Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) 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 $4.25T against $12.9B — 330.4× the size. Alphabet Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.9× against 62.6×. Alphabet Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.1% against 16.6%. Alphabet Inc. has the higher net margin (54.8% vs 5.46%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.6% vs 5.39%). Across the 22 metrics below, Alphabet Inc. leads on 12 and Pinterest, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
P/E 16.91 62.60 11.54
P/S 9.28 2.71 0.86
P/B 6.65 4.26 1.20
Price to free cash flow 77.68 9.63 9.63
EV/EBITDA 23.11 49.34 8.68
EV/Sales 8.96 2.64 1.18
Earnings yield 5.91% 1.60% (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield 1.29% 10.38% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 60.90% 79.47% 66.84%
Operating margin 33.11% 4.92% (3.41%)
Net margin 54.75% 5.46% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 11.95% 28.11% 1.75%
Return on equity 49.55% 6.46% 0.00%
Return on assets 34.29% 4.90% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 18.60% 5.39% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.05% 16.64% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 34.45% (77.15%) 34.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.15% 20.06% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 26.83% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.15 0.34 0.01
Current ratio 2.72 3.81 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA (0.53) (7.55) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield 0.25% — 1.07%
Payout ratio 0.04 — 0.28

Size

Metric GOOGL PINS Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 4.25t 12.86b 318.52m

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