Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Vs. AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, FB, NVDA, TSM, ASML, ADBE, CRM, and PYPL
Should you be buying Microsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microsoft include Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), NVIDIA (NVDA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), ASML (ASML), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), and PayPal (PYPL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Microsoft vs.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
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.
69.2% of Microsoft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Microsoft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Microsoft received 657 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.12% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 75.46% of users gave Microsoft an outperform vote.
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 has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Microsoft had 66 more articles in the media than Alphabet. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Microsoft and 33 mentions for Alphabet. Microsoft's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Alphabet's score of 0.31 indicating that Microsoft is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Microsoft presently has a consensus price target of $327.48, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $3,103.03, indicating a potential upside of 11.18%. Given Alphabet's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Microsoft.
Summary
Microsoft beats Alphabet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSFT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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Microsoft Competitors List
