GOOGL vs. GOOG, META, NVDA, MSFT, TSM, AAPL, BIDU, TTD, ZM, and PINS
Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOG), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Apple (AAPL), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and Pinterest (PINS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Alphabet vs.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) 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 valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
28.7% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alphabet received 174 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.56% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 82.91% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alphabet and Alphabet both had 19 articles in the media. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Alphabet's score of 0.39 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alphabet currently has a consensus target price of $135.11, indicating a potential upside of 29.91%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $131.39, indicating a potential upside of 26.67%. Given Alphabet's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Alphabet.
Summary
Alphabet beats Alphabet on 6 of the 11 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.
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.
GOOGL vs. The Competition
Alphabet Competitors List
