CRWV vs U vs GOOGL Stock Comparison

CoreWeave, Unity Software and Alphabet Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc.
$55.19 -37.0% 1M -58.4% 1Y
Market cap
$30.41B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
1 win
U Unity Software Inc.
$40.33 -3.0% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.74B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.03B
Div. yield
–
Developer Tools Technology
GOOGL Alphabet Inc.
$316.80 -7.9% 1M +21.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.85T
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$445.87B
Div. yield
0.27%
Digital Advertising Technology
8 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Alphabet leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Alphabet 8, CoreWeave 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRWVUGOOGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $30.41B $17.74B $3.85T GOOGL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.8x -30.1x 15.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 15.0x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +115.3% +14.0% +20.1% CRWV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -25.4% -29.0% 54.8% GOOGL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.2% -17.2% 18.6% GOOGL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 13.2x -0.8x GOOGL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.27% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -58.4% +8.2% +21.9% GOOGL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -22.5%/yr +16.7%/yr GOOGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 95.8% 75.0% 31.4% GOOGL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 47/100 61/100 GOOGL

Percentile Scorecard

CRWVUGOOGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCRWVUGOOGL
Valuation 68 #13 of 38 60 #50 of 124 38 #104 of 167
Growth 60 #15 of 36 41 #67 of 113 72 #43 of 153
Profitability 52 #17 of 34 49 #57 of 110 88 #20 of 153
Financial Health 38 #24 of 38 49 #66 of 129 79 #38 of 179
Shareholder Returns 30 #15 of 21 35 #44 of 67 28 #68 of 94
Overall 49 47 61
  • CRWV ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • U ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • GOOGL ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCRWVUGOOGLSPY
1 month -37.0%-3.0%-7.9% -0.8%
3 months -22.0%+32.5%-3.0% +3.5%
6 months -50.7%+51.4%-9.6% +7.0%
Year to date -22.9%-8.7%+1.2% +12.2%
1 year -58.4%+8.2%+21.9% +13.0%
3 years —+57.9%+159.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+16.5%+37.4% +23.1%
5 years —-72.0%+116.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-22.5%+16.7% +11.0%
10 years ——+670.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+22.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCRWVUGOOGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 95.8%75.0%31.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 92.1%82.2%28.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.632.191.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.610.110.70 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.5%-93.1%-44.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.6%-18.5%-21.3% -1.8%
52-week high $139.93$49.47$402.62 $779.14
52-week low $54.24$17.13$267.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCRWVUGOOGL
P/E now vs peer median -15.8xmedian 29.6x -30.1xmedian 38.1x 15.8xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 4.2x 8.7xmedian 4.3x 8.6xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 24.2x -117.7xmedian 35.4x 21.4xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.2xmedian 15.1x 33.0xmedian 27.1x 72.3xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 3.9x 5.8xmedian 3.4x 6.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.38 -1.53median 1.27 0.25median 0.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCRWVUGOOGL
Revenue $7.59B $2.03B $445.87B
Gross profit $5.12B $1.32B $271.52B
Operating income -$230.74M -$616.00M $147.63B
Net income -$1.93B -$588.01M $244.21B
Free cash flow -$13.66B $538.39M $53.27B
R&D – $1.03B $68.97B
EPS (diluted) $-3.50 $-1.34 $19.83
Cash & equivalents $5.52B $2.35B $55.91B
Total debt $3.66B $557.17M $98.17B
Shares (diluted) 551.00M 437.90M 12.31B
Enterprise value $17.50B $9.56B $3.61T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCRWVUGOOGL
P/E -15.8x -30.1x 15.8x
P/FCF -2.2x 33.0x 72.3x
P/Operating cash flow 4.4x 32.0x 20.7x
P/S 4.0x 8.7x 8.6x
P/B 6.1x 5.8x 6.0x
P/Tangible book 6.4x 6.2x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA 7.3x -117.7x 21.4x
EV/EBIT -123.7x -25.9x 25.1x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 7.9x 8.3x
EV/FCF -2.1x 29.6x 69.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.1x 28.8x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.53 0.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRWVUGOOGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 115.3% 14.0% 20.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 94.9% -0.6% 24.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.1% 19.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -204.2% -23.8% 21.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 13.7% 25.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -89.8% -35.5% 111.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 15.8% 58.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -50.8% -29.1% 109.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 19.7% 64.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 983.6% 45.5% 38.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 110.7% 23.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -72.1% 51.7% -20.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 83.0% -9.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRWVUGOOGL
Gross margin 67.4% 64.9% 60.9%
EBITDA margin 51.2% -6.7% 38.8%
Operating margin -3.0% -30.4% 33.1%
Pretax margin -25.3% -29.0% 67.1%
Net margin -25.4% -29.0% 54.8%
FCF margin -179.9% 26.5% 11.9%
Operating cash flow margin 91.1% 27.3% 41.6%
Return on equity -39.4% -19.5% 43.6%
Return on assets -2.9% -8.9% 30.0%
Return on invested capital -1.2% -17.2% 18.6%
Return on capital employed -0.5% -12.3% 21.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.6x -0.9x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 8.2% 16.9% 6.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRWVUGOOGL
Debt / assets 4.8% 8.4% 10.6%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 13.2x -0.8x
Debt / FCF -0.3x 1.0x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 93.5% 54.4% 30.5%
Equity / assets 6.5% 45.6% 69.5%
Interest coverage – -25.5x –
Current ratio 0.5x 2.0x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.9x 2.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.5x 1.9x
Altman Z-score 0.09 2.28 10.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRWVUGOOGL
Dividend yield – – 0.3%
Net buyback yield -9.9% -0.6% 0.5%
Shareholder yield -9.9% -0.6% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCRWVUGOOGL
Forward P/E – – 15.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.88FY2026 $-0.70FY2026 $21.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +95.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -31.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.22BFY2026 $2.13BFY2026 $528.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +157.7%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +113.8% +30.9% +21.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRWVUGOOGL
Held by institutions 72.3% 84.7% 80.1%
Institutions holding 962 558 5,738
Change in shares held, QoQ +27.1% +8.0% +4.6%
Institutions buying 690 306 2,654
Institutions selling 171 161 2,573
Buyers to sellers 4.04 1.90 1.03

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CRWVUGOOGL
CRWV 1.00 0.27 0.16
U 0.27 1.00 0.24
GOOGL 0.16 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRWV, U and GOOGL?

Alphabet (GOOGL) is the largest by market capitalisation: CoreWeave (CRWV) $30.41B, Unity Software (U) $17.74B, Alphabet (GOOGL) $3.85T.

Which company is growing faster?

CoreWeave (CRWV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: CoreWeave (CRWV) +115.3%, Unity Software (U) +14.0%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +20.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alphabet (GOOGL) has the highest net margin (CoreWeave (CRWV) -25.4%, Unity Software (U) -29.0%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 54.8%). On return on invested capital, Alphabet (GOOGL) leads (CoreWeave (CRWV) -1.2%, Unity Software (U) -17.2%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 18.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Alphabet (GOOGL) returned the most: CoreWeave (CRWV) -58.4%, Unity Software (U) +8.2%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +21.9%. Over five years, Alphabet (GOOGL) compounded fastest (Unity Software (U) -22.5%/yr, Alphabet (GOOGL) +16.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Alphabet (GOOGL) 0.27%. CoreWeave (CRWV) and Unity Software (U) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alphabet (GOOGL) has been the steadiest (CoreWeave (CRWV) 95.8%, Unity Software (U) 75.0%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 31.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRWV, U and GOOGL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alphabet (GOOGL) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.