Which is more profitable, Adobe or Applied Materials?

Adobe keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Adobe or Applied Materials?

Adobe grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Adobe or Applied Materials?

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

Which has less debt, Adobe or Applied Materials?

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

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Adobe 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

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

Side by side

	Adobe	Applied Materials
	$94.6 billion	$294 billion
	30.0%	24.7%
	+13.1%	+10.5%
	13.3×	42.0×
	0.1 years	Net cash
	39.9%	28.1%
	–	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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