Key PointsAmazon is more leveraged to cloud computing than Microsoft is.Both companies are growing and are valued similarly. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › Two of the largest and most important companies in the world are Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Both companies rank among the top five largest companies in the world, coming in at fourth and fifth, respectively. However, investors may be torn between which is the …