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 4, 4:00 PM ET
FY 2026 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: GOOGL stock price at premium vs TGT $338.46 current versus $218.65 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 TGT's multiple
Implied fair value · at GOOGL's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM 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) · TGT FY 2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
12 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 84% equity / 16% debt · EV / Revenue 0.80x · EV / EBITDA 9.92x
GOOGL carries the larger enterprise value at $4.06T against $84.24B; TGT trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.80x vs 10.09x); TGT on the lower EV / EBITDA (9.92x 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
Target Corporation · 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
0.89x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.42x
1.12x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$126.84B
$4.86B
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 can sustain 15.1% revenue growth and 32.0% operating margin while maintaining premium multiples, then hold rather than add aggressively because the current price already sits above both the historical band and TGT-implied value range.
The valuation output shows GOOGL trading well above TGT-implied price of $192.12, which suggests a -46.1% downside from the current $356.13 price. That gap is reinforced by the fact that the DCF range of $108.58 to $146.90 and the historical band of $281.70 to $344.30 both sit below the current price, even though GOOGL’s operating quality is much stronger than TGT’s.
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