DIS vs GOOG
Walt Disney Company (The) Common Stock vs Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock. Side-by-side ACCE scores, valuation, profitability, and growth.
$GOOG Wins This One
$DIS looks cheap on paper — trailing P/E of 16.0, forward P/E of 13.4, EV/EBITDA of 11.00, and a 1.5% dividend yield versus $GOOG's 27.9x trailing earnings and 0.2% yield. But valuation alone doesn't make a stock a buy.
The profitability gap is stark. $GOOG posts a 37.9% net margin and 38.9% ROE on near-zero leverage (D/E 0.11). $DIS delivers an 11.5% net margin, 11.0% ROE, and carries more debt (D/E 0.38). Then there's growth: $GOOG grew revenue 21.8% year-over-year and earnings 82.0%. $DIS grew revenue just 6.5% and saw earnings fall 29.8%.
That earnings decline is the dealbreaker for $DIS. A low multiple means little when the denominator is shrinking. $GOOG's ACCE score of 79 — driven by a 88 growth score, 90 momentum score, and a perfect 100 quality score — reflects a business firing on all cylinders. $DIS scores 53, with a growth score of just 28.
At $366.73 with an analyst target of $407.22, $GOOG offers a cleaner path forward. $DIS at $99.21 needs an earnings recovery story that isn't visible in the current numbers.