Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc (GOOG) & Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Which Tech Stock is the Best Buy for Profits?

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Competition

Indicators Apple Google Microsoft
Price/Earnings TTM 9.9 26.2 17.8
Price/Book 2.9 4 3.7
Revenue Growth

(3 Yr. Average)

53.9 28.5 8.1
Net Income Growth

(3 Yr. Average)

71.8 18.1 5.2
Return on Equity 33.3 16.3 22.6
Dividend Yield 2.65% 2.59%
Current Price $422.48 $905.41 $34.40

*Data from Morningstar and Financial Visualizations on July 10, 2013

Analyzing the financial ratios, they tend to be in favor of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). It has very high revenue growth. The income growth rate has also spiked during the past couple of months. Moreover, Apple has always provided their investors with fairly high capital returns. It provides a decent dividend yield as compared to the rest.

On the contrary, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) does not provides dividends, and the company has reasonably low revenue and income growth figures. The same case with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT); the company has most of its figures deteriorated as compared to the industry averages.

Final thoughts

The stock value of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is anticipated to increase 50% soon, after the launch of iPad 5. This device is not just a tweaked design, but a breakthrough product, the notion of which Apple survived ever since. To top the positives is the talks between China Mobile and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), which would amplify the demand of iPhones. All this is expected to boil down to a massive surge in the share value. The revenue and income growth figures are a testament to Apple’s endurance. I believe Apple is an unambiguous Buy.

Marina Avilkina has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Apple and Google. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

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