Head to head
Alphabet-A vs Microsoft
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: GOOGL · MSFT
GOOGL
Alphabet-A
351.66+0.97%
1-year price shape — +46% over the period
Quant Rating B · 80/100
vs
MSFT
Microsoft
535.07+2.38%
1-year price shape — +3% over the period
Quant Rating C · 42/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Alphabet-A edges it on the scoreable measures. Alphabet-A has the highest Quant Rating (80); Alphabet-A has done best over the past year (+46%); Alphabet-A trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
| GOOGL | MSFT | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | Internet Content & Information | Software - Infrastructure |
| Last price | 351.66 | 535.07 |
| Change today | +0.97% | +2.38% |
| 1-year return | +46.0% | +3.3% |
| Market cap | $4.30T | $3.97T |
| 52-week range | 239.09 – 408.10 | 348.54 – 549.20 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 17.64 | 29.81 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 4th | 30th |
| P/B | 6.91 | 8.98 |
| Dividend yield | 0.24% | 0.67% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 10.81 | 17.95 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $132.21B | $133.29B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $445.87B | $331.84B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +24.2% | +17.7% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 67.9% |
| Operating margin | 33.1% | 46.8% |
| Net margin | 54.8% | 40.3% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $53.27B | $66.99B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 67.2% | 75.2% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 24 buy / 26 sell | 31 buy / 16 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Analyst consensus | 86% buy / 14% hold (28) | 100% buy (34) |
| Analyst price target | $426 (+21%) | $594 (+11%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | B (80) | C (42) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 182,502 | 223,000 |
| Founded | 2015 | 1975 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.