Which is more profitable, Applied Materials or Palo Alto Networks?

Applied Materials keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Applied Materials or Palo Alto Networks?

Palo Alto Networks grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Applied Materials or Palo Alto Networks?

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

Which has less debt, Applied Materials or Palo Alto Networks?

Palo Alto Networks would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Applied Materials vs Palo Alto Networks 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 is cheaper for its profits. Palo Alto Networks grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Applied Materials	Palo Alto Networks
	$294 billion	$264 billion
	24.7%	12.3%
	+10.5%	+22.0%
	42.0×	232.7×
	Net cash	Net cash
	28.1%	15.9%
	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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