It's being valued well below the average stock, and sharply less than its similarly well - known and widely - owned tech peers. (investorplace.com)
That is almost double the equivalent number for its main phone industry competitor, Samsung Electronics, but below U.S. tech peers Alphabet or Microsoft. (cnbc.com)
According to Shawn Harrison, an analyst at Longbow Research, Apple currently pays out 26 percent of its free cash flow, far below the 43 percent average that its large - cap tech peers pay out. (cnbc.com)