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GOOG vs META
Side-by-side comparison of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) and Meta Platforms Inc. (META): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both GOOG and META operate in Computer Software: Programming Data Processing (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- GOOG is the larger of the two at $4.21T, about 2.2x META ($1.89T).
- Over the past year, GOOG is up 39.5% and META is up 3.7% - GOOG leads by 35.8 points.
- META has hit the wire 16 times in the past 4 weeks while GOOG has been quiet.
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Alphabet Inc.
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Price
- $344.66+0.26%
- $739.17-0.34%
- Market cap
- $4.21T
- $1.89T
- 1M return
- +2.81%
- +19.85%
- 1Y return
- +39.47%
- +3.67%
- Industry
- Computer Software: Programming Data Processing
- Computer Software: Programming Data Processing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2004
- 2012
- News (4w)
- 0
- 16
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. provides online advertising services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. The company offers performance and brand advertising services. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, such as ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube, as well as technical infrastructure; and digital content. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure and data analytics platforms, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells internet and TV services, as well as licensing and research and development services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Meta Platforms Inc.
Meta Platforms, Inc. develops products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, wearables, and in-home devices worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment's products include Facebook, which enables people to share, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices through chat, audio and video calls, and rooms; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising virtual reality hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Latest GOOG
- Rosenblatt resumed coverage on Alphabet
- UBS reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- BMO Capital Markets reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Truist reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Roth Capital reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- DA Davidson reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Barclays reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Wells Fargo reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
- Morgan Stanley reiterated coverage on Alphabet with a new price target
Latest META
- Chief Operating Officer Olivan Javier sold $1,180,966 worth of shares (1,575 units at $749.82) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 10% to 8,824 units (SEC Form 4)
- COB and CEO Zuckerberg Mark converted options into 17,140 shares and sold $21,359,454 worth of shares (27,474 units at $777.44) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated coverage on Meta Platforms with a new price target
- TD Cowen reiterated coverage on Meta Platforms with a new price target
- Piper Sandler reiterated coverage on Meta Platforms with a new price target
- Deutsche Bank reiterated coverage on Meta Platforms with a new price target
- Canaccord Genuity reiterated coverage on Meta Platforms with a new price target
- Dolby and Meta Expand Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision Across Meta's Ecosystem
- Chief Product Officer Cox Christopher K sold $28,510,260 worth of shares (40,000 units at $712.76) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Operating Officer Olivan Javier sold $1,071,425 worth of shares (1,575 units at $680.27) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 9,770 units (SEC Form 4)