They don't compete in the same industry, but (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) share many similarities as investment candidates. The companies own two of the most valuable brands on the planet, helping them command huge profit margin advantages over their peers. And they are cash-generating machines, which gives their management teams extra resources they can direct toward stock buybacks and a growing dividend payment.

Coca-Cola and Apple are both favorites of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, too.

With those similarities in mind, let's stack the two companies up against each other as dividend investments.

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