Which is more profitable, Applied Materials or Cisco?

Applied Materials keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Applied Materials or Cisco?

Applied Materials grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Applied Materials or Cisco?

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

Which has less debt, Applied Materials or Cisco?

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

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Applied Materials vs Cisco 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, grows faster and has less debt. Cisco is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Applied Materials	Cisco
	$294 billion	$377 billion
	24.7%	21.0%
	+10.5%	+4.9%
	42.0×	28.4×
	Net cash	1.1 years
	28.1%	17.7%
	0.4%	1.4%

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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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