Search, ads, cloud, YouTube. We rebuild its market value from the price, split it into its parts, and compare its multiples with those of its largest competitors.
Verified figures, not advice. Every number on this page comes from the company's own filings or from exchange prices, and the source is linked. Every calculation is shown, so you can repeat it. What we do not do is tell you what a share should be worth or whether to buy it: that depends on your goals and on forecasts, and no multiple can settle it. This is a snapshot: prices of 12 Oct 2026, company results up to mid 2026. Found a mistake? Tell us and we correct it.
StepNumberWhere it comes from
Share price (nominal value)
$352.72
Close of 12 Oct 2026
Shares outstanding
12.23 bn
Latest quarterly report cover page, as of 2026-07-15
Market capitalisation
$4.31tn
Price x shares
Market capitalisation is the value the stock market puts on all the shares together. It is the nominal share price multiplied by the number of shares.
Building blockAmountMeaning
Market capitalisation
$4.31tn
What the market asks for all the shares
+ Debt
$100.2bn
Borrowings, leases for premises excluded
- Cash
$55.9bn
Cash and equivalents
- Short-term investments
$186.6bn
Marketable securities due within a year
+ Minority interests
$7.1bn
Part of subsidiaries owned by others
Enterprise value (EV)
$4.18tn
The price of the whole business, as a buyer would see it
Of the $4.31tn market value, accounting book equity is $640.5bn. The remaining $3.67tn is what investors pay above the books: brands, software, customer relationships and expected growth that the balance sheet does not record. Price to book is 6.7x.
Context: Alphabet earns an EBITDA margin of 39%. The peers earn 48%, 59%, 22% (median 48%). A company that keeps more of each dollar of sales often trades at a higher multiple.
Meta competes for advertising, Microsoft and Amazon for cloud and AI. All four are among the largest companies, so this is a comparison among giants.
- EV / EBITDA: 24.2x against a peer median of 17.2x (mean 18.1x). Difference to the median: +41%.
- EV / sales: 9.4x against a peer median of 8.3x (mean 8.0x). Difference: +13%.
- P/E: 17.7x against a peer median of 27.8x. Difference: -36%.
These are descriptions of today's prices, not forecasts. "n.m." means not meaningful, for example negative profit.
Prices of 12 Oct 2026 from exchange historical data. Share counts, debt, cash and results from each company's filings with the US SEC, read on 13 October 2026 (Sony: its filings and the ECB exchange rate of 12 Oct 2026).
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Questions people ask
Does a higher multiple than competitors mean the share is overvalued?
No. It means investors pay more per dollar of sales or profit. The reason can be faster growth, higher margins or lower risk, or it can be excess optimism. A multiple gap is a question to investigate, not an answer.
Why use enterprise value and not only market cap?
Market cap prices the shares only. Enterprise value adds debt and subtracts cash, so it compares the whole business regardless of how it is financed.
Why show both the mean and the median of competitors?
The mean is pulled up by one extreme value. The median is the middle value and resists outliers. When they differ a lot, trust the median more.