API vs BAND vs ZM Stock Comparison

Agora, Bandwidth and Zoom Communications Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
API Agora, Inc.
$4.48 +6.4% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$414.81M
P/E
37.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.69M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win
BAND Bandwidth Inc.
$46.89 -24.1% 1M +180.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.59B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$828.24M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc.
$98.04 +9.3% 1M +16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$28.67B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Zoom Communications leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Zoom Communications 6, Bandwidth 3, Agora 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPIBANDZMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $414.81M $1.59B $28.67B ZM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.8x -632.4x 9.0x ZM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.0x 27.4x 15.2x ZM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.6% +9.3% +4.6% API
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.2% -0.3% 64.1% ZM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1,164x 3.2x — BAND
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.4% +180.6% +16.3% BAND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -28.9%/yr -11.1%/yr -18.5%/yr BAND
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.0% 95.1% 44.8% ZM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 33/100 80/100 ZM

Percentile Scorecard

APIBANDZM

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

AxisAPIBANDZM
Valuation 18 #24 of 29 39 #18 of 29 71 #9 of 29
Growth 54 #13 of 27 27 #20 of 27 69 #9 of 27
Profitability 20 #21 of 26 28 #19 of 26 84 #5 of 26
Financial Health 77 #8 of 31 43 #18 of 31 97 #2 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 25 #13 of 17 –
Overall 42 33 80
  • API ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • BAND ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • ZM ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPIBANDZMSPY
1 month +6.4%-24.1%+9.3% -0.8%
3 months +12.6%-18.0%+7.5% +3.5%
6 months +26.2%+94.5%+7.9% +7.0%
Year to date +10.1%+203.5%+13.6% +12.2%
1 year +24.4%+180.6%+16.3% +13.0%
3 years +51.4%+390.5%+65.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +14.8%+70.0%+18.3% +23.1%
5 years -81.9%-44.5%-64.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -28.9%-11.1%-18.5% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureAPIBANDZMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.0%95.1%44.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.6%91.0%42.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.892.441.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.501.900.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.1%-89.3%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.8%-40.2%-12.4% -1.8%
52-week high $5.26$78.44$111.88 $779.14
52-week low $3.24$12.82$72.72 $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.

MultipleAPIBANDZM
P/E now vs peer median 37.6xmedian 31.9x -598.3xmedian 31.9x 9.0xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 2.4x 1.7xmedian 2.4x 5.8xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -7,072xmedian 11.5x 32.5xmedian 11.5x 13.9xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 14.2x 18.7xmedian 14.2x 14.2xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 3.0x 3.8xmedian 3.0x 2.5xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.35median 0.77 21.43median 0.77 0.05median 0.77

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 monthsAPIBANDZM
Revenue $151.69M $828.24M $4.97B
Gross profit $97.83M $308.33M $3.84B
Operating income -$5.19M -$15.11M $1.20B
Net income $10.97M $2.26M $3.19B
Free cash flow $14.67M $77.35M –
R&D $57.28M $145.95M $881.96M
EPS (diluted) $0.11 $-0.08 $10.64
Cash & equivalents $72.67M $169.90M $931.99M
Total debt $1.34M $330.77M –
Shares (diluted) 98.86M 33.49M 299.75M
Enterprise value $65.66M $1.18B -$2.11B

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
MetricAPIBANDZM
P/E 37.6x -598.3x 9.0x
P/FCF 35.9x 18.7x 14.2x
P/Operating cash flow 38.9x 14.7x –
P/S 3.5x 1.7x 5.8x
P/B – 3.8x 2.5x
P/Tangible book – 5.6x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA -7,072x 32.5x 13.9x
EV/EBIT -87.2x -105.9x 17.9x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 1.9x 4.3x
EV/FCF 30.9x 20.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow 33.4x 16.3x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.35 21.43 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPIBANDZM
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.6% 9.3% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.0% 12.0% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.3% 5.3% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 8.4% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 85.7% -25.9% 23.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 65.3% 18.3% 112.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 149.5% 122.6% 168.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% -58.8% 182.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 146.7% 77.6% 175.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.9% -27.9% 184.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -20.9% 14.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 46.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -25.1% 14.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.4% 117.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPIBANDZM
Gross margin 64.5% 37.2% 77.2%
EBITDA margin 0.0% 5.9% 30.9%
Operating margin -3.4% -1.8% 24.1%
Pretax margin 7.3% -0.7% 82.5%
Net margin 7.2% -0.3% 64.1%
FCF margin 9.7% 9.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 8.9% 11.9% –
Return on equity – 0.6% 30.2%
Return on assets 1.6% 0.2% 25.0%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% –
Return on capital employed -0.8% -1.7% 11.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 43.5x –
Stock comp / revenue 3.0% 6.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPIBANDZM
Debt / assets 0.2% 30.0% –
Debt / equity – 0.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1,164x 3.2x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 4.3x –
Liabilities / assets 24.1% 65.7% 16.8%
Equity / assets – 34.3% 83.2%
Interest coverage -86.5x – –
Current ratio 5.1x 2.0x 3.8x
Quick ratio 1.3x 2.3x 3.7x
Cash ratio 1.0x 1.2x 3.4x
Altman Z-score – 1.98 9.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPIBANDZM
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 1.4% –
Shareholder yield – 1.4% –
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.

ConsensusAPIBANDZM
Forward P/E 32.0xFY2026 27.4xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.14FY2026 $1.71FY2026 $6.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +40.0%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +107.1% +15.8% +2.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $171.35MFY2026 $938.18MFY2026 $4.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.5% -3.9% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPIBANDZM
Held by institutions 21.2% 98.8% 67.2%
Institutions holding 59 240 862
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.9% +27.1% +2.9%
Institutions buying 27 171 477
Institutions selling 18 52 279
Buyers to sellers 1.50 3.29 1.71

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.

APIBANDZM
API 1.00 0.16 0.27
BAND 0.16 1.00 0.30
ZM 0.27 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, API, BAND and ZM?

Zoom Communications (ZM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Agora (API) $414.81M, Bandwidth (BAND) $1.59B, Zoom Communications (ZM) $28.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, API, BAND and ZM?

Zoom Communications (ZM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Agora (API) 37.8x, Bandwidth (BAND) -632.4x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 9.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Zoom Communications (ZM) is cheapest (Agora (API) 32.0x, Bandwidth (BAND) 27.4x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 15.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Agora (API) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Agora (API) +13.6%, Bandwidth (BAND) +9.3%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoom Communications (ZM) has the highest net margin (Agora (API) 7.2%, Bandwidth (BAND) -0.3%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 64.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bandwidth (BAND) returned the most: Agora (API) +24.4%, Bandwidth (BAND) +180.6%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +16.3%. Over five years, Bandwidth (BAND) compounded fastest (Agora (API) -28.9%/yr, Bandwidth (BAND) -11.1%/yr, Zoom Communications (ZM) -18.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zoom Communications (ZM) has been the steadiest (Agora (API) 49.0%, Bandwidth (BAND) 95.1%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 44.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, API, BAND and ZM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Zoom Communications (ZM) leads on 6. 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.