Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GOOG scored 80.4, OPRA scored 74.5 — GOOG leads.
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Different reporting periods. GOOG's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but OPRA's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
GOOG
Alphabet Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
80.4
$347.86 · $4.3T
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.9
GOOG leads
OPRA
Opera Limited
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
74.5
$17.58 · $1.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestOPRA12.1x
Fastest growthOPRA+27.9%
Strongest balance sheetOPRA0.01
Highest qualityGOOG84 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueOPRA-30%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GOOG
stronger →← stronger
OPRA
84
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
69
91
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
95
68
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
63
GOOG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GOOG
OPRA
$53.3bA
FCF
$112mC
+20.1%A-
Rev
+27.9%A-
0.19A-
D/E
0.01A
17.5xB
P/E
12.1xB+
1.21B
PEG
0.55A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GOOG
OPRA
344% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
30% below
~54%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
-82%
1-yr DCF upside
+11%
-77%
5-yr DCF upside
+43%
-70%
10-yr DCF upside
+108%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GOOG
Why this score
Durable high returns
OPRA
Why this score
Cut its dividend
The companies
GOOGAlphabet Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $347.86 · beta 1.21
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $4.3T. 14% off the 52-week high of $404.47. Revenue growing +20%, comfortably above the S&P median. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $420.36 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
Net margin 55% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $4.3T market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
OPRAOpera Limited
Internet Content & Information · $17.58 · beta 1.20
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $1.6b. 15% off the 52-week high of $20.78. Revenue growing +28% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.55 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $26.29 (implying +50% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 104% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Dividend payout 86% of earnings on a 4.8% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors GOOG (80.4) over OPRA (74.5) primarily due to GOOG's superior Quality pillar score of 84 versus OPRA's 69, reflecting its durable high returns. A contrarian might prefer OPRA, which trades 30% below our DCF fair value and implies only 6% annual growth, despite the model flagging that it cut its dividend.
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Where GOOG and OPRA diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.9 points in favor of GOOG. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityGOOG 84.4 · OPRA 68.9GOOG +15.5
GrowthGOOG 90.5 · OPRA 95.4OPRA +4.9
ValueGOOG 67.9 · OPRA 63.0GOOG +4.9
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GOOG or OPRA the better stock?
GOOG scores higher: GOOG 80.4, OPRA 74.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GOOG and OPRA differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where GOOG leads by 16 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are GOOG and OPRA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.