AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL has the edge over GCTS overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
GCTS
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.
GCTS offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
AAPL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
AAPL's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
GCTS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
GCTS's revenue is currently stable, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
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.
GCTS PE Valuation
GCTS 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.
GCTS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses steady | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect GCTS's revenue to grow, with its earnings and profitability holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 GCTS on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
GCTS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.64 | +$0.17 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.81 | -$0.09 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.82 | -$0.34 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.82 | -$0.52 |
GCTS lost $0.64 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
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 has the edge over GCTS on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| 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 GCTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
GCTS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1M | +149% |
| Q2 2026 | $971K | -18% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.9M | +287% |
| Q4 2025 | $758K | -58% |
| Q3 2025 | $430K | -84% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $496K | -85% |
GCTS's revenue is recovering but still below its 2024 peak: $1M last quarter, up 149% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -690% | +1463 points |
| Q2 2026 | -764% | -121 points |
| Q1 2026 | -319% | +1241 points |
| Q4 2025 | -1577% | -1164 points |
| Q3 2025 | -2152% | -1926 points |
| Q2 2025 | -642% | -160 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1560% | -1782 points |
| Q4 2024 | -413% | N/A |
GCTS's operating margin was −690% last quarter, up 1462 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 has the edge over GCTS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
GCTS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$10.3M | -$2.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$16.9M | -$8.1M |
| Q1 2026 | -$7.5M | +$575K |
| Q4 2025 | -$8.5M | -$5.9M |
| Q3 2025 | -$7.8M | -$3.1M |
GCTS has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$43M over the past year, against −$27M the year before.
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 GCTS 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.
GCTS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +11% | +9.3M shares |
| 1 year | +78% | +40.2M shares |
GCTS has 92M diluted shares, up 78% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | — |
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).
GCTS Net Leverage
GCTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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).
GCTS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 45.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 15.3 | Oversold |
GCTS's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 15 (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.
GCTS PE vs Technology Sector
GCTS 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 GCTS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
GCTS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.65 | 6.7% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.92 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.73 | 11% below |
| 100 week MA | $1.68 | 8.3% below |
| 200 week MA | $4.98 | 69% below |
GCTS is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 69% 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 GCTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
GCTS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $9.90 | $10.2 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | $10.2 | $10.6 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | $10.6 | $2.35 | -78% |
| 2025 | $2.35 | $1.22 | -48% |
| 2026 YTD | $1.22 | $1.54 | +26% |
GCTS has finished lower in two of the last four years. It's up 26% so far in 2026.