APP vs IBTA vs RCI Stock Comparison

AppLovin, Ibotta and Rogers Communications Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APP AppLovin Corp
$356.10 +27.7% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$117.98B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.61B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
8 wins
IBTA Ibotta, Inc.
$57.89 +41.2% 1M +94.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.35B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$357.74M
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
1 win
RCI Rogers Communications Inc
$34.10 +11.6% 1M -8.4% 1Y
Market cap
$18.41B
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.37B
Div. yield
5.87%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

AppLovin leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (AppLovin 8, Rogers Communications 2, Ibotta 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPPIBTARCILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $117.98B $1.35B $18.41B APP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x -84.2x 27.4x APP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.2x — 9.8x RCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +57.8% +1.6% +8.8% APP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 65.9% -4.5% 4.1% APP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 74.1% — 9.6% APP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x — 2.3x APP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 5.87% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.3% +94.3% -8.4% IBTA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.3%/yr — -6.4%/yr APP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.3% 79.0% 29.6% RCI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 45/100 56/100 APP

Percentile Scorecard

APPIBTARCI

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

AxisAPPIBTARCI
Valuation 35 #108 of 166 36 #106 of 166 77 #12 of 49
Growth 99 #2 of 154 12 #135 of 154 35 #31 of 47
Profitability 100 #1 of 154 47 #82 of 154 69 #15 of 46
Financial Health 66 #61 of 179 55 #82 of 179 44 #28 of 49
Shareholder Returns 49 #50 of 97 76 #24 of 97 57 #16 of 36
Overall 70 45 56
  • APP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • IBTA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • RCI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPPIBTARCISPY
1 month +27.7%+41.2%+11.6% -5.9%
3 months +6.1%+61.1%-1.3% -4.6%
6 months -28.6%+57.4%-6.8% +0.2%
Year to date -47.2%+154.7%-9.6% +7.5%
1 year -42.3%+94.3%-8.4% +8.2%
3 years +803.3%—-15.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year +108.4%—-5.6% +19.0%
5 years +261.6%—-28.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year +29.3%—-6.4% +9.4%
10 years ——-13.3% +251.5%
10 years, per year ——-1.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAPPIBTARCISPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.3%79.0%29.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 83.1%69.4%28.0% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.451.260.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.531.19-0.28 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-82.5%-61.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.5%-7.6%-16.8% -5.9%
52-week high $733.60$62.64$40.97 $779.14
52-week low $228.50$19.25$29.79 $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.

MultipleAPPIBTARCI
P/E now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 18.0x -84.2xmedian 18.0x 27.4xmedian 11.9x
P/S now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 1.3x 3.8xmedian 1.3x 1.1xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 15.5x 399.9xmedian 15.5x 3.9xmedian 6.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 11.4x 16.6xmedian 11.4x 2.8xmedian 4.7x
P/B now vs peer median 35.8xmedian 1.7x 5.7xmedian 1.7x 1.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.09median 0.38 —median 0.38 -4.47median 0.27

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 monthsAPPIBTARCI
Revenue $7.61B $357.74M $16.37B
Gross profit $6.76B $280.50M $7.23B
Operating income $5.92B -$9.63M $6.95B
Net income $5.01B -$16.06M $733.46M
Free cash flow $4.90B $81.46M $6.69B
R&D $378.04M $60.03M –
EPS (diluted) $14.98 $-0.69 $1.24
Cash & equivalents $3.17B $149.89M $2.22B
Total debt $3.52B – $30.41B
Shares (diluted) 334.77M 23.35M 541.00M
Enterprise value $106.51B $702.41M $17.36B

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
MetricAPPIBTARCI
P/E 23.7x -84.2x 27.4x
P/FCF 24.1x 16.6x 2.8x
P/Operating cash flow 24.1x 14.5x 4.0x
P/S 15.5x 3.8x 1.1x
P/B 35.8x 5.7x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 39.8x 5.7x -2.0x
EV/EBITDA 19.6x 399.9x 3.9x
EV/EBIT 20.0x -124.8x 6.7x
EV/Revenue 15.6x 3.4x 2.8x
EV/FCF 24.1x 14.8x 7.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.1x 12.9x 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.09 – -4.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPPIBTARCI
Revenue growth (1Y) 57.8% 1.6% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 35.9% – 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 61.3% -1.6% 4.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 53.2% – 7.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.9% -169.9% 5.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 155.2% – 7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 77.1% -119.9% -85.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 262.8% – -1.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 80.4% -125.0% -86.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 271.9% – -6.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 46.0% 4.4% 14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 77.2% – 7.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 46.0% 6.5% 0.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 77.5% – 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPPIBTARCI
Gross margin 88.8% 78.4% 44.2%
EBITDA margin 79.5% 0.8% 73.5%
Operating margin 77.8% -2.7% 42.4%
Pretax margin 78.0% -1.0% 7.8%
Net margin 65.9% -4.5% 4.1%
FCF margin 64.4% 22.8% 40.9%
Operating cash flow margin 64.4% 26.1% 27.8%
Return on equity 155.2% -6.7% 6.3%
Return on assets 59.5% -3.3% 1.1%
Return on invested capital 74.1% – 9.6%
Return on capital employed 85.4% -3.6% 13.3%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x -5.8x 6.2x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4% 14.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPPIBTARCI
Debt / assets 41.0% – 46.7%
Debt / equity 1.1x – 2.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 0.7x – 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 61.6% 51.8% 82.1%
Equity / assets 38.4% 48.2% 17.9%
Interest coverage 28.9x – 4.4x
Current ratio 3.8x 1.7x 0.7x
Quick ratio 3.7x 1.6x 0.5x
Cash ratio 2.1x 0.7x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 17.59 3.77 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPPIBTARCI
Dividend yield – – 5.9%
Net buyback yield 2.7% 9.7% –
Shareholder yield 2.7% 9.7% 5.9%
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.

ConsensusAPPIBTARCI
Forward P/E 21.2xFY2026 – 9.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $16.79FY2026 $-0.65FY2026 $3.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +72.2%FY2026 -641.7%FY2026 -4.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.5% – -0.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.58BFY2026 $345.32MFY2026 $15.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +56.5%FY2026 +0.9%FY2026 -4.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.0% +21.3% +1.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPPIBTARCI
Held by institutions 67.5% 69.4% –
Institutions holding 1,460 150 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.5% -1.6% –
Institutions buying 836 68 –
Institutions selling 480 48 –
Buyers to sellers 1.74 1.42 –

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.

APPIBTARCI
APP 1.00 0.19 0.02
IBTA 0.19 1.00 0.10
RCI 0.02 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APP, IBTA and RCI?

AppLovin (APP) is the largest by market capitalisation: AppLovin (APP) $117.98B, Ibotta (IBTA) $1.35B, Rogers Communications (RCI) $18.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, APP, IBTA and RCI?

AppLovin (APP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (AppLovin (APP) 23.7x, Ibotta (IBTA) -84.2x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 27.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rogers Communications (RCI) is cheapest (AppLovin (APP) 21.2x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AppLovin (APP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AppLovin (APP) +57.8%, Ibotta (IBTA) +1.6%, Rogers Communications (RCI) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

AppLovin (APP) has the highest net margin (AppLovin (APP) 65.9%, Ibotta (IBTA) -4.5%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 4.1%). On return on invested capital, AppLovin (APP) leads (AppLovin (APP) 74.1%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ibotta (IBTA) returned the most: AppLovin (APP) -42.3%, Ibotta (IBTA) +94.3%, Rogers Communications (RCI) -8.4%. Over five years, AppLovin (APP) compounded fastest (AppLovin (APP) +29.3%/yr, Rogers Communications (RCI) -6.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ibotta (IBTA) 0.00%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 5.87%. AppLovin (APP) and Ibotta (IBTA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rogers Communications (RCI) has been the steadiest (AppLovin (APP) 80.3%, Ibotta (IBTA) 79.0%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 29.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APP, IBTA and RCI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AppLovin (APP) leads on 8. 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.