Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) vs Pinterest, Inc. (PINS)

Alphabet Inc. and Pinterest, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Alphabet Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.45T against $11.4B — 304.4× the size. Alphabet Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.6× against 79.5×. Alphabet Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.2% against 15.4%. Alphabet Inc. has the higher net margin (50.0% vs 3.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.3% vs 4.68%). Across the 22 metrics below, Alphabet Inc. leads on 12 and Pinterest, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
P/E 14.57 79.47 12.38
P/S 7.35 2.39 0.93
P/B 5.25 3.60 1.24
Price to free cash flow 175.37 8.85 10.76
EV/EBITDA 17.97 48.97 10.74
EV/Sales 7.05 2.28 1.20
Earnings yield 6.86% 1.26% (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield 0.57% 11.30% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 60.86% 78.97% 63.25%
Operating margin 33.32% 4.19% (1.87%)
Net margin 49.95% 3.81% (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 4.19% 26.97% 3.47%
Return on equity 44.98% 4.50% (1.19%)
Return on assets 30.56% 3.41% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 18.25% 4.68% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.21% 15.38% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 34.45% (77.15%) 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.15% 20.06% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 26.83% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.32 0.01
Current ratio 2.79 4.28 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA (0.53) (7.55) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield 0.30% — 1.19%
Payout ratio 0.04 — 0.27

Size

Metric GOOG PINS Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 3.45t 11.35b 693.23m

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