AppLovin Corp vs Alphabet Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APP and GOOGL diverge most: on debt / equity, APP reads 1.49 and GOOGL reads 0.16; on p/b, APP reads 56.15 and GOOGL reads 6.14. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What APP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What GOOGL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (segment-resolved basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | APP | GOOGL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $391.76 | $319.31 |
| Market cap | $132.7B | $3.93T |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.5% |
| P/E | 33.7 | 16.0 |
| P/B | 56.15 | 6.14 |
| P/S | 22.73 | 8.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.9 | 24.6 |
| Revenue growth | +79.8% | +20.0% |
| Operating margin | 78.2% | 34.0% |
| Net margin | 67.9% | 44.5% |
| Return on equity | 167.7% | 31.0% |
| Return on assets | 51.4% | 21.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 70.6% | 16.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.49 | 0.16 |
| Current ratio | 3.24 | 2.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.25 | 7.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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