Microsoft trades at 30 times estimated earnings, above its long-term history and at a premium to the Nasdaq 100 Index’s multiple of 24.4. Alphabet is cheaper, with a multiple below 21 ...

On Thursday, just off the heels of Meta's mixed first-quarter results that caused a dip on Wall Street, Microsoft and Alphabet just proved that there's money to be made off of artificial intelligence.

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Alphabet is poised to be the fourth U.S. company to top the $2 trillion market cap milestone, joining Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia. Friday will mark 947 trading days since the company reached the $ ...

On the revenue side, Microsoft has a slight edge over Alphabet in recent and projected growth rates over their current fiscal years. Microsoft's stock trades at a 50% premium to Alphabet's ...