Stock comparison

COSTvsGOOG

Costco Wholesale Corp vs Alphabet Inc. Real data pulled from the alphactor.ai fundamentals pipeline — valuation, balance-sheet health, momentum, and analyst sentiment side by side.

COST

Costco Wholesale Corp

$999.89

+12.66%

Retail$450.3BNASDAQ

GOOG

Alphabet Inc

$339.4

+6.81%

Media$3.57TNASDAQ

60-day price, rebased to 100

COST +2.43% · GOOG +3.34%

Round-by-round

COST 2·GOOG 4

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Valuation upside

-32.50% vs -72.80% to DCF fair value

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Balance-sheet strength

Altman Z 13.09 vs 30.23

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Fundamental quality

Piotroski 6.00 vs 4.00 (of 9)

EdgeGOOG

Growth + margins

Rule-of-40 10.10 vs 18.30

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60-day momentum

+2.43% vs +3.34% price return

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Market-cap liquidity

$450.3B vs $3.57T

Verdict

Across 6 categories, GOOG takes the edge with 4 wins to 2. Neither score is a buy signal on its own: run the full backtest and credibility tests on alphactor.ai before putting money on it.

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