Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) are two of the most prominent advertising businesses on the planet.
Alphabet gets its ad revenue from the Google Search engine, while Meta gets it from its various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Advertising can be a lucrative business on its own. Still, both companies are also heavily investing in artificial intelligence, for what it could do for advertising, but also for other products to diversify their core businesses. But of these two, which stock is the better buy right now?
Let’s take a look. Alphabet’s side businesses outperform Meta’s right now Both Google Search and Meta’s social media platforms are incredibly successful businesses and generate a ton of money for each company. I don’t think there’s much use in comparing these two, as they are each successful in their own right and still growing rapidly despite their maturity.