Alphabet (Class A) vs Microsoft GOOGL vs MSFT
Alphabet (Class A) and Microsoft on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- One-year price return: Alphabet (Class A) +35.4%, Microsoft +3.4%.
- Trailing P/E: Microsoft 29.5×, Alphabet (Class A) 17.1×.
- Debt / equity: Alphabet (Class A) 0.2×, Microsoft 0.1×.
- Operating margin: Microsoft 46.8%, Alphabet (Class A) 33.1%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
GOOGL+35.4%
MSFT+3.4%
Profile
latestSector
Communication Services
Technology
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Software - Infrastructure
Market value
$4.14T
$3.93T
Enterprise value
$4.18T
$3.94T
Employees
198,933
223,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2.2M
$1.5M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
51% overvalued vs model
10% overvalued vs model
Model range
$154–430
$322–954
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
28.9%
30.1%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: GOOGL valuation · MSFT valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: GOOGL reverse DCF · MSFT reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$340.59
$529.05
52-week high
$402.62
$543.45
52-week low
$250.46
$356.76
Price vs 52-week high
−15.4%
−2.6%
Price vs 52-week low
+36.0%
+48.3%
Average daily volume / shares
0.2%
0.4%
Beta
1.21
1.10
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
−0.7%
+7.9%
3 months
−3.9%
+31.9%
6 months
+1.4%
+25.9%
Year to date
+8.8%
+9.4%
1 year
+35.4%
+3.4%
1 year, dividends added
+35.8%
+4.1%
2 years
+106.2%
+27.1%
Valuation
GOOGL price × TTM to Jun 2026 · MSFT price × FY2026P/E (TTM)
17.1×
29.5×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
16.5×
26.8×
Price / sales
9.3×
11.8×
EV / sales
9.4×
11.9×
EV / EBITDA
—
20.3×
Price / book
6.5×
9.5×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
56.5×
58.6×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
1.8%
1.7%
Growth
GOOGL TTM and FY2025 · MSFT TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
—
+4.3%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+23.8%
+17.8%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
12.5%
16.1%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
17.2%
14.6%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
+6.8%
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+90.5%
+10.0%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
33.3%
22.9%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
6.9%
4.0%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−7.1%
−0.3%
Profitability
GOOGL TTM to Jun 2026 · MSFT FY2026Gross margin (FY)†
59.7%
67.9%
Operating margin
33.1%
46.8%
EBITDA margin
—
58.5%
Net margin
54.8%
40.3%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
18.2%
20.2%
Return on equity
38.1%
32.3%
Return on assets
26.5%
19.3%
Asset turnover
0.48
0.48
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
GOOGL MRQ Jun 2026 · MSFT MRQ Mar 2026Cash
$55.91B
$32.10B
Total debt
$100.16B
$40.26B
Net debt
$44.25B
$8.16B
Debt / equity
0.2×
0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
—
0.0×
Interest coverage (FY)
903.3×
50.9×
Current ratio (FY)
2.01
1.23
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
0.3%
0.7%
Dividends per share
$0.86
$3.64
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
4.3%
20.3%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
—
10.2%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
39
39
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$28K
$24.7M
Analyst upgrades
0
1
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
GOOGL income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025 · MSFT income FY2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$445.99B
$331.84B
EBITDA
—
$194.24B
Operating income
$147.75B
$155.24B
Net income
$244.21B
$133.75B
EPS (diluted)
$19.91
$17.95
Operating cash flow
$164.71B
$182.94B
Capital expenditure
−$91.45B
−$115.95B
Free cash flow
$73.27B
$66.99B
Dividends paid
$10.05B
$26.45B
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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.