Question 1

Which is bigger, GOOGL or MKSI?

Accepted Answer

Alphabet Inc. is the larger company — market cap $4.30T vs $17.9B for MKS Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, GOOGL or MKSI?

Accepted Answer

GOOGL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 54.8% vs 10.1% for MKSI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, GOOGL or MKSI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, GOOGL trades at a lower P/E — 17.6 vs 40.6 for MKSI. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, GOOGL or MKSI?

Accepted Answer

MKSI yields 0.35% vs 0.24% for GOOGL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — GOOGL or MKSI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, GOOGL leads 9 of 11 comparable metrics and MKSI leads 2. StockCV rates GOOGL “Mixed” and MKSI “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	GOOGL	MKSI
Price	$351.69	$265.00
Market cap	$4.30T	$17.9B
Revenue (TTM)	$446B	$4.35B
Revenue growth	+12.5%	+3.5%
Net margin	54.8%	10.1%
Free cash flow	$53.3B	$455M
Net cash (debt)	$80.3B	($3.53B)
1-year price return	+45.6%	+97.4%
P/E	17.6	40.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	80%	27%
Dividend yield	0.24%	0.35%
Return on equity	51%	16%
CV checks passed	10 of 11	7 of 11
Employees	198,933	10,300

Alphabet Inc. vs MKS Inc.