Which is more profitable, Applied Materials or Salesforce?

Applied Materials keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Applied Materials or Salesforce?

Salesforce grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Applied Materials or Salesforce?

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

Which has less debt, Applied Materials or Salesforce?

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

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Applied Materials vs Salesforce stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Applied Materials	Salesforce
	$294 billion	$179 billion
	24.7%	18.0%
	+10.5%	+14.3%
	42.0×	24.0×
	Net cash	0.8 years
	28.1%	9.5%
	0.4%	0.9%

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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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