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Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), and Snap (SNAP).
Alphabet vs. Its Competitors
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alphabet has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Apple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alphabet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Apple. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alphabet presently has a consensus target price of $224.51, indicating a potential downside of 10.92%. Apple has a consensus target price of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 1.70%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Alphabet.
Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Alphabet's return on equity.
In the previous week, Apple had 81 more articles in the media than Alphabet. MarketBeat recorded 290 mentions for Apple and 209 mentions for Alphabet. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Apple's score of 0.95 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Apple beats Alphabet on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GOOGL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:GOOGL) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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