AMPL vs MSTR vs CGNT Stock Comparison

Amplitude, Strategy and Cognyte Software Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMPL Amplitude, Inc.
$17.30 +30.1% 1M +70.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.23B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$374.37M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins
MSTR Strategy Inc
$139.82 -11.8% 1M -51.6% 1Y
Market cap
$49.81B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$498.35M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins
CGNT Cognyte Software Ltd.
$9.97 +17.0% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$742.22M
P/E
212.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$421.71M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cognyte Software leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Cognyte Software 4, Strategy 2, Amplitude 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMPLMSTRCGNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.23B $49.81B $742.22M MSTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -22.4x -1.6x 212.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 247.1x — 20.8x CGNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.3% +7.8% +12.0% AMPL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -26.6% -6,294.3% 0.8% CGNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -73.9% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +70.6% -51.6% +19.0% AMPL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.5%/yr +14.4%/yr -13.7%/yr MSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.9% 81.3% 52.2% CGNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 21/100 57/100 CGNT

Percentile Scorecard

AMPLMSTRCGNT

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

AxisAMPLMSTRCGNT
Valuation 16 #86 of 102 9 #93 of 102 57 #44 of 102
Growth 61 #39 of 98 7 #91 of 98 89 #12 of 98
Profitability 30 #67 of 95 9 #87 of 95 64 #35 of 95
Financial Health 59 #45 of 109 80 #23 of 109 60 #44 of 109
Shareholder Returns 46 #35 of 64 3 #62 of 64 14 #55 of 64
Overall 42 21 57
  • AMPL ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • MSTR ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • CGNT ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMPLMSTRCGNTSPY
1 month +30.1%-11.8%+17.0% -0.8%
3 months +99.5%+41.7%+14.5% +3.5%
6 months +146.1%-17.4%+5.6% +7.0%
Year to date +49.4%-8.0%+6.1% +12.2%
1 year +70.6%-51.6%+19.0% +13.0%
3 years +72.7%+243.7%+148.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.0%+51.0%+35.4% +23.1%
5 years -75.5%+95.6%-52.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -24.5%+14.4%-13.7% +11.0%
10 years —+713.9%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+23.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMPLMSTRCGNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.9%81.3%52.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.8%74.6%56.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.093.141.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.07-0.640.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.4%-84.1%-89.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.7%-52.7%-18.5% -1.8%
52-week high $17.42$295.63$12.24 $779.14
52-week low $5.61$82.31$6.34 $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.

MultipleAMPLMSTRCGNT
P/E now vs peer median -22.5xmedian 28.8x -1.6xmedian 28.8x 208.3xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 2.8x 98.7xmedian 2.8x 1.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -44.9xmedian 17.7x -1.5xmedian 17.7x 21.3xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 146.7xmedian 15.8x -1,879xmedian 15.8x 25.2xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 31.7xmedian 3.2x 1.6xmedian 3.2x 3.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -5.79median 0.85 0.00median 0.85 7.73median 0.85

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 monthsAMPLMSTRCGNT
Revenue $374.37M $498.35M $421.71M
Gross profit $271.11M $336.89M $307.70M
Operating income -$104.03M -$36.36B $17.43M
Net income -$99.53M -$30.41B $4.85M
Free cash flow $29.44M -$26.19M $28.96M
R&D $108.93M $93.13M $127.59M
EPS (diluted) $-0.77 $-88.98 $0.05
Cash & equivalents $73.78M $1.71B $102.17M
Total debt – $6.71B –
Shares (diluted) 129.38M 352.53M 72.91M
Enterprise value $1.53B $42.80B $307.40M

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
MetricAMPLMSTRCGNT
P/E -22.5x -1.6x 208.3x
P/FCF 146.7x -1,879x 25.2x
P/Operating cash flow 136.0x -2,450x 17.6x
P/S 11.5x 98.7x 1.7x
P/B 31.7x 1.6x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 35.8x -2.6x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA -44.9x -1.5x 21.3x
EV/EBIT -40.2x -1.5x 35.9x
EV/Revenue 11.2x 107.3x 1.5x
EV/FCF 141.9x -2,042x 21.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 131.5x -2,662x 15.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.79 0.00 7.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMPLMSTRCGNT
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.3% 7.8% 12.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.8% -0.1% 12.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.4% 4.0% 15.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.1% -5.0% 17.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 2.6% -645.8% 406.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.9% -437.1% 31.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% -734.6% 202.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.4% -430.3% 27.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -4.9% -676.7% 201.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.9% -314.6% 26.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 48.7% 79.0% 56.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.0% -202.3% 38.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 50.1% 74.1% 53.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 74.9% -109.9% 66.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMPLMSTRCGNT
Gross margin 72.4% 67.6% 73.0%
EBITDA margin -24.8% -7,284% 7.0%
Operating margin -27.8% -7,295% 4.1%
Pretax margin -25.5% -7,280% 3.1%
Net margin -26.6% -6,294% 0.8%
FCF margin 7.9% -5.3% 6.9%
Operating cash flow margin 8.5% -4.0% 9.8%
Return on equity -56.3% -90.1% 2.2%
Return on assets -26.3% -56.9% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – -73.9% –
Return on capital employed -61.7% -68.7% 5.9%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 0.0x 8.5x
Stock comp / revenue 25.1% 10.7% 5.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMPLMSTRCGNT
Debt / assets – 12.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x –
Debt / FCF – -256.2x –
Liabilities / assets 61.8% 41.2% 56.6%
Equity / assets 38.2% 58.8% 43.4%
Interest coverage – – 113.9x
Current ratio 1.0x 5.4x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.8x 5.2x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.7x 4.9x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 9.51 -1.27 2.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMPLMSTRCGNT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.6% -53.9% -2.8%
Shareholder yield 2.6% -53.9% -2.8%
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.

ConsensusAMPLMSTRCGNT
Forward P/E 247.1xFY2026 – 20.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.07FY2026 $-18.79FY2026 $0.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.7%FY2026 – +71.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +157.1% – +68.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $430.21MFY2026 $465.93MFY2026 $426.78MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.1% +14.2% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMPLMSTRCGNT
Held by institutions 62.1% 57.9% 67.2%
Institutions holding 201 867 133
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.6% +12.5% -2.8%
Institutions buying 115 501 75
Institutions selling 62 256 33
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.96 2.27

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.

AMPLMSTRCGNT
AMPL 1.00 0.24 0.48
MSTR 0.24 1.00 0.34
CGNT 0.48 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMPL, MSTR and CGNT?

Strategy (MSTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amplitude (AMPL) $2.23B, Strategy (MSTR) $49.81B, Cognyte Software (CGNT) $742.22M.

Which company is growing faster?

Amplitude (AMPL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amplitude (AMPL) +18.3%, Strategy (MSTR) +7.8%, Cognyte Software (CGNT) +12.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cognyte Software (CGNT) has the highest net margin (Amplitude (AMPL) -26.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -6,294.3%, Cognyte Software (CGNT) 0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amplitude (AMPL) returned the most: Amplitude (AMPL) +70.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -51.6%, Cognyte Software (CGNT) +19.0%. Over five years, Strategy (MSTR) compounded fastest (Amplitude (AMPL) -24.5%/yr, Strategy (MSTR) +14.4%/yr, Cognyte Software (CGNT) -13.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cognyte Software (CGNT) has been the steadiest (Amplitude (AMPL) 65.9%, Strategy (MSTR) 81.3%, Cognyte Software (CGNT) 52.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cognyte Software (CGNT) leads on 4. 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.