Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts, as well as advertising services include third-party licensing arrangements and its own advertising platforms. In addition, the company offers various subscription-based services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV+, which offers exclusive original content; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets. In addition, the company manufactures boxed chocolates and other confectionery products; specialty chemicals, metal cutting tools, and components for aerospace and power generation applications; flooring products; insulation, roofing, and engineered products; building and engineered components; paints and coatings; and bricks and masonry products, as well as offers manufactured and site-built home construction, and related lending and financial services. Further, it provides recreational vehicles, apparel and footwear products, jewelry, and custom picture framing products, as well as alkaline batteries; castings, forgings, fasteners/fastener systems, aerostructures, and precision components; and cobalt, nickel, and titanium alloys. Additionally, the company distributes televisions and information; franchises and services quick service restaurants; distributes electronic components; and offers logistics services, grocery and foodservice distribution services, and professional aviation training and shared aircraft ownership programs. It also retails automobiles; furniture, bedding, and accessories; household appliances, electronics, and computers; jewelry, watches, crystal, china, stemware, flatware, gifts, and collectibles; kitchenware; and motorcycle clothing and equipment. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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	AAPL	BRK-B
Basics
Name	Apple Inc.	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Price	$311.41	$477.74
Sector	Technology	Financial Services
Market cap	large / 4,573,789,532	large / 1,030,415,320
Beta	1.06	0.62
Dividends
Dividend	$1.05	–
Yield	0.34%	–
Frequency	Quarterly	–
Payout ratio	12.68%	–
Dividend CAGR (3y)	4.13%	–
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Dividend safety score
Overall score
Forward payout ratio
Payout ratio/FCF
Dividend CAGR (3y)
Revenue CAGR (3y)
Debt/EBITDA
Debt/Equity
Valuation
P/E	37.61x	14.21x
P/S	8.39x	2.72x
P/B	41.61x	1.41x
P/CF	27.09x	21.97x
P/FCF	29.65x	40.32x
PEG ratio	5.30x	-20.50x
EV/EBITDA	23.61x	10.57x
Fundamentals
Gross margin	47.33%	31.47%
Operating margin	32.38%	13.30%
Pretax margin	32.40%	22.20%
Net margin	27.04%	18.03%
Tax rate	16.56%	18.43%
ROE	159.94%	9.78%
ROA	31.05%	5.48%
Interest coverage	–	11.95x

	AAPL	BRK-B
Basics
Name	Apple Inc.	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Price	$311.41	$477.74
Sector	Technology	Financial Services
Market cap	large / 4,573,789,532	large / 1,030,415,320
Beta	1.06	0.62
Dividends
Dividend	$1.05	–
Yield	0.34%	–
Frequency	Quarterly	–
Payout ratio	12.68%	–
Dividend CAGR (3y)	4.13%	–
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Dividend safety score
Overall score
Forward payout ratio
Payout ratio/FCF
Dividend CAGR (3y)
Revenue CAGR (3y)
Debt/EBITDA
Debt/Equity
Valuation
P/E	37.61x	14.21x
P/S	8.39x	2.72x
P/B	41.61x	1.41x
P/CF	27.09x	21.97x
P/FCF	29.65x	40.32x
PEG ratio	5.30x	-20.50x
EV/EBITDA	23.61x	10.57x
Fundamentals
Gross margin	47.33%	31.47%
Operating margin	32.38%	13.30%
Pretax margin	32.40%	22.20%
Net margin	27.04%	18.03%
Tax rate	16.56%	18.43%
ROE	159.94%	9.78%
ROA	31.05%	5.48%
Interest coverage	–	11.95x

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