AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL has the edge over PAAI overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
PAAI
Paradium.AI, Inc.
PAAI 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.
PAAI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Under pressure | |
| Strong | |
| Weak |
PAAI's cash flow is currently strong, but its revenue, profitability and balance sheet are 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.
PAAI PE Valuation
PAAI 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.
PAAI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong decline | |
| Decline | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| -- |
Analysts expect PAAI's earnings and revenue to decline, though with profitability holding steady.
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 PAAI on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
PAAI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.01 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.02 | -101% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.20 | -92% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.48 | +2656% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.62 | +$6.52 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.68 | +$6.85 |
| Q2 2025 | $2.65 | +$7.41 |
| Q1 2025 | $0.09 | +$5.45 |
| Q4 2024 | -$3.90 | -$1.41 |
PAAI has swung to a loss: it lost $0.02 per share over the past year, after a profit 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 PAAI 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 PAAI on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
PAAI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $20.5M | -31% |
| Q2 2026 | $22.2M | -51% |
| Q1 2026 | $20.4M | -36% |
| Q4 2025 | $28.2M | -22% |
| Q3 2025 | $29.8M | -11% |
| Q2 2025 | $45M | +66% |
| Q1 2025 | $31.8M | +9.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $36.2M | -49% |
PAAI's revenue has slid since its 2023 peak: $21M last quarter, down 31% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -4.5% | -36 points |
| Q2 2026 | 10% | -26 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1.5% | -25 points |
| Q4 2025 | 27% | -1.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 32% | +7.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 36% | +46 points |
| Q1 2025 | 23% | +51 points |
| Q4 2024 | 29% | +29 points |
PAAI's operating margin was −4.5% last quarter, down 36 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% |
PAAI has the stronger cash trend. Its trailing FCF is up 347% versus its history, compared with AAPL at up 33%.
PAAI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | $2M | -46% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.1M | +$21.7M |
| Q3 2025 | $12.2M | +$14.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $3.7M | +$5.6M |
| Q4 2024 | -$8.6M | -$6.1M |
| Q4 2023 | -$2.5M | -176% |
| Q4 2022 | $3.3M | +$9.8M |
| Q3 2022 | -$7.3M | -569% |
PAAI's free cash flow has turned positive after five years mostly in the red: $27M over the past year.
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 PAAI 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.
PAAI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.2% | +112K shares |
| 1 year | -0.2% | -84.5K shares |
| 3 years | +116% | +25.5M shares |
| 5 years | +355% | +37.2M shares |
| Available history | +2725% | +45.9M shares |
PAAI has 48M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
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 has the edge over PAAI on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
PAAI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.2x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 3.8x | Elevated |
| Q1 2026 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 4.0x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 9.2x | High |
PAAI's net debt is about 7.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.1 years a year ago.
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).
PAAI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 4.6 | Oversold |
PAAI's weekly RSI is 38 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 5 (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.
PAAI PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | PAAI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 4.5x | 28x | 84% below |
| PE % | 68 | 35 | 33 pts above |
PAAI has the edge over AAPL on valuation relative to its sector.
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 PAAI on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
PAAI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.00 | 39% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.06 | 42% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.09 | 71% below |
| 100 week MA | $3.15 | 81% below |
| 200 week MA | $2.97 | 79% below |
PAAI is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 79% 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 PAAI on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
PAAI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $16.7 | $13.0 | -22% |
| 2021 | $13.0 | $14.3 | +10% |
| 2022 | $14.3 | $9.40 | -34% |
| 2023 | $9.40 | $2.38 | -75% |
| 2024 | $2.38 | $1.38 | -42% |
| 2025 | $1.38 | $4.18 | +203% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.18 | $0.61 | -85% |
PAAI's yearly returns have swung widely, from +203% in 2025 to −75% in 2023. It's down 85% so far in 2026.