Alphabet Inc GOOGL 0.07%’s reign as the world’s largest public company was very short-lived. After the stock briefly eclipsed Apple Inc. AAPL 0.6% as the world’s largest public company following a solid Q4 earnings beat, Alphabet’s market cap has now plummeted more than 15 percent in a matter of days.

However, analysts at FactSet know there’s more than one way to size up a company. FactSet took a look at how Apple and Alphabet stack up now following Alphabet’s volatile trading.

In terms of market cap, Apple, at $535.6 billion, once again has a comfortable $40 billion-plus cushion on its lead over Alphabet. Alphabet, in turn, remains more than $80 billion ahead of third place Microsoft Corporation MSFT 0.04%.

When it comes to net income, however, Apple’s $53.7 billion on-year income more than doubles…

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