Which is more profitable, Apple or Fortinet?

Apple keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Apple or Fortinet?

Fortinet grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Apple or Fortinet?

Apple costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Apple or Fortinet?

Fortinet would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Apple vs Fortinet stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Apple is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits. Fortinet grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Apple	Fortinet
	$5.18 trillion	$93.5 billion
	27.6%	27.3%
	+5.5%	+21.3%
	39.2×	50.4×
	0.3 years	Net cash
	62.5%	83.5%
	0.3%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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