Alphabet Inc. vs Meta Platforms, Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GOOGL and META diverge most: on debt / equity, GOOGL reads 0.16 and META reads 0.32; on fcf yield, GOOGL reads 1.2% and META reads 2.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $351.63 | $718.12 |
| Market cap | $4.33T | $1.84T |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 17.7 | 27.1 |
| P/B | 6.76 | 7.05 |
| P/S | 9.71 | 8.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.2 | 17.5 |
| Revenue growth | +20.0% | +27.8% |
| Operating margin | 34.0% | 30.9% |
| Net margin | 44.5% | 33.7% |
| Return on equity | 31.0% | 29.4% |
| Return on assets | 21.5% | 17.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.4% | 21.3% |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 2.72 | 2.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.66 | 7.18 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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