Forget Apple And Google's Market Cap Battle, Wal-Mart Is The Real Winner

Alphabet Inc GOOGL’s reign as the world’s largest public company was very short-lived. After the stock briefly eclipsed Apple Inc. 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 MSFT.