Which is more profitable, Alphabet or AT&T?

Alphabet keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Alphabet or AT&T?

Alphabet grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Alphabet or AT&T?

AT&T costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Alphabet or AT&T?

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

AlphabetGOOGvs

AT&TT

Alphabet vs AT&T 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 has less debt. AT&T is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Alphabet	AT&T
	$3.60 trillion	$149 billion
	32.8%	17.5%
	+17.2%	−2.6%
	27.2×	6.8×
	0.2 years	2.5 years
	27.2%	10.3%
	0.2%	4.5%

Open Alphabet Open AT&T

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.

More comparisons: Alphabet vs T-Mobile US · Alphabet vs Verizon · Alphabet vs Warner Bros. Discovery · Alphabet vs América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. · AT&T vs Alphabet · AT&T vs Meta · AT&T vs Netflix · AT&T vs AT&T Inc. 5.35% GLB NTS 66