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Apple Inc.

AAPL·NasdaqGS·Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals·United States

Company Primer

Apple Inc. is a consumer technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, manufactures (through outsourced partners), markets, and sells smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, accessories, and a broad portfolio of subscription and transaction-based digital services. ¹² The company’s common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol AAPL, and its fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the last Saturday of September. ³⁴

Apple’s business model is built on a two-layered monetization structure: hardware device sales generate a large installed base of users, and a growing suite of higher-margin services then monetizes that installed base through subscriptions, digital content, advertising, payment services, and support offerings. ²

Financial profile

FY-2025 A · FY-2026 E

As of 05-Sep-2026

Valuation

Enterprise value bridge

Market Cap: $4.67T
Net cash: $62.17B
Enterprise Value: $4.61T

Forward multiples

Forward P/E: 36.3x
Forward EV/EBITDA: 26.9x
Net leverage: −0.36x

Operating

	FY-2025 A	FY-2026 E	Change
Revenue	$416.2B	$476.4B	+14.5%
EBITDA	$144.7B	$171.3B	+18.4%
EBITDA margin	34.8%	36.0%	+118 bps
EPS	7.46	8.82	+18.2%

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Quarterly Case Studies connect earnings, relevant news, and key debates. Use the quarter controls to see how those debates evolved over time.

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Tesla, Inc.

TSLA·NasdaqGS·Automobiles·United States

Price chart by quarter

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Start price: $381.26 +2.56%
End price: $420.60 +2.13%
Highest price: $445.27 +2.73%
Lowest price: $343.25 -0.98%
Average price: $397.72

Key DebatesTimelineEarnings RecapQuarterly Story

Capital Expenditure Surge and Free Cash Flow Trajectory

Bull Case

Tesla ended Q1 2026 with $44.7B in cash and short-term investments and generated $1.4B of free cash flow in the quarter, providing a substantial liquidity cushion to fund the investment cycle ¹²
Management framed the >$25B 2026 CapEx plan as building a “substantially increased future revenue stream” across six factories, AI infrastructure, a research semiconductor fab, and new products ²
Tesla is prioritizing maximizing utilization of existing factories before building new ones, suggesting capital discipline within the broader spending ramp ¹

Bear Case

CFO Vaibhav Taneja explicitly guided for negative free cash flow for the rest of 2026, meaning Q1’s positive FCF was likely the high-water mark for the year ²
Q1 CapEx was $2.5B, already up 67% YoY, and the full-year >$25B target implies a dramatic acceleration in subsequent quarters; this “very capital investment phase” is expected to last “a couple of years” ¹²
The $2.0B SpaceX equity investment and rising debt—net of current portion up to $7.8B from $6.7B at year-end—suggest balance sheet leverage is increasing alongside operating cash consumption ¹

Key Question: Can Tesla’s balance sheet sustain multiple years of negative free cash flow without dilutive capital raises, and will the new capacity investments generate returns that justify the magnitude of spending?

Capital Expenditure Surge and Free Cash Flow Trajectory

Bull Case

Tesla ended Q1 2026 with $44.7B in cash and short-term investments and generated $1.4B of free cash flow in the quarter, providing a substantial liquidity cushion to fund the investment cycle.¹²
Management framed the >$25B 2026 CapEx plan as building a “substantially increased future revenue stream” across six factories, AI infrastructure, a research semiconductor fab, and new products.²
Tesla is prioritizing maximizing utilization of existing factories before building new ones, suggesting capital discipline within the broader spending ramp.¹

Bear Case

CFO Vaibhav Taneja explicitly guided for negative free cash flow for the rest of 2026, meaning Q1’s positive FCF was likely the high-water mark for the year.²
Q1 CapEx was $2.5B, already up 67% YoY, and the full-year >$25B target implies a dramatic acceleration in subsequent quarters; this “very capital investment phase” is expected to last “a couple of years.”¹²
The $2.0B SpaceX equity investment and rising debt—net of current portion up to $7.8B from $6.7B at year-end—suggest balance sheet leverage is increasing alongside operating cash consumption.¹

Automotive Margin Sustainability and Demand Durability

Bull Case

Automotive gross margin ex-credits improved to 19.2% in Q1 from 17.9% in Q4 2025 and 15.0% in Q2 2025, driven by higher ASP, lower average cost per vehicle, favorable mix, and higher ancillary FSD sales.¹²

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How Peers & Supply Chain works

NVIDIA Corporation

NVDA·NasdaqGS·Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment·United States

Competitors 47 Suppliers 119 Customers 355

Company Evidence Status Latest source

⌄ INTCIntel Corporation 5 findings·4 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

Stated in 5 independent findings across 4 sources. Found in research for both companies.

Findings 5

“NVIDIA (NVDA) — competes with Intel in data-center accelerators / GPUs”¹

Why linked: Competes in data-center accelerators/GPUs and emerging server CPU/GPU stacks.

“providers of GPU systems such as NVIDIA, whose GPU systems have experienced the highest demand in the market”²

Why linked: Named as a DCAI competitor providing GPU systems with high demand for AI workloads.

“accelerator products such as GPUs, including those offered by NVIDIA and AMD;”²

Why linked: Named as a competitor offering GPUs and accelerator products competing with Intel’s offerings.

“Intel Corporation (INTC) — competes via Xe GPUs and Habana Gaudi AI accelerators”³

Why linked: Competes via Xe GPUs and Habana Gaudi AI accelerators and is listed in NVIDIA’s 10-K.

“including solutions offered for AI, such as Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., or Huawei, and Intel Corporation, or Intel;”⁴

Why linked: Named explicitly as a current competitor in GPUs and other accelerated computing products.

Sources 4

1Intel Corporation - 10K - Annual Report - January 26, 2024Web

2INTC 10-K FY 202510-K · Jan 22 · 2 findings

3NVIDIA Corporation - 10K - Annual Report - February 26, 2025Web

4NVDA 10-K FY 202610-K · Feb 25

› AMBAAmbarella, Inc. 4 findings·5 sources Stated·Both companies Mar 23

› HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Company 4 findings·5 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

› ANETArista Networks, Inc. 4 findings·4 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

› CSCOCisco Systems, Inc. 4 findings·4 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

› MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc. 3 findings·3 sources Stated·Both companies Mar 11

› AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3 findings·3 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

› AVGOBroadcom Inc. 3 findings·3 sources Stated·Both companies Feb 25

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Trace the research back to its sources.

Open an available citation, inspect its source or permitted excerpt, and compare the claim with the cited passage and surrounding context.

How source citations work

Expedia Group, Inc.

EXPE·NasdaqGS·Interactive Media & Services·United States

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‹2025 Q3 ▾›

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Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2

$350$300$250$200$150$100$50

07/2212/2205/2310/2303/2408/2401/2506/2511/2504/26

Start price: $227.67 −1.39%
End price: $255.88 −3.54%
Highest price: $273.80 +0.20%
Lowest price: $214.65 −1.59%
Average price: $237.51

Source

Expedia Group, Inc., Q3 2025 Earnings Call

Earnings Call · November 06, 2025

We entered the quarter with solid momentum, with booking windows and lengths of stay modestly higher year-over-year. However, the macro environment became more volatile as we entered September, resulting in higher cancellations and more moderate booking trends late in the quarter.

Excluding these impacts, both bookings and room night growth would have been approximately 2 points higher for the quarter.

During the quarter, we saw air capacity tighten and prices increase with some shifts across corridors, while U.S. domestic travel remained healthy.

Our B2B business delivered another quarter of double-digit bookings growth, with a record number of partners signed in the period. Advertising revenue grew 22%, and we expect both to remain meaningful contributors as we move through 2026.

Loyalty continues to compound. Members now represent a clear majority of room nights on our brands, and repeat rates among One Key members improved again year-over-year.

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Portrait keeps the work around a company connected as research moves from discovery through diligence and monitoring, so each new question starts from the context you’ve already built.

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NEENextEra Energy Inc.	7 4 6 Monitors7 Deep Research4 Easel6	Data Center Power
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METAMeta Platforms, Inc.	4 6 13 Monitors4 Deep Research6 Easel13	Digital Advertising
AVGOBroadcom Inc.	8 7 12 Monitors8 Deep Research7 Easel12	Semiconductor Supply Chain
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Alphabet Inc.

GOOGL · NasdaqGS · Interactive Media & Services

Your research

Projects

AI Infrastructure
Search & Advertising

Monitors

AI capex and cloud backlogSep 6
Search monetization and AI OverviewsSep 4
Distribution agreementsAug 28

Deep Research

Alphabet Inc. Revenue Model BreakdownSep 5
Market Focus and Key DebatesAug 29
AI Disruption RiskAug 21

Easel

Q3 earnings implicationsSep 7
Pressure-test TPU demand assumptionsSep 4
Compare ad monetization with MetaSep 2
Model AI infrastructure margin sensitivityAug 30
Reconcile cloud backlog disclosuresAug 27
Map capex to depreciationAug 24
Review Waymo unit economicsAug 20
Track antitrust remediesAug 17
Compare YouTube engagementAug 13
Pressure-test Gemini monetizationAug 9
Trace Search distribution paymentsAug 5
Assess Cloud share gainsAug 1
Rebuild the Search valuation bridgeJul 29
Summarize management commentaryJul 25
Compare AI product adoptionJul 22
Review TAC trendsJul 18
Map data center commitmentsJul 14
Analyze Workspace pricingJul 10
Compare cloud operating marginsJul 6
Review regulatory disclosuresJul 2

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