AAPL vs LIF vs MA Stock Comparison

Apple, Life360 and Mastercard Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AAPL Apple Inc.
$344.17 +3.2% 1M +27.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.05T
P/E
38.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$478.83B
Div. yield
–
Smartphones and Wearables Technology
5 wins
LIF Life360, Inc.
$46.87 +13.3% 1M -50.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.84B
P/E
26.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$572.56M
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
3 wins
MA Mastercard Inc
$655.44 +15.6% 1M +18.5% 1Y
Market cap
$580.44B
P/E
34.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.29B
Div. yield
–
Payment Networks Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Apple leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Apple 5, Life360 3, Mastercard 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAAPLLIFMALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.05T $3.84B $580.44B AAPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.2x 26.1x 34.2x LIF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 34.8x 35.0x 31.1x MA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.1% +34.0% +15.3% LIF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 27.6% 25.7% 46.7% MA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 68.3% — 56.6% AAPL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x — 0.5x AAPL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.4% -50.9% +18.5% AAPL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.9%/yr — +13.5%/yr AAPL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.0% 77.2% 23.6% MA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 78/100 51/100 LIF

Percentile Scorecard

AAPLLIFMA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAAPLLIFMA
Valuation 15 #95 of 112 68 #41 of 124 14 #832 of 965
Growth 55 #49 of 108 100 #1 of 114 64 #296 of 825
Profitability 95 #6 of 104 69 #35 of 111 99 #12 of 848
Financial Health 35 #76 of 116 76 #32 of 128 54 #419 of 899
Shareholder Returns 56 #37 of 83 – 26 #543 of 730
Overall 51 78 51
  • AAPL ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • LIF ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • MA ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAAPLLIFMASPY
1 month +3.2%+13.3%+15.6% -5.9%
3 months +10.2%-21.5%+13.8% -4.6%
6 months +19.7%+6.5%+30.8% +0.2%
Year to date +26.6%-26.9%+14.8% +7.5%
1 year +27.4%-50.9%+18.5% +8.2%
3 years +92.0%—+69.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +24.3%—+19.3% +19.0%
5 years +127.5%—+87.9% +56.5%
5 years, per year +17.9%—+13.5% +9.4%
10 years +1,164.9%—+536.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +28.9%—+20.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAAPLLIFMASPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.0%77.2%23.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.0%86.0%22.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.582.120.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.10-0.660.78 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.4%-65.6%-28.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5%-50.9%-2.5% -5.9%
52-week high $349.51$95.43$672.46 $779.14
52-week low $246.63$38.10$471.55 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAAPLLIFMA
P/E now vs peer median 38.2xmedian 25.2x 25.8xmedian 39.4x 34.1xmedian 13.3x
P/S now vs peer median 10.4xmedian 2.4x 6.6xmedian 4.0x 15.6xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.3xmedian 16.2x 134.2xmedian 34.1x 23.2xmedian 6.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.8xmedian 23.4x 36.9xmedian 22.7x 35.3xmedian 10.4x
P/B now vs peer median 44.6xmedian 2.3x 6.2xmedian 2.9x 84.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.82median 0.98 0.42median 1.32 1.86median 0.89

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAAPLLIFMA
Revenue $478.83B $572.56M $36.29B
Gross profit $233.60B $444.26M –
Operating income $158.06B $6.51M $21.27B
Net income $132.18B $147.29M $16.96B
Free cash flow $136.06B $103.24M $16.08B
R&D $45.77B $152.42M –
EPS (diluted) $8.98 $1.72 $19.20
Cash & equivalents $36.31B $267.06M $10.15B
Total debt $80.11B – $23.94B
Shares (diluted) 14.72B 85.59M 883.00M
Enterprise value $4.79T $2.27B $540.53B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAAPLLIFMA
P/E 38.2x 25.8x 34.1x
P/FCF 36.8x 36.9x 35.3x
P/Operating cash flow 34.5x 36.5x 33.6x
P/S 10.4x 6.6x 15.6x
P/B 44.6x 6.2x 84.0x
P/Tangible book 44.6x 7.1x 540.8x
EV/EBITDA 29.3x 134.2x 23.2x
EV/EBIT 31.8x 543.7x 27.3x
EV/Revenue 10.5x 6.2x 16.0x
EV/FCF 36.9x 34.3x 36.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.6x 33.9x 34.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.82 0.42 1.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAAPLLIFMA
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.1% 34.0% 15.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 28.9% 14.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.7% 34.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 33.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.8% 31.6% 18.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 28.5% 15.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 18.0% 434.2% 19.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 69.1% 15.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 20.3% 427.2% 22.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.5% 61.4% 18.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.2% 136.7% -3.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 85.0% 15.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 37.8% 144.9% -5.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 84.6% 15.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAAPLLIFMA
Gross margin 48.8% 77.6% –
EBITDA margin 35.8% 4.6% 69.2%
Operating margin 33.0% 1.1% 58.6%
Pretax margin 33.3% 2.5% 57.6%
Net margin 27.6% 25.7% 46.7%
FCF margin 28.4% 18.0% 44.3%
Operating cash flow margin 30.3% 18.2% 46.5%
Return on equity 120.4% 24.3% 274.4%
Return on assets 33.6% 14.1% 29.3%
Return on invested capital 68.3% – 56.6%
Return on capital employed 70.6% 0.7% 63.1%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 0.7x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 12.1% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAAPLLIFMA
Debt / assets 19.8% – 41.2%
Debt / equity 0.7x – 3.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x – 0.5x
Debt / FCF 0.6x – 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 72.3% 41.7% 88.4%
Equity / assets 27.7% 58.3% 11.6%
Interest coverage – – 26.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 5.6x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.8x 3.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 2.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 12.79 6.16 10.76

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAAPLLIFMA
Dividend yield 0.3% – 0.5%
Net buyback yield 1.7% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.0% – 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAAPLLIFMA
Forward P/E 34.8xFY2027 35.0xFY2026 31.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.90FY2027 $1.34FY2026 $21.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.2%FY2027 -44.9%FY2026 +23.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +3.0% +26.1% +14.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $548.93BFY2027 $718.66MFY2026 $39.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.6%FY2027 +46.8%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.8% +19.3% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAAPLLIFMA
Held by institutions 66.0% 40.8% 87.5%
Institutions holding 6,136 205 3,588
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% +4.5% +0.6%
Institutions buying 2,803 116 1,589
Institutions selling 2,930 65 1,531
Buyers to sellers 0.96 1.78 1.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AAPLLIFMA
AAPL 1.00 0.10 0.20
LIF 0.10 1.00 0.17
MA 0.20 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AAPL, LIF and MA?

Apple (AAPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Apple (AAPL) $5.05T, Life360 (LIF) $3.84B, Mastercard (MA) $580.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, AAPL, LIF and MA?

Life360 (LIF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Apple (AAPL) 38.2x, Life360 (LIF) 26.1x, Mastercard (MA) 34.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mastercard (MA) is cheapest (Apple (AAPL) 34.8x, Life360 (LIF) 35.0x, Mastercard (MA) 31.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Life360 (LIF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Apple (AAPL) +15.1%, Life360 (LIF) +34.0%, Mastercard (MA) +15.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mastercard (MA) has the highest net margin (Apple (AAPL) 27.6%, Life360 (LIF) 25.7%, Mastercard (MA) 46.7%). On return on invested capital, Apple (AAPL) leads (Apple (AAPL) 68.3%, Mastercard (MA) 56.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apple (AAPL) returned the most: Apple (AAPL) +27.4%, Life360 (LIF) -50.9%, Mastercard (MA) +18.5%. Over five years, Apple (AAPL) compounded fastest (Apple (AAPL) +17.9%/yr, Mastercard (MA) +13.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mastercard (MA) has been the steadiest (Apple (AAPL) 25.0%, Life360 (LIF) 77.2%, Mastercard (MA) 23.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AAPL, LIF and MA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Apple (AAPL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.