AAPL
Apple Inc.
AAPL's fundamentals are strong, but it looks expensive: trading at 40x earnings, above its usual 31x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
VLN
Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
There isn't enough reported data to score VLN yet.
AAPL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
AAPL's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
VLN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Unavailable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable | |
| Unavailable |
VLN's profitability is currently under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its revenue, cash flow and 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.
VLN PE Valuation
VLN 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.
VLN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
VLN 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 VLN in the latest year-over-year earnings comparison.
VLN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.29 | $0.00 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.31 | +$0.04 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.32 | -$0.05 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.35 | -$0.16 |
| Q2 2024 | -$0.27 | -$0.04 |
| Q4 2023 | -$0.19 | +$0.09 |
| Q4 2022 | -$0.28 | +$0.87 |
| Q4 2021 | -$1.15 | +$1.07 |
VLN is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.29 per share over the past year, against $2.22 at its worst in late 2020.
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 VLN on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
VLN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $56.9M | +228% |
| Q4 2025 | $19.4M | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $17.3M | +8.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $17.1M | -32% |
| Q4 2024 | $16.7M | -54% |
| Q2 2024 | $25.2M | -48% |
| Q4 2023 | $36.1M | -23% |
| Q2 2023 | $48.1M | +9% |
VLN has the edge over AAPL in the latest year-over-year revenue comparison.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -41% | +15 points |
| Q4 2025 | -47% | +3.2 points |
| Q3 2025 | -46% | +30 points |
| Q2 2025 | -43% | +39 points |
| Q1 2025 | -56% | -16 points |
| Q4 2024 | -50% | -25 points |
| Q3 2024 | -76% | -48 points |
| Q2 2024 | -82% | -48 points |
VLN's operating margin was −41% last quarter, up 15 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.
VLN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$17.9M | -$12.9M |
| Q4 2025 | -$547K | +$663K |
| Q3 2025 | -$4.9M | -320% |
| Q2 2025 | -$330K | +$1.6M |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.2M | -172% |
| Q2 2024 | -$1.9M | +$7.4M |
| Q4 2023 | $1.7M | +$11.8M |
| Q2 2023 | -$9.2M | +$3.8M |
VLN has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$24M over the past year, against −$9M 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 VLN 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.
VLN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.8% | +3.9M shares |
| 1 year | +1.7% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +713% | +93.9M shares |
VLN has 107M diluted shares, up 1.7% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | $597,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $3.6M |
| Q2 2025 | $10.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $9.6M |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q3 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
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).
VLN Net Leverage
VLN'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).
VLN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 15.0 | Oversold |
VLN's weekly RSI is 41 (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.
VLN PE vs Technology Sector
VLN 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 VLN on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
VLN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.63 | 12% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.72 | 16% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.82 | 21% below |
| 100 week MA | $2.03 | 29% below |
| 200 week MA | $2.32 | 38% below |
VLN is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 38% 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 VLN on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
VLN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $6.59 | $7.91 | +20% |
| 2022 | $7.91 | $4.76 | -40% |
| 2023 | $4.76 | $2.45 | -49% |
| 2024 | $2.45 | $2.49 | +1.6% |
| 2025 | $2.49 | $1.44 | -42% |
| 2026 YTD | $1.44 | $1.44 | 0% |
VLN has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's roughly flat so far in 2026.