Forget Apple: Why Microsoft Is a Far Better Value Today

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Apple ( AAPL +2.05% ) continues to maintain its status as one of the three most valuable companies in the world (behind Nvidia and trading No.2 and No. 3 positions regularly with Alphabet ). Investors are paying less attention to Apple in the age of AI, but it has still been a strong stock pick over the past year, although it hasn't escaped the recent tech sell-off. However, I'm not convinced that all of this rally is driven by business gains, and I think there are far better values out there. One of the biggest (if not the biggest) bargains I can think of right now is the fourth-largest company in the world: Microsoft ( MSFT +3.34% ) . If you're deciding between the two, I think Microsoft makes for a far better value, and I've got a few metrics to back that up. Valuing a stock can be done in numerous ways. Given two mature businesses that generate mountains of profits, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is a commonly used valuation metric. From this standpoint, Microsoft is trading at a low valuation compared to historical levels and is about 50% cheaper than Apple. That's a huge delta between the two, but that's not the only way these companies are valued. Investors also like to account for growth in their valuations, so they'll also utilize the forward P/E ratio to get an idea of where the stock is heading. Both Apple and Microsoft operate on non-traditional fiscal years; Microsoft's wraps up at the end of June, and Apple's is complete in September. Because we're nearing the end of both fiscal years, I'll use fiscal year 2027 projections for each of them.

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