Is Google's valuation more inflated than Yahoo's?
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According to Yahoo finance: GOOG's PE is 50 with a PEG (PE to earnings growth ratio) of 2.25.  The same statistics for YHOO are 48 and 2.4, making the two stocks fairly comparable in these respects.  In addition, GOOG has less short interest than YHOO at present.  One major difference is that YHOO is more mature than GOOG and provides earnings guidance, making their stock movements likely less volatile.  Alternatively, the general expectation for GOOG is faster growth and penetration into new market segments for growth.  So, is GOOG overpriced now?  Probably not based on growth metrics, but clearly GOOG has higher expectations (at least prior to yesterday) and is more expensive than YHOO on fundamental valuation.  Both have good prospects in the long-term.
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Google has better result's the Yahoo when it comes to search engines.
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Their respective market caps are too close for this to ever happen.\nInterestingly, many reporters, analysts and tech pundits that I talk to think that the supposed competition between Google and Yahoo is fallacious, and that they are very different companies with very different strategies. Google's true competitor is often seen as being Microsoft, not Yahoo. This would support your claim that they are complementary.
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it depends on the $ return!\n\nchavatshimshon>yahoo>co>uk
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Pay lots of money.  Google rates their advertisers first.  Yahoo sells the ads space on the sides, top and bottom banner of the search page as does Ask and Alta Vista.
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1st quarter report SEC filing of Yahoo\nhttp://biz.yahoo.com/e/060505/yhoo10-q.html\n\nRevenues:\nOur revenues increased 34 percent year over year to $1.6 billion, with unique users up 8 percent year over year (or up 27 percent excluding Yahoo! China as of March 31, 2005), fee paying users up 49 percent year over year, and page views up 18 percent (or up 24 percent excluding Yahoo! China as of March 31, 2005).\n\nYahoo's income statement http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=YHOO&annual\nBalance sheet http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=YHOO&annual\nCash flow http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=YHOO&annual
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Yes, but yahoo! is better
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Google has a lot more money than Yahoo has to spend on side projects. There's not much Yahoo could do about it.
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I really don't see what is so great about Google. I get more or less the same results using Yahoo or MSN.
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Google stock has formed a top. It needs to rise above the $470 level to start a new uptrend. The whole group is weak. Yahoo, eBay, Amazon.\n\nI made quite a few bucks trading Google. It is the epitome of CANSLIM stocks. CANSLIM was invented by William O'Neil from Investors Business Daily. He also wrote How to Make Money in Stocks. \n\nThere will be more Googles in the future. You can learn to be ready for them.
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Hey MISSY!!!!!!!!!!\n\nI can see you are quite ILLETERATE.........\n\nYahoo! and Google are two different things!!!!\n\nWhat I am trying to say is that it might look as if they are same (as they do the same function i.e. search the WWW) but the differences are as follows\n\n1) Yahoo and Google have different Organizing Bodies!\n\n2) Yahoo's Database differs from Googles database.......\n\n3) Yahoo Provides different other services else than search and so does Google
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yahoo finance is pretty good.
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As of March 24, 2006:\n\nMicrosoft stock is worth $26.85 per share, and Google stock is worth $365.80 per share. This means Google's stock is woth about 13 times as Microsoft stock.\n\nEven though Google's stock is worth more, Microsoft had a 2005 net income of 12,254 million, while Google's 2005 net was 1,465 million. This means Microsoft made about 8 times as much as Google.\n\nI think this clealry shows the comparison: Ggoogle's stock is worth much more, but they do not have the annual profits to back up their inflated stock prices. It's clear that Microsoft is a much stronger company than Google. (Think of the gold in the Federal Reserve that gives the dollar its value; without something to back it up, the dollar is worthless as the paper it is printed on!)
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Okay, here I go:\n1) Studies show that the general public cannot discern the quality of the two search engines.  However, Yahoo! is still seen (Ad Age) as offering a wider variety of practical services and this would be the main 'thing' that Yahoo! is doing over Google.  Also, Yahoo! offers a direct link to a human-sorted directory, which many novice web users may find attractive.\n2. Google's mapping technology was for time regarded as superior.  It allowed for multi-point trips (for example, you could get the directions from your house, to the museum, then the symphony hall, then back all at once, not one leg at a time).  It also allowed users to plot things like service stations on a graphically superior topographic or satellite map.  However, Yahoo! Maps Beta now offers many of these features and may have been introduced in sufficient time to win back past users who may have been starting to switch to Google.  MapQuest also offers strong competition because of its percieved easy of use and easily accessible practical features.\n3. Many consumers have yet to discover a need for desktop search clients, as the average harddrive is relatively small (compared to, say for example, the Internet) and most consumers (Ad Age) would agree with the statement that they keep their primary files relatively maintained.  However, I would venture to say that Google Desktop has a slight advantage insofar that it is free and usually comes bundled with antivirus software, mapping programs and other freebies consumers want.  However, Windows Vista has a feature called Virtual Directories which are essentially constantly running searches.  I.E You would setup a Virtual Directory called 'Latin Spice!' and it would automatically display every Latin dance MP3 on your computer in the 'directory', regardless of where the files are actually located.  This may make desktop searching software essentially outdated, but it remains to be seen.\n4. Another issue is Google's notorious secrecy.  Although it was bemussing back when they were a 'garage corporation', now that their 'playing' with billions of investors dollars and not the family toolshed, investors want to know whats going on.  Of course there's going to need to be some secrecy lest they leak out ideas to competitors, but overall Google has been slammed for a lack of a definate business plan, and overall direction for the firm.  Case in point, it was speculated that Google would reveal as Google-PC running Google software at C3 this year.  Such wild speculations and twists leads to investor unease.  Also, they are entering into the video market.  I'm not quite sure what the motivation for this was, as they are (at the moment) clearly no match for iTunes powerful video database.  Also, Google fails to advertise these features to the public relying instead (and I believe too heavily at times) on gossip and internet chatter.  Such channels are insufficient for the casual internet user to take advantage of.  Case in point again, many users would be surprised to find out you can ask Google simple questions even over SMS on your cellphone without an Internet browser.  However, Google's AdSense program, though relatively new, gives Yahoo! Search Marketing (formerly Overture) quite a run for its money.  Yahoo! Search Marketing is seen as less attractive to the 'common man' wanting to go into online advertisement because (although they are optional costs) it makes it appear as though large setup fees and ongoing charges are required.  Google's AdSense seems to almost be tailored to small business and large alike, with only a $5 setup fee, more flexible use of what they call 'campains' and an arguably larger viewer base.  Also, Google makes it easier to exapand the AdSense viewing public by allowing even runners of small or personal sites to display the ads, whereas Yahoo! Search Marketing has a more rigourous site requirement
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Found your question after querying for Yahoo on Yahoo News from my Yahoo email beta. Yahoo news lead me to your interview with Yahoo VP on Answers.  \n\nYahoo search results are equivalent or better than Google's, and then Yahoo has so much more to offer.  So with the ad platform fix starting this fall, what is not to like?  Google has great brand recognition, but it is very early still on the web.  Of course, Yahoo is undervalued, although I usually look to folks like you to help me decide.
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Google. Google is like Chuck Norris while Yahoo is like Indiana Jones. Chuck triumphs every time.
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Hard to say on that one, nobody has a 100% prediction rate so you have to understand the future of Google. Below is a link that talks about some reasons Google stock might not be such a good investment. If your looking for reasons Google would be, you have to have a look at some of the wall street bidders.