Fool Video: Stock Madness -- Apple vs. Google, Microsoft vs. Starbucks

By Chris Hill – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 9:50PM

NASDAQ: MSFT

Microsoft

Market Cap

$3.7T

Today's Change

(0.67%) $3.35

Current Price

$505.39

Price as of August 27, 2025, 1:33 p.m. ET

Tim Hanson analyzes the stocks and picks his winners.

Who has the most tremendous upside potential? Who defends better? And which stock is going to perform better over the next three years? Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Hanson analyzes the matchups and picks his winners as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) faces off against Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) takes on Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX).

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Chris owns shares of Microsoft and Starbucks. Tim owns shares of Starbucks and season tickets to the Georgetown Hoyas. The Fool's disclosure policy gives 110% and takes it one game at a time.

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