Better Buy: Amazon.com vs. Microsoft

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) both generated big gains for investors this year. Amazon's stock soared more than 80% as its e-commerce and cloud businesses shone throughout the COVID-19 crisis, and Microsoft's stock rallied nearly 50% as its cloud growth offset weaker demand for its enterprise-oriented products.

Can Amazon and Microsoft maintain those big gains? Let's dig deeper into both tech giants to see which tech giant is the better overall investment.

Amazon generates most of its revenue from its online marketplaces, but most of its profits come from AWS (Amazon Web Services), the world's largest cloud infrastructure platform.

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Source Fool.com