Better Buy: Amazon.com, Inc. vs Google

When it comes to online search, there's Google and then there's everyone else. When it comes to online retail, there's Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and then there's everyone else. But when you put the two dominant companies head to head, it may be a tough call on which one makes a better buy for investors.

Both Amazon and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stocks have meaningfully outperformed the S&P 500 year to date. But investors can't dwell on the past; they have to look to the future to determine where to invest. Let's look at how these two companies' prospects stack up, to determine which is a better buy.

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Source: Fool.com