AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
ALKT
Alkami Technology, Inc.
ALKT has the edge over AAPL overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
AAPL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
AAPL's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
ALKT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
ALKT's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability is under pressure.
AAPL PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 26x | $230 | -35% |
| Fair | 31x | $279 | -21% |
| Expensive | 37x | $328 | -7.5% |
| Forward | 38x | $355 | — |
| Current | 40x | $355 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AAPL's PE is in its expensive range at 40x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 38x next year's earnings.
ALKT PE Valuation
ALKT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AAPL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for AAPL, but weaker profitability.
ALKT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
ALKT has the edge over AAPL on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
AAPL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.28 | +3.3% |
| Q3 2026 | $8.98 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $8.71 | +32% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.26 | +29% |
| Q4 2025 | $7.90 | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.46 | +23% |
| Q2 2025 | $6.59 | +0.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.42 | -0.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.30 | -2% |
AAPL has the edge over ALKT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ALKT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.03 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.34 | +$0.08 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.42 | -$0.05 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.47 | -$0.10 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.05 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.42 | +$0.06 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.37 | +$0.18 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.37 | +$0.24 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.41 | +$0.26 |
ALKT is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $0.34 per share over the past year, against $0.67 at its worst in early 2023.
AAPL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $114.5B | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $109.4B | +16% |
| Q1 2026 | $111.2B | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $143.8B | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $102.5B | +7.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $94B | +9.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $95.4B | +5.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $124.3B | +4% |
AAPL's revenue has grown year over year for 10 quarters in a row: $114B last quarter, up 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 31% | -0.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 33% | +2.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 32% | +1.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 35% | +0.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 32% | +0.5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 30% | +0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 31% | +0.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | 34% | +0.7 points |
AAPL has the edge over ALKT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ALKT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $134.9M | +19% |
| Q2 2026 | $129.8M | +16% |
| Q1 2026 | $126.1M | +29% |
| Q4 2025 | $120.8M | +35% |
| Q3 2025 | $113M | +31% |
| Q2 2025 | $112.1M | +36% |
| Q1 2025 | $97.8M | +29% |
| Q4 2024 | $89.7M | +26% |
ALKT has the edge over AAPL on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -4.6% | +6.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | -5.9% | +8.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | -4.5% | +11 points |
| Q4 2025 | -7.9% | +1.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | -11% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | -14% | +1.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | -16% | +0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -9.6% | +8.7 points |
ALKT's operating margin was −4.6% last quarter, up 6.8 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
AAPL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $25.9B | -2.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $31.9B | +31% |
| Q1 2026 | $26.7B | +28% |
| Q4 2025 | $51.6B | +91% |
| Q3 2025 | $26.5B | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $24.4B | -8.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $20.9B | +0.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $27B | -28% |
AAPL's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $136B over the past year, up 38% from the year before.
ALKT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $21.4M | -30% |
| Q2 2026 | $21.6M | +2747% |
| Q1 2026 | -$5.2M | +$962K |
| Q4 2025 | $16.2M | +173% |
| Q3 2025 | $30.5M | +186% |
| Q2 2025 | $760K | +518% |
| Q1 2025 | -$6.1M | -1053% |
| Q4 2024 | $6M | +$11.5M |
ALKT has the edge over AAPL on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
AAPL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | +5.6M shares |
| 1 year | -1.9% | -284M shares |
| 3 years | -6.9% | -1.1B shares |
| 5 years | -13% | -2.1B shares |
| Available history | -17% | -3.1B shares |
AAPL has the edge over ALKT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $24.3B |
| Q2 2026 | $25.1B |
| Q1 2026 | $12.3B |
| Q4 2025 | $24.7B |
| Q3 2025 | $20.1B |
| Q2 2025 | $21.1B |
| Q1 2025 | $25.9B |
| Q4 2024 | $23.6B |
AAPL spent $86.4B buying back its own shares over the past year, down 4.8% from the year before.
ALKT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -235K shares |
| 1 year | +2.2% | +2.3M shares |
| 3 years | +13% | +12M shares |
| 5 years | +42% | +31.8M shares |
| Available history | +28% | +23.5M shares |
ALKT has 107M diluted shares, up 2.2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $10M |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | $3,000 |
AAPL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.5x | Very low |
AAPL's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
ALKT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -14.7x | Net Cash |
ALKT has the edge over AAPL on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
AAPL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 68.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 85.0 | Overbought |
AAPL's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 85 (overbought).
ALKT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 12.8 | Oversold |
ALKT's weekly RSI is 42 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 13 (oversold).
AAPL PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AAPL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 40x | 28x | 42% above |
| PE % | 96 | 35 | 61 pts above |
AAPL is trading at 40x earnings, a 42% premium to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
ALKT PE vs Technology Sector
ALKT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AAPL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $343.1 | 3.4% above |
| 20 week MA | $329.0 | 7.9% above |
| 50 week MA | $295.6 | 20% above |
| 100 week MA | $262.4 | 35% above |
| 200 week MA | $226.3 | 57% above |
AAPL has the edge over ALKT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ALKT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $13.9 | 0% above |
| 20 week MA | $17.1 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $17.7 | 21% below |
| 100 week MA | $22.6 | 38% below |
| 200 week MA | $22.9 | 39% below |
ALKT is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 39% below its 200-week average.
AAPL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $72.5 | $132.0 | +82% |
| 2021 | $132.0 | $176.3 | +34% |
| 2022 | $176.3 | $131.9 | -25% |
| 2023 | $131.9 | $192.5 | +46% |
| 2024 | $192.5 | $255.6 | +33% |
| 2025 | $255.6 | $273.4 | +7% |
| 2026 YTD | $273.4 | $354.9 | +30% |
AAPL has the edge over ALKT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
ALKT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $42.1 | $19.7 | -53% |
| 2022 | $19.7 | $13.6 | -31% |
| 2023 | $13.6 | $24.3 | +78% |
| 2024 | $24.3 | $38.5 | +59% |
| 2025 | $38.5 | $23.1 | -40% |
| 2026 YTD | $23.1 | $13.9 | -40% |
ALKT has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's down 40% so far in 2026.