Apple vs. Samsung – 2025’s Epic Stock Showdown: Which Tech Giant is the Better Bet?
2025 Year-to-Date Stock Performance Apple and Samsung have experienced starkly different stock trajectories in 2025. Apple’s stock (AAPL) has essentially moved sideways year-to-date – by mid-September 2025 it was roughly flat, even slightly down about 1% for the year statmuse.com after a strong run in 2023. In contrast, Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has seen a blockbuster rally in its share price. Samsung’s stock is up over 50% YTD in local currency (KRW) as of Q3 2025, dramatically outperforming both Apple and the broader indices in 2025 sammobile.com finance.yahoo.com. This divergence reflects differing market sentiments. Apple – already a $3+ trillion behemoth