Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Vs. AAPL, MSFT, GOOG, FB, TSM, NVDA, ASML, ADBE, CRM, and PYPL
Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), NVIDIA (NVDA), ASML (ASML), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), and PayPal (PYPL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Microsoft has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alphabet. Microsoft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Microsoft received 551 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.40% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 75.46% of users gave Microsoft an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Microsoft had 56 more articles in the media than Alphabet. MarketBeat recorded 96 mentions for Microsoft and 40 mentions for Alphabet. Microsoft's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Alphabet's score of 0.08 indicating that Microsoft is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.2% of Microsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Microsoft shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Microsoft has a net margin of 36.45% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 28.57%. Microsoft's return on equity of 45.76% beat Alphabet's return on equity.
Microsoft currently has a consensus price target of $326.35, suggesting a potential upside of 5.56%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $2,901.86, suggesting a potential upside of 5.47%. Given Microsoft's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Microsoft is more favorable than Alphabet.
Microsoft has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Microsoft beats Alphabet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
Skip ChartMedia 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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Alphabet Competitors List
