Alphabet Inc. (Class A) vs Microsoft

GOOGL vs MSFT head-to-head — returns and risk, side by side. Over the past year, GOOGL is ahead.

24h+0.06%+0.27%
7 days+0.12%-4.40%
30 days-0.74%+22.30%
Year to date+10.11%+0.03%
1 year+69.62%-6.12%
Max drawdown65.30%69.40%
Monthly volatility8.90%9.40%
Positive months61%60%
Best month+47.10% 2004-10+51.55% 1987-01
Worst month-18.48% 2008-11-34.35% 2000-04
Data since20041986

Green marks the better value in each row — the higher return, but the lower drawdown and volatility. Want the full monthly heatmaps side by side? Open the interactive compare tool →