Alphabet Inc. vs MICROSOFT CORPORATION, two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GOOGL and MSFT diverge most: on dividend yield, GOOGL reads 0.2% and MSFT reads 0.8%; on current ratio, GOOGL reads 2.72 and MSFT reads 1.23. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GOOGL | MSFT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $355.13 | $463.20 |
| Market cap | $4.37T | $3.45T |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 17.8 | 25.8 |
| P/B | 6.83 | 7.80 |
| P/S | 9.80 | 10.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.4 | 18.1 |
| Revenue growth | +20.0% | +17.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 67.2% |
| Operating margin | 34.0% | 45.1% |
| Net margin | 44.5% | 37.1% |
| Return on equity | 31.0% | 27.8% |
| Return on assets | 21.5% | 16.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.1% | 25.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 2.72 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.66 | 7.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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