Alphabet (Class A) vs Meta Platforms GOOGL vs META
Alphabet (Class A) and Meta Platforms on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- One-year price return: Alphabet (Class A) +35.4%, Meta Platforms −0.4%.
- Market value: Alphabet (Class A) $4.14T, Meta Platforms $1.81T.
- Debt / equity: Meta Platforms 0.3×, Alphabet (Class A) 0.2×.
- Net margin: Alphabet (Class A) 54.8%, Meta Platforms 29.8%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
GOOGL+35.4%
META−0.4%
Profile
latestSector
Communication Services
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Internet Content & Information
Market value
$4.14T
$1.81T
Enterprise value
$4.18T
$1.88T
Employees
198,933
75,472
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2.2M
$3.0M
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
51% overvalued vs model
10% overvalued vs model
Model range
$154–430
$429–1277
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
28.9%
22.1%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: GOOGL valuation · META valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: GOOGL reverse DCF · META reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$340.59
$709.33
52-week high
$402.62
$769.80
52-week low
$250.46
$525.72
Price vs 52-week high
−15.4%
−7.9%
Price vs 52-week low
+36.0%
+34.9%
Average daily volume / shares
0.2%
0.7%
Beta
1.21
1.19
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
−0.7%
+5.3%
3 months
−3.9%
+6.7%
6 months
+1.4%
+4.8%
Year to date
+8.8%
+7.5%
1 year
+35.4%
−0.4%
1 year, dividends added
+35.8%
−0.1%
2 years
+106.2%
+23.0%
Valuation
price × TTM to Jun 2026P/E (TTM)
17.1×
26.7×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
16.5×
23.0×
Price / sales
9.3×
7.9×
EV / sales
9.4×
8.2×
EV / EBITDA
—
—
Price / book
6.5×
6.9×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
56.5×
39.2×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
1.8%
2.6%
Growth
TTM and FY2025Revenue growth (TTM)
—
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+23.8%
+26.5%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
12.5%
19.9%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
17.2%
18.5%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+90.5%
+31.2%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
33.3%
39.8%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
6.9%
34.3%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−7.1%
−4.7%
Profitability
TTM to Jun 2026Gross margin (FY)†
59.7%
82.0%
Operating margin
33.1%
38.1%
EBITDA margin
—
—
Net margin
54.8%
29.8%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
18.2%
22.9%
Return on equity
38.1%
26.1%
Return on assets
26.5%
15.1%
Asset turnover
0.48
0.51
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
MRQ Jun 2026Cash
$55.91B
$15.46B
Total debt
$100.16B
$83.66B
Net debt
$44.25B
$68.20B
Debt / equity
0.2×
0.3×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
—
—
Interest coverage (FY)
903.3×
0.0×
Current ratio (FY)
2.01
2.60
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
0.3%
0.3%
Dividends per share
$0.86
$2.10
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
4.3%
7.9%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
—
—
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
39
34
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$28K
$69.0M
Analyst upgrades
0
1
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025Revenue
$445.99B
$228.25B
EBITDA
—
—
Operating income
$147.75B
$86.93B
Net income
$244.21B
$68.10B
EPS (diluted)
$19.91
$26.54
Operating cash flow
$164.71B
$115.80B
Capital expenditure
−$91.45B
−$69.69B
Free cash flow
$73.27B
$46.11B
Dividends paid
$10.05B
$5.32B
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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.