Which is more profitable, Accenture or Applied Materials?

Applied Materials keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Accenture or Applied Materials?

Applied Materials grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Accenture or Applied Materials?

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

Which has less debt, Accenture or Applied Materials?

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

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Applied MaterialsAMAT

Accenture vs Applied Materials stock

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

In one sentence

Accenture is cheaper for its profits. Applied Materials is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Accenture	Applied Materials
	$148 billion	$294 billion
	11.3%	24.7%
	+8.0%	+10.5%
	17.7×	42.0×
	0.0 years	Net cash
	21.6%	28.1%
	3.5%	0.4%

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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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