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Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by ghayes on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:48PM (#11015772)
Yes, which is basically how much someone would pay to own the company today = discounted expected long-term profits.
Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by kidfire on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:58PM (#11015841)
Not at all true. Most obvious reason being control premium (which applies to all buyers, but lot of other reasons why price paid by a buyer would be different, for example expected synergies)

Really just share price x shares outstanding - by one valuation method, share price in theory is driven by expected present value of future dividend stream, but even this is also very different from what you said (company's actual cash flow)