Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GOOG scored 80.4, PINS scored 59.3 — GOOG leads.
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GOOG
Alphabet Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
80.4
$347.86 · $4.3T
fundamentals as of
Score gap
21.1
GOOG leads
PINS
Pinterest, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
59.3
$21.40 · $12.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestGOOG17.5x
Fastest growthGOOG+20.1%
Strongest balance sheetGOOG0.19
Highest qualityGOOG84 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePINS-58%
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
PINS
84
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
62
91
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
90
68
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
37
GOOG is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GOOG
PINS
$53.3bA
FCF
$1.3bC+
+20.1%A-
Rev
+16.6%B+
0.19A-
D/E
0.41B+
17.5xB
P/E
61.1xC
1.21B
PEG
0.27A
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
PINS
344% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
58% below
~54%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
-82%
1-yr DCF upside
+95%
-77%
5-yr DCF upside
+136%
-70%
10-yr DCF upside
+212%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
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
PINS
No notable signals flagged.
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.
PINSPinterest, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $21.40 · beta 0.90
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $12.1b. Down 40% from 52-week high of $35.42 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.27 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 35 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $29.05 (implying +36% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($1.0b) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 61.1x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 40% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where GOOG and PINS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 21.1 points in favor of GOOG. The widest single difference is Value, where GOOG leads by 30.7 points.
ValueGOOG 67.9 · PINS 37.2GOOG +30.7
QualityGOOG 84.4 · PINS 62.5GOOG +21.9
GrowthGOOG 90.5 · PINS 90.0level
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 PINS the better stock?
GOOG scores higher: GOOG 80.4, PINS 59.3 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 PINS differ most?
The widest gap is value, where GOOG leads by 31 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GOOG also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are GOOG and PINS 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.