ARM vs AVGO vs OTEX Stock Comparison

Arm Holdings, Broadcom and Open Text Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$226.60 -27.0% 1M +26.9% 1Y
Market cap
$248.66B
P/E
238.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
1 win
AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$342.33 -3.0% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.67T
P/E
43.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.22 +20.9% 1M -30.9% 1Y
Market cap
$6.75B
P/E
10.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 7, Open Text 3, Arm Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARMAVGOOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $248.66B $1.67T $6.75B AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 238.2x 43.6x 10.5x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 109.5x 31.1x 6.6x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.1% +48.7% +1.5% AVGO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.2% 42.9% 12.3% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.0% 8.1% AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x 2.8x AVGO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +26.9% -5.4% -30.9% ARM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +45.3%/yr -11.6%/yr AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 78.9% 46.4% 38.7% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 64/100 58/100 AVGO

Percentile Scorecard

ARMAVGOOTEX

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

AxisARMAVGOOTEX
Valuation 8 #87 of 94 44 #53 of 94 86 #5 of 29
Growth 88 #12 of 92 92 #8 of 92 42 #16 of 27
Profitability 78 #21 of 90 93 #7 of 90 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 77 #24 of 99 34 #66 of 99 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 58 #31 of 73 81 #4 of 17
Overall 62 64 58
  • ARM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • AVGO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • OTEX ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARMAVGOOTEXSPY
1 month -27.0%-3.0%+20.9% -0.2%
3 months -7.4%-10.1%+9.8% +3.9%
6 months +14.1%-14.4%+21.0% +8.2%
Year to date +107.3%-1.1%-16.5% +12.9%
1 year +26.9%-5.4%-30.9% +12.3%
3 years +361.6%+308.3%-16.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +66.6%+59.9%-5.7% +23.3%
5 years —+546.4%-45.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+45.3%-11.6% +10.9%
10 years —+1,888.0%-11.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+34.9%-1.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARMAVGOOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 78.9%46.4%38.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.2%48.6%40.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.462.170.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.34-0.12-0.80 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-41.5%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.4%-28.9%-31.4% -1.2%
52-week high $439.46$481.57$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $104.55$293.41$20.01 $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.

MultipleARMAVGOOTEX
P/E now vs peer median 230.3xmedian 45.6x 42.6xmedian 45.6x 10.5xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 46.6xmedian 7.7x 18.3xmedian 7.7x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 204.3xmedian 29.0x 32.2xmedian 29.0x 6.7xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 119.5xmedian 40.6x 41.5xmedian 40.6x 8.2xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 27.9xmedian 4.6x 16.4xmedian 4.6x 1.6xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 6.49median 2.28 1.25median 2.28 0.16median 0.74

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 monthsARMAVGOOTEX
Revenue $5.16B $89.10B $5.25B
Gross profit $5.03B $61.28B $3.87B
Operating income $877.00M $42.81B $1.08B
Net income $1.04B $38.27B $643.26M
Free cash flow $2.01B $39.40B $807.52M
R&D $2.96B $11.84B $647.71M
EPS (diluted) $0.98 $7.83 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $3.06B $23.98B $956.02M
Total debt – $59.42B $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 1.07B 4.89B 249.37M
Enterprise value $234.37B $1.60T $2.18B

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
MetricARMAVGOOTEX
P/E 230.3x 42.6x 10.5x
P/FCF 119.5x 41.5x 8.2x
P/Operating cash flow 114.8x 40.2x 6.5x
P/S 46.6x 18.3x 1.3x
P/B 27.9x 16.4x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 28.6x 22.3x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 204.3x 32.2x 6.7x
EV/EBIT 269.7x 39.0x 10.5x
EV/Revenue 45.9x 18.7x 2.2x
EV/FCF 117.6x 42.4x 14.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 113.0x 41.1x 11.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.49 1.25 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARMAVGOOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.1% 48.7% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.7% 36.0% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% 53.0% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 25.4% 36.3% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.9% 89.4% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.6% 39.0% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 49.4% 102.1% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% 40.1% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% 101.0% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 34.1% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 105.5% 59.8% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.7% 31.6% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 121.8% 58.1% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 31.4% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARMAVGOOTEX
Gross margin 97.5% 68.8% 73.7%
EBITDA margin 22.5% 58.2% 32.6%
Operating margin 17.0% 48.0% 20.6%
Pretax margin 24.5% 45.4% 16.4%
Net margin 20.2% 42.9% 12.3%
FCF margin 39.0% 44.2% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 40.6% 45.6% 19.2%
Return on equity 16.3% 40.8% 16.1%
Return on assets 12.6% 20.8% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – 26.0% 8.1%
Return on capital employed 9.0% 26.3% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.1x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 22.4% 9.5% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARMAVGOOTEX
Debt / assets – 31.6% 44.0%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 1.5x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 22.9% 47.0% 69.4%
Equity / assets 77.1% 53.0% 30.6%
Interest coverage – 13.7x –
Current ratio 5.3x 2.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 4.9x 2.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 3.2x 1.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 58.08 12.67 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARMAVGOOTEX
Dividend yield – 0.8% 4.1%
Net buyback yield – 0.5% 6.3%
Shareholder yield – 1.3% 10.4%
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.

ConsensusARMAVGOOTEX
Forward P/E 109.5xFY2026 31.1xFY2026 6.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.07FY2026 $11.01FY2026 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +49.8% +68.8% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.71BFY2026 $102.00BFY2026 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +59.7%FY2026 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +38.7% +61.2% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARMAVGOOTEX
Held by institutions 9.3% 78.1% 81.5%
Institutions holding 955 4,798 270
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.4% +3.7% +6.5%
Institutions buying 593 2,637 159
Institutions selling 257 1,842 82
Buyers to sellers 2.31 1.43 1.94

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.

ARMAVGOOTEX
ARM 1.00 0.50 0.05
AVGO 0.50 1.00 0.06
OTEX 0.05 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARM, AVGO and OTEX?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arm Holdings (ARM) $248.66B, Broadcom (AVGO) $1.67T, Open Text (OTEX) $6.75B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARM, AVGO and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arm Holdings (ARM) 238.2x, Broadcom (AVGO) 43.6x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 109.5x, Broadcom (AVGO) 31.1x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Broadcom (AVGO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arm Holdings (ARM) returned the most: Arm Holdings (ARM) +26.9%, Broadcom (AVGO) -5.4%, Open Text (OTEX) -30.9%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Broadcom (AVGO) +45.3%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.9%, Broadcom (AVGO) 46.4%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARM, AVGO and OTEX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Broadcom (AVGO) leads on 7. 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.