Which is more profitable, Applied Materials or Micron Technology?

Micron Technology keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Applied Materials or Micron Technology?

Micron Technology grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Applied Materials or Micron Technology?

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

Which has less debt, Applied Materials or Micron Technology?

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

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Applied Materials vs Micron Technology stock

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

In one sentence

Micron Technology is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Applied Materials	Micron Technology
	$294 billion	$881 billion
	24.7%	63.8%
	+10.5%	+36.9%
	42.0×	10.4×
	Net cash	Net cash
	28.1%	11.8%
	0.4%	0.1%

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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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