Google Inc (GOOG): Numbers Don’t Paint The Whole Picture

On the other hand Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), the once not-to-be-reckoned-with giant, has actually had a few setbacks over the past few months. At the moment, Microsoft is playing it somewhat safe by holding in excess of 25% of cash per share on hand.

This stash of cash could be being earmarked for payment of a potential upcoming fine levied by European Union regulators due to alleged violations with regard to providing users with a choice of web browsers.

Microsoft’s shares had been close to a 52-week low during the first quarter of this year – although with a per share dividend payment of 92 cents, the company is providing its shareholders with a somewhat healthy dividend yield that is in the neighborhood of 3.3%.

The bottom line

Given Google’s intense forward momentum – due in large part to its growing market share in a variety of areas and a strong balance sheet – it would seem that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is very well prepared to take on just about anything. And, while nothing lasts forever, the shares of Google can certainly represent a potentially high-growth opportunity for both the short- and the long-term time frames for its investors.

The article Is Google Being Inched Out as Top Dog? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Nauman Aly.

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