AMPL vs FICO vs MSTR Stock Comparison

Amplitude, Fair Isaac and Strategy Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMPL Amplitude, Inc.
$17.42 +26.6% 1M +74.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.24B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$374.37M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins
FICO Fair Isaac Corp
$814.59 -7.4% 1M -49.6% 1Y
Market cap
$16.00B
P/E
19.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.39B
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
5 wins
MSTR Strategy Inc
$146.01 -10.0% 1M -48.8% 1Y
Market cap
$49.33B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$498.35M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Fair Isaac leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Fair Isaac 5, Strategy 3, Amplitude 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMPLFICOMSTRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.24B $16.00B $49.33B MSTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -22.5x 19.6x -1.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 248.9x 18.6x — FICO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.3% +24.1% +7.8% FICO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -26.6% 34.1% -6,294.3% FICO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 62.6% -73.9% FICO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.3x -0.1x MSTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +74.5% -49.6% -48.8% AMPL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -23.7%/yr +14.7%/yr +15.2%/yr MSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.8% 65.8% 81.1% AMPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 73/100 21/100 FICO

Percentile Scorecard

AMPLFICOMSTR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMPLFICOMSTR
Valuation 15 #86 of 101 57 #44 of 101 8 #93 of 101
Growth 60 #39 of 97 80 #20 of 97 7 #90 of 97
Profitability 29 #67 of 94 100 #1 of 94 8 #87 of 94
Financial Health 58 #46 of 109 32 #74 of 109 80 #23 of 109
Shareholder Returns 40 #39 of 64 95 #4 of 64 3 #62 of 64
Overall 40 73 21
  • AMPL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • FICO ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • MSTR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMPLFICOMSTRSPY
1 month +26.6%-7.4%-10.0% -1.0%
3 months +115.1%-34.2%+59.3% +2.9%
6 months +146.7%-18.9%-14.6% +6.4%
Year to date +50.4%-51.8%-3.9% +11.4%
1 year +74.5%-49.6%-48.8% +13.1%
3 years +66.2%-5.5%+243.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +18.5%-1.9%+50.9% +21.5%
5 years -74.2%+98.7%+103.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year -23.7%+14.7%+15.2% +10.9%
10 years —+559.6%+766.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+20.8%+24.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMPLFICOMSTRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.8%65.8%81.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.9%79.6%74.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.080.453.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.13-0.75-0.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.4%-75.1%-84.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-55.8%-50.6% -2.5%
52-week high $17.42$1,844.98$295.63 $779.14
52-week low $5.61$592.49$82.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMPLFICOMSTR
P/E now vs peer median -22.6xmedian 29.9x 22.7xmedian 29.9x -1.6xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 2.8x 7.3xmedian 2.8x 103.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -45.2xmedian 17.4x 18.3xmedian 17.4x -1.5xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 147.7xmedian 16.9x 17.7xmedian 16.9x -1,962xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 31.9xmedian 3.1x -4.3xmedian 3.1x 1.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median -5.83median 0.86 0.77median 0.86 0.01median 0.86

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMPLFICOMSTR
Revenue $374.37M $2.39B $498.35M
Gross profit $271.11M $2.04B $336.89M
Operating income -$104.03M $1.24B -$36.36B
Net income -$99.53M $815.02M -$30.41B
Free cash flow $29.44M $996.02M -$26.19M
R&D $108.93M $208.49M $93.13M
EPS (diluted) $-0.77 $35.90 $-88.98
Cash & equivalents $73.78M $248.44M $1.71B
Total debt – $5.58B $6.71B
Shares (diluted) 129.38M 22.70M 352.53M
Enterprise value $1.54B $15.24B $42.32B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMPLFICOMSTR
P/E -22.6x 22.7x -1.6x
P/FCF 147.7x 17.7x -1,962x
P/Operating cash flow 136.9x 17.6x -2,558x
P/S 11.6x 7.3x 103.1x
P/B 31.9x -4.3x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 36.0x -4.3x -2.7x
EV/EBITDA -45.2x 18.3x -1.5x
EV/EBIT -40.5x 18.5x -1.5x
EV/Revenue 11.2x 9.6x 111.7x
EV/FCF 142.9x 23.0x -2,125x
EV/Operating cash flow 132.5x 22.9x -2,770x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.83 0.77 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMPLFICOMSTR
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.3% 24.1% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 17.6% -0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.4% 29.2% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.1% 20.6% -5.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 2.6% 39.7% -645.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.9% 26.5% -437.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% 28.8% -734.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 24.9% -430.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -4.9% 39.5% -676.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.9% 29.5% -314.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 48.7% 28.1% 79.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.0% 30.6% -202.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 50.1% 28.5% 74.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 74.9% 30.7% -109.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMPLFICOMSTR
Gross margin 72.4% 85.1% 67.6%
EBITDA margin -24.8% 52.3% -7,284%
Operating margin -27.8% 51.7% -7,295%
Pretax margin -25.5% 44.5% -7,280%
Net margin -26.6% 34.1% -6,294%
FCF margin 7.9% 41.6% -5.3%
Operating cash flow margin 8.5% 41.8% -4.0%
Return on equity -56.3% – -90.1%
Return on assets -26.3% 39.9% -56.9%
Return on invested capital – 62.6% -73.9%
Return on capital employed -61.7% 95.3% -68.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.2x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 1.2x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 25.1% 7.3% 10.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMPLFICOMSTR
Debt / assets – 274.0% 12.8%
Debt / equity – -1.4x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.3x -0.1x
Debt / FCF – 5.6x -256.2x
Liabilities / assets 61.8% 301.1% 41.2%
Equity / assets 38.2% -201.1% 58.8%
Interest coverage – 6.6x –
Current ratio 1.0x 1.2x 5.4x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.5x 5.2x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.3x 4.9x
Altman Z-score 9.59 8.56 -1.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMPLFICOMSTR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.6% 20.3% -51.6%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 20.3% -51.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMPLFICOMSTR
Forward P/E 248.9xFY2026 18.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.07FY2026 $43.80FY2026 $-20.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.7%FY2026 +46.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +157.1% +16.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $430.21MFY2026 $2.42BFY2026 $466.60MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.3%FY2026 +21.5%FY2026 -2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.1% +22.0% +14.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMPLFICOMSTR
Held by institutions 62.1% 95.7% 57.9%
Institutions holding 201 842 867
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.6% +1.9% +12.5%
Institutions buying 115 381 501
Institutions selling 62 343 256
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.11 1.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMPLFICOMSTR
AMPL 1.00 0.18 0.24
FICO 0.18 1.00 0.08
MSTR 0.24 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMPL, FICO and MSTR?

Strategy (MSTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amplitude (AMPL) $2.24B, Fair Isaac (FICO) $16.00B, Strategy (MSTR) $49.33B.

Which company is growing faster?

Fair Isaac (FICO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amplitude (AMPL) +18.3%, Fair Isaac (FICO) +24.1%, Strategy (MSTR) +7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fair Isaac (FICO) has the highest net margin (Amplitude (AMPL) -26.6%, Fair Isaac (FICO) 34.1%, Strategy (MSTR) -6,294.3%). On return on invested capital, Fair Isaac (FICO) leads (Fair Isaac (FICO) 62.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -73.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amplitude (AMPL) returned the most: Amplitude (AMPL) +74.5%, Fair Isaac (FICO) -49.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -48.8%. Over five years, Strategy (MSTR) compounded fastest (Amplitude (AMPL) -23.7%/yr, Fair Isaac (FICO) +14.7%/yr, Strategy (MSTR) +15.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amplitude (AMPL) has been the steadiest (Amplitude (AMPL) 65.8%, Fair Isaac (FICO) 65.8%, Strategy (MSTR) 81.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMPL, FICO and MSTR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fair Isaac (FICO) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.