Which is more profitable, Corning or Microsoft?

Microsoft keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Corning or Microsoft?

Microsoft grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Corning or Microsoft?

Microsoft costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Corning or Microsoft?

Microsoft would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Corning vs Microsoft stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Microsoft is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Corning	Microsoft
	$98.3 billion	$3.89 trillion
	10.2%	40.3%
	+6.7%	+14.6%
	61.6×	29.1×
	2.1 years	0.2 years
	9.1%	27.4%
	0.6%	0.8%

Open Corning Open Microsoft

How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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