Which is more profitable, Alphabet or Spotify?

Alphabet keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Alphabet or Spotify?

Alphabet grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Alphabet or Spotify?

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

Which has less debt, Alphabet or Spotify?

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

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Alphabet vs Spotify stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Alphabet	Spotify
	$3.60 trillion	$126 billion
	32.8%	12.9%
	+17.2%	+13.6%
	27.2×	51.6×
	0.2 years	Net cash
	27.2%	17.8%
	0.2%	–

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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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