AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL has the edge over RXT overall, supported by stronger fundamentals.
RXT
Rackspace Technology, Inc.
RXT 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.
RXT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak |
RXT's revenue and profitability are currently stable, but its cash flow 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.
RXT PE Valuation
RXT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AAPL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
AAPL has the edge over RXT on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
RXT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect RXT's losses to grow, with revenue 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 RXT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RXT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.58 | +$0.44 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.65 | +$0.91 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.61 | +$0.61 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.95 | +$2.87 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.02 | +$2.44 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.56 | +$2.13 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.22 | +$2.71 |
| Q4 2024 | -$3.82 | +$0.07 |
RXT is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.58 per share over the past year, against $6.50 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 has the edge over RXT 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 RXT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RXT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $609.1M | -9.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $670.1M | +0.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $678.1M | +1.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $682.8M | -0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $671.2M | -0.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $666.3M | -2.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $665.4M | -3.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $685.6M | -4.7% |
RXT's revenue fell from its 2022 peak and has held roughly level since: $609M last quarter, down 9.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2% | +3 points |
| Q2 2026 | -5% | -1.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | -2.6% | +3.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | -0.5% | +3.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | -5% | +21 points |
| Q2 2025 | -3.8% | +4.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | -5.8% | +89 points |
| Q4 2024 | -4.2% | -2.1 points |
RXT's operating margin was −2% last quarter, up 3 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 RXT on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RXT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2M | -97% |
| Q2 2026 | -$48.3M | -$35.9M |
| Q1 2026 | -$9.4M | -319% |
| Q4 2025 | $56M | +63% |
| Q3 2025 | $42.7M | +56% |
| Q2 2025 | -$12.4M | +$2.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $4.3M | +$122.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $34.4M | -10% |
RXT's free cash flow was −$500,000 over the past year, against $69M 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 RXT 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.
RXT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +2.5% | +6.2M shares |
| 1 year | +6.6% | +15.9M shares |
| 3 years | +19% | +40.3M shares |
| 5 years | +22% | +47M shares |
| Available history | +1463% | +240M shares |
RXT has 256M diluted shares, up 6.6% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | $26.9M |
| Q1 2022 | $4.1M |
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 RXT on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
RXT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 21.3x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 19.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 14.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 13.4x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 15.6x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 92.0x | High |
| Q1 2020 | 5.6x | High |
| Q4 2019 | 5.5x | High |
RXT's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 16 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).
RXT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 46.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 10.7 | Oversold |
RXT's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 11 (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.
RXT PE vs Technology Sector
RXT 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 RXT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RXT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.23 | 6.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $3.74 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.91 | 3.4% above |
| 100 week MA | $2.28 | 32% above |
| 200 week MA | $2.18 | 38% above |
RXT has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 38% above 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 finished higher in five of the last six years. It's up 30% so far in 2026.
RXT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $15.4 | $19.9 | +29% |
| 2021 | $19.9 | $14.2 | -29% |
| 2022 | $14.2 | $2.64 | -81% |
| 2023 | $2.64 | $2.00 | -24% |
| 2024 | $2.00 | $2.21 | +10% |
| 2025 | $2.21 | $0.98 | -56% |
| 2026 YTD | $0.98 | $3.01 | +207% |
RXT has the edge over AAPL on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.