EBITDA 29.72 8.83 6.15
EV/Sales 10.64 1.90 0.87
Earnings yield 2.60% (0.96%) (32.38%)
Free cash flow yield 2.55% 6.55% (2.73%)

Profitability

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Gross margin 48.79% 31.76% 29.27%
Operating margin 33.01% 12.43% 0.00%
Net margin 27.60% (1.99%) (13.99%)
Free cash flow margin 28.41% 12.95% 0.00%
Return on equity 142.26% (2.86%) (0.53%)
Return on assets 34.61% (0.95%) (2.35%)
Return on invested capital 72.92% 12.97% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.06% (2.58%) (5.36%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.36% (129.27%) 55.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.53% (0.53%) (2.34%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.90% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.14 0.01
Current ratio 1.02 1.25 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 0.14 (0.44) 0.14

Dividend

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Dividend yield 0.31% 0.28% —
Payout ratio 0.12 — —

Size

Metric AAPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Market cap 5.00t 161.73b 38.21m

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