Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: AAPL stock price vs CNC: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at CNC's multiple
Needs CNC P/E.
Implied fair value · at AAPL's multiple
Needs Annual EPS is negative.
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
Nine period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Capital structure 98% equity / 2% debt · EV / Revenue 8.34x · EV proxy / EBITDA proxy 23.29x
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Apple Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$130.85
Base
$159.76
Bull
$182.30
CENTENE CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$118.61
Base
$138.46
Bull
$164.32
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe AAPL deserves a premium multiple for its superior margins, profitability, and balance-sheet quality, then avoid using CNC as a valuation anchor because CNC-implied P/S output is mechanically distorted by CNC’s negative earnings and very low sales multiple.
The valuation gap is extreme: AAPL trades at $313.33 versus a CNC-implied price of $4.70, implying -98.5% downside on the provided P/S framework. That discount is driven by the huge disparity in revenue multiples, but the comparison is economically inconsistent because AAPL is highly profitable while CNC is loss-making.
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