Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Get Free Report) and Oblong (NYSE:OBLG – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
35.4% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Oblong shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Alphabet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Oblong shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Alphabet and Oblong’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alphabet | $282.84 billion | 5.34 | $59.97 billion | $4.49 | 26.49 |
| Oblong | $5.48 million | 0.59 | -$21.94 million | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Alphabet and Oblong, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alphabet | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 2.84 |
| Oblong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Alphabet presently has a consensus price target of $129.81, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Alphabet’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Oblong.
Profitability
This table compares Alphabet and Oblong’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alphabet | 20.58% | 22.84% | 16.18% |
| Oblong | -373.77% | -133.61% | -95.47% |
Volatility & Risk
Alphabet has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oblong has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alphabet beats Oblong on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alphabet
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, analytics, AI, and machine learning, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
About Oblong
Oblong, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which offers an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it provides network solutions, including Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer's office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. Further, it provides professional services, such as software development, visual and interaction design, engineering, and project support services. The company serves a range of industries comprising aerospace, consulting, executive search, broadcast media, legal, insurance, technology, financial services, education, healthcare, real estate, retail, construction, hospitality, and others, as well as government sector. Oblong, Inc. is based in Conifer, Colorado.
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