Everpure (NYSE:P) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Critical Survey

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Everpure (NYSE:P) are both large-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Everpure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Everpure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Apple and Everpure, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apple	4	12	22	1	2.51
Everpure	1	3	17	0	2.76

Apple presently has a consensus target price of $330.53, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. Everpure has a consensus target price of $129.10, indicating a potential upside of 37.97%. Given Everpure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Everpure is more favorable than Apple.

Profitability

This table compares Apple and Everpure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apple	27.62%	135.46%	34.11%
Everpure	5.94%	19.06%	5.89%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Apple and Everpure”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apple	$416.16 billion	11.21	$112.01 billion	$8.72	36.66
Everpure	$3.66 billion	8.49	$188.18 million	$0.73	128.18

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Everpure. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everpure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everpure has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple beats Everpure on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Apple

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts. In addition, the company offers various services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV+, which offers exclusive original content; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

About Everpure

Pure Storage, Inc. provides data storage technologies, products, and services in the United States and internationally. The company’s Purity software is shared across its products and provides enterprise-class data services, such as data reduction, data protection, and encryption, as well as storage protocols, including block, file, and object. Its products portfolio includes FlashArray for block-oriented storage, addressing databases, applications, virtual machines, and other traditional workloads; FlashArray//XL; and FlashArray//C, an all-QLC flash array. The company also provides FlashBlade, a solution for unstructured data workloads of various types; FlashStack that combines compute, network, and storage to provide an infrastructure platform; FlashRecover, an all-flash modern data-protection solution; and AIRI, a full-stack AI-ready infrastructure. In addition, it offers evergreen storage subscription, Pure as-a-Service, and Cloud Block Store, as well as Portworx a cloud-native Kubernetes data management solution It also offers technical and professional, training and education, and certification services. The company sells its products and subscription services through direct sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as OS76, Inc. and changed its name to Pure Storage, Inc. in January 2010. Pure Storage, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.