Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s reign as the world’s largest public company was very short-lived. After the stock briefly eclipsed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the world’s largest public company following a solid Q4 earnings beat, Alphabet’s market cap has now plummeted more than 15 percent in a matter of days.
However, analysts at FactSet know there’s more than one way to size up a company. FactSet took a look at how Apple and Alphabet stack up now following Alphabet’s volatile trading.
In terms of market cap, Apple, at $535.6 billion, once again has a comfortable $40 billion-plus cushion on its lead over Alphabet. Alphabet, in turn, remains more than $80 billion ahead of third place Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).
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