AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
USIO
Usio, Inc.
USIO has a slight 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.
USIO Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
USIO's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow 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.
USIO PE Valuation
USIO has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 34x next year's earnings.
AAPL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for AAPL, but weaker profitability.
USIO Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
USIO 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 USIO on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
USIO Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.06 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.06 | -155% |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.08 | -167% |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.09 | -175% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.01 | -110% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.11 | +$0.15 |
| Q1 2025 | $0.12 | +$0.15 |
| Q4 2024 | $0.12 | +$0.14 |
USIO is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.03 per share over the past year, against $0.39 at its worst in late 2019.
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 USIO 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 USIO on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
USIO Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $23.8M | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $23.7M | +19% |
| Q1 2026 | $25.5M | +16% |
| Q4 2025 | $22.2M | +8.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $21.2M | -0.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $20M | -0.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $22M | +8.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $20.6M | +6.2% |
USIO's revenue has grown year over year for four quarters in a row: $24M last quarter, up 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.2% | +3.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 1.6% | +3.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 0.9% | +2 points |
| Q4 2025 | -5.7% | -2.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | -2.2% | -0.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | -2% | -0.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.1% | +3.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -2.9% | +1.1 points |
USIO's operating margin was 1.2% last quarter, up 3.4 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's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $136B over the past year, up 38% from the year before.
USIO Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.6M | +1740% |
| Q2 2026 | -$828.2K | -$803.6K |
| Q1 2026 | $548.7K | -48% |
| Q4 2025 | -$42.8K | -100% |
| Q3 2025 | $85.2K | +$4.9M |
| Q2 2025 | -$24.6K | +$526.6K |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1M | +$4M |
| Q4 2024 | $10.2M | +$37.1M |
USIO still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2023 peak: $1M 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 USIO 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.
USIO Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +2.4% | +654K shares |
| 1 year | +5.9% | +1.6M shares |
| 3 years | +7.8% | +2.1M shares |
| 5 years | +84% | +13M shares |
USIO has 28M diluted shares, up 5.9% from a year ago, despite $799,464 in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $127,830 |
| Q2 2026 | $137,473 |
| Q1 2026 | $233,459 |
| Q4 2025 | $300,702 |
| Q3 2025 | $57,589 |
| Q2 2025 | $356,658 |
| Q1 2025 | $351,640 |
| Q4 2024 | $1M |
USIO spent $799,464 buying back its own shares over the past year, down 55% from the year before.
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).
USIO Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -13.6x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -28.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -14.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -10.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -50.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2023 | -39.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2023 | -8.3x | Net Cash |
USIO 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).
USIO Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 49.3 | Neutral |
USIO's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 49 (neutral).
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.
USIO PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | USIO | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
USIO 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 USIO on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
USIO Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $2.74 | 25% below |
| 20 week MA | $2.56 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.86 | 10% above |
| 100 week MA | $1.72 | 19% above |
| 200 week MA | $1.70 | 21% above |
USIO has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 21% 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.
USIO Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.74 | $2.90 | +67% |
| 2021 | $2.90 | $5.08 | +75% |
| 2022 | $5.08 | $1.55 | -69% |
| 2023 | $1.55 | $1.72 | +11% |
| 2024 | $1.72 | $1.45 | -16% |
| 2025 | $1.45 | $1.33 | -8.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $1.33 | $2.05 | +54% |
USIO has the edge over AAPL on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.