Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock and Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock are compared here on the numbers that actually decide relative value: last verified price, reported financials, valuation multiples, the most recent earnings and analyst consensus. Anything a provider could not verify is shown as unavailable rather than estimated.
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock | Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock |
| Exchange | Nasdaq | Nasdaq |
| Last verified priceSource: Polygon (snapshot) / Polygon (snapshot) | $346.33 | $680.73 |
| Change on the day | +1.01% | +1.10% |
| Market cap | $4.19T | $1.72T |
| 52-week range | $235.84 – $408.61 | $520.26 – $790.80 |
| Verified at | Sep 17, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT | Sep 17, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT |
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue (TTM)Source: Polygon (company financials) | $445.87B | $228.25B |
| Revenue growth (YoY)Source: Polygon (company financials) | 24.2% | 28.0% |
| EPS (TTM, diluted)Source: Polygon (company financials) | 19.93 | 26.54 |
| EPS growth (YoY)Source: Polygon (company financials) | 294.4% | -13.4% |
| Gross marginSource: Polygon (company financials) | 60.9% | 81.7% |
| Operating marginSource: Polygon (company financials) | 33.1% | 38.1% |
| Net marginSource: Polygon (company financials) | 54.8% | 29.8% |
| Operating cash flow (TTM)Source: Polygon (company financials) | $100.82B | $66.21B |
| Revenue 2-year CAGRSource: Polygon (company financials) | 19.1% | 26.0% |
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing)Source: Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ TTM diluted EPS) | 17.4 | 25.6 |
| P/E (forward, est.)Source: Ticker-Terminal (last verified price ÷ annualised consensus EPS estimate) | 36.1 | 24.9 |
| Market capSource: Polygon / Finnhub reference | $4.19T | $1.72T |
| Dividend yield | Unavailable | Unavailable |
A higher multiple is not automatically worse. It reflects what the market expects from future growth, and those expectations are exactly what research should test.
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| Reported period | Q2'26 | Q2'26 |
| Revenue | $119.80B | $60.80B |
| Diluted EPS | 9.11 | 6.18 |
| Next confirmed report | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-27 |
| Metric | GOOGL | META |
|---|---|---|
| Consensus rating | Buy | Buy |
| Average price target | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Analysts covering | 70 | 71 |
| Ticker-Terminal growth scoreModel score from verified inputs, not a recommendation | 90/100 | 79/100 |
Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock (GOOGL) trades on Nasdaq and is classified in the Communication Services sector. Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV and YouTube Music, among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue. The firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) make up the rest. This page tracks GOOGL using verified market data, the company's most recently reported financial statements, its earnings record and Ticker-Terminal's analytical models. Every figure is shown with its source and the time it was last verified, and values we cannot verify are labelled rather than filled in.
Full GOOGL stock analysisMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock (META) trades on Nasdaq and is classified in the Communication Services sector. Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales. This page tracks META using verified market data, the company's most recently reported financial statements, its earnings record and Ticker-Terminal's analytical models. Every figure is shown with its source and the time it was last verified, and values we cannot verify are labelled rather than filled in.
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Scores, fair-value ranges and bull, base and bear scenarios are analytical models calculated from verified data. They are educational information, not investment advice, not a price prediction, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Past performance does not indicate future results.
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