Alphabet Inc.

NasdaqGS:GOOGL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.5t

Alphabet Valuation

Is GOOGL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GOOGL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$237.36
Fair Value
14.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
52
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: GOOGL ($201.96) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($237.36)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GOOGL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GOOGL?

Key metric: As GOOGL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GOOGL. This is calculated by dividing GOOGL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GOOGL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.1x
EarningsUS$115.57b
Market CapUS$2.46t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GOOGL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GOOGL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average63x
META Meta Platforms
27.4x9.10%US$2.0t
BIDU Baidu
8.8x-1.68%US$30.2b
PINS Pinterest
12.6x-10.33%US$23.7b
RDDT Reddit
203.1x36.27%US$41.9b
GOOGL Alphabet
21.1x8.95%US$2.5t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GOOGL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the peer average (63x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GOOGL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Interactive Media and Services Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
JOYY JOYY
1.5x-71.47%US$2.62b
MI NFT
2.4xn/aUS$14.79m
CHR Cheer Holding
0.7xn/aUS$14.14m
DUO Fangdd Network Group
1.6xn/aUS$6.64m
No more companies available in this PE range
GOOGL 21.1xIndustry Avg. 14.1xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GOOGL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the US Interactive Media and Services industry average (14.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GOOGL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GOOGL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.1x
Fair PE Ratio32.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GOOGL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GOOGL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$201.96
US$216.59
+7.24%
8.55%US$248.00US$166.00n/a52
Aug ’26US$189.13
US$216.01
+14.21%
9.15%US$248.00US$160.00n/a52
Jul ’26US$175.84
US$201.47
+14.58%
10.04%US$250.00US$160.00n/a53
Jun ’26US$171.74
US$201.47
+17.31%
9.91%US$250.00US$160.00n/a52
May ’26US$161.30
US$201.80
+25.11%
9.11%US$240.00US$160.00n/a51
Apr ’26US$157.07
US$216.69
+37.95%
7.42%US$240.00US$167.00n/a51
Mar ’26US$170.28
US$219.34
+28.81%
6.13%US$240.00US$184.00n/a49
Feb ’26US$204.02
US$217.74
+6.73%
5.98%US$240.00US$184.47n/a48
Jan ’26US$189.30
US$211.91
+11.94%
6.51%US$240.00US$184.47n/a50
Dec ’25US$168.95
US$210.69
+24.71%
6.05%US$240.00US$184.47n/a50
Nov ’25US$171.29
US$210.12
+22.67%
6.50%US$240.00US$170.00n/a50
Oct ’25US$166.99
US$203.63
+21.94%
6.45%US$230.00US$170.00n/a49
Sep ’25US$163.38
US$205.89
+26.02%
6.07%US$230.00US$170.00n/a46
Aug ’25US$170.76
US$204.91
+20.00%
6.54%US$230.00US$170.00US$189.1346
Jul ’25US$182.99
US$195.20
+6.67%
9.21%US$230.00US$143.00US$175.8446
Jun ’25US$172.50
US$193.94
+12.43%
8.99%US$230.00US$143.00US$171.7447
May ’25US$163.86
US$188.57
+15.08%
10.47%US$225.00US$143.00US$161.3047
Apr ’25US$155.49
US$164.77
+5.97%
5.88%US$180.00US$143.00US$157.0745
Mar ’25US$137.14
US$163.95
+19.55%
5.75%US$180.00US$141.00US$170.2846
Feb ’25US$141.16
US$162.84
+15.36%
6.44%US$180.00US$140.00US$204.0244
Jan ’25US$139.69
US$154.63
+10.69%
6.84%US$180.00US$129.00US$189.3043
Dec ’24US$131.86
US$153.49
+16.40%
6.75%US$180.00US$129.00US$168.9543
Nov ’24US$126.45
US$153.44
+21.35%
6.74%US$180.00US$126.00US$171.2943
Oct ’24US$130.86
US$151.14
+15.50%
8.26%US$200.00US$121.00US$166.9943
Sep ’24US$135.66
US$150.09
+10.64%
8.55%US$200.00US$121.00US$163.3845
Aug ’24US$131.55
US$149.16
+13.39%
8.90%US$200.00US$121.00US$170.7643
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 52 Analysts
US$216.59
Fair Value
6.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
52
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/13 09:53
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/13 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Alphabet Inc. is covered by 95 analysts. 58 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David HeasmanAccountability Research Corporation
Skye ChenAletheia Analyst Network Limited
Rocco StraussArete Research Services LLP