In fiscal year 2025 Alphabet reported $403B in revenue against Microsoft's $282B, 1.43× as much.
| Measure | GOOGL | MSFT | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $403B | $282B | ×1.43 |
| Cost of revenue | $163B | $87.8B | ×1.85 |
| Operating income | $129B | $129B | ×1.00 |
| Net income | $132B | $102B | ×1.30 |
| EPS (diluted) | 10.81 | 13.64 | ×1.26 |
| Total assets | $595B | $665B | ×1.12 |
| Total liabilities | $180B | $274B | ×1.52 |
| Shareholders' equity | $415B | $391B | ×1.06 |
| Cash | $30.7B | $24.3B | ×1.26 |
| Long-term debt | $46.5B | $35.4B | ×1.31 |
| Shares outstanding | 12.1B | 7.4B | ×1.63 |
| Net margin | 32.8% | 36.1% | ×1.10 |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 45.6% | ×1.42 |
| Operating cash flow | $165B | $136B | ×1.21 |
| Capital expenditure | $91.4B | $64.6B | ×1.42 |
| Free cash flow | $73.3B | $71.6B | ×1.02 |
| R&D expense | $61.1B | $32.5B | ×1.88 |
| Dividends paid | $10.0B | $24.1B | ×2.40 |
| Income tax expense | $26.7B | $21.8B | ×1.22 |
| Share buybacks | $45.7B | $18.4B | ×2.48 |
The larger of the two figures is in bold. Larger is not automatically better: on debt, cost and tax a bigger number is simply a bigger number. This site reports the figures and leaves the judgement to you.
Revenue, year by year
Alphabet · 2013–2025
Microsoft · 2016–2025
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026
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