Better Buy: Alphabet vs. Amazon

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are two of the largest and best-known brands in the world. In fact, many people reading this article probably interact with one or both of these companies on a daily basis.

Over the last decade, shares of Alphabet and Amazon have soared 330% and 820%, respectively, leaving the broader market in the dust. And given the critical role these tech companies play in our daily lives, I think there's room for both to grow over the next decade. But which is the better buy today?

Alphabet breaks its business into three segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The latter is a collection of unprofitable moonshots -- like Waymo, its autonomous vehicle company. The Google segments are Alphabet's digital ad and cloud computing businesses.

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