Alphabet Inc.
$4.06T- Market cap
- $4.14T
- Debt
- +$51.08B
- Cash
- −$126.84B
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.09x · EV / EBITDA 22.58x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $4.14T · View financials
Snapshot Sep 8, 11:40 AM ET
FY 2025 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: GOOGL stock price near parity vs PAYC $338.39 current versus $294.59 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at PAYC's multiple
Implied fair value · at GOOGL's multiple
Snapshot Sep 8, 11:25 AM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Premium justified
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: GOOGL FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · PAYC FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.09x · EV / EBITDA 22.58x
Capital structure 65% equity / 35% debt · EV / Revenue 7.21x · EV / EBITDA 19.89x
GOOGL carries the larger enterprise value at $4.06T against $14.80B; PAYC trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (7.21x vs 10.09x); PAYC on the lower EV / EBITDA (19.89x vs 22.58x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Alphabet Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$101.71
Base
$124.15
Bull
$141.60
Paycom Software, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.12x
3.03x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.42x
6.56x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$126.84B
$370.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe GOOGL deserves a structural premium to PAYC because of its superior scale, growth, and downstream margins, then maintain or add selectively only on weakness; otherwise, the current relative valuation suggests trimming because the P/E-implied value is well below the current price.
On the provided P/E-based comparison, GOOGL’s current price of $356.13 sits well above the implied price of $219.36, indicating 38.4% downside. The valuation gap is partly tempered by GOOGL’s superior revenue growth and much larger scale, but the current market price still appears rich relative to PAYC-based framework.
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