ARM vs LAES vs CRDO Stock Comparison

Arm Holdings, Sealsq and Credo Technology Group Holding 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
3 wins
LAES SEALSQ Corp
$1.63 -30.6% 1M -76.1% 1Y
Market cap
$47.24M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Credo Technology Group Holding leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Credo Technology Group Holding 5, Arm Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARMLAESCRDOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $248.66B $47.24M $32.17B ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 238.2x — 59.8x CRDO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 109.5x — 27.6x CRDO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.1% — +165.1% CRDO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.2% — 33.8% CRDO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +26.9% -76.1% +8.0% ARM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 78.9% 84.4% 96.9% ARM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 — 66/100 CRDO

Percentile Scorecard

ARMLAESCRDO

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

AxisARMLAESCRDO
Valuation 8 #87 of 94 – 41 #56 of 94
Growth 88 #12 of 92 – 99 #2 of 92
Profitability 78 #21 of 90 – 84 #15 of 90
Financial Health 77 #24 of 99 94 #7 of 99 89 #12 of 99
Shareholder Returns – – 18 #60 of 73
Overall 62 – 66
  • ARM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • LAES ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CRDO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARMLAESCRDOSPY
1 month -27.0%-30.6%-20.6% -0.2%
3 months -7.4%-30.3%-12.9% +3.9%
6 months +14.1%-41.2%+0.9% +8.2%
Year to date +107.3%-56.9%+16.4% +12.9%
1 year +26.9%-76.1%+8.0% +12.3%
3 years +361.6%+15.6%+1,103.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +66.6%+5.0%+129.3% +23.3%

Risk

MeasureARMLAESCRDOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 78.9%84.4%96.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.2%85.0%97.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.463.193.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.34-0.900.08 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-98.5%-62.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.4%-78.0%-44.7% -1.2%
52-week high $439.46$7.42$302.52 $779.14
52-week low $104.55$1.52$87.81 $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.

MultipleARMLAESCRDO
P/E now vs peer median 230.3xmedian 45.6x —median 45.6x 57.9xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 46.6xmedian 7.7x —median 7.7x 19.8xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 204.3xmedian 29.0x —median 29.0x 55.3xmedian 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 119.5xmedian 40.6x —median 40.6x 71.7xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 27.9xmedian 4.6x 0.6xmedian 4.6x 11.5xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 6.49median 2.28 —median 2.28 0.37median 2.28

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 monthsARMLAESCRDO
Revenue $5.16B – $1.59B
Gross profit $5.03B – $1.07B
Operating income $877.00M – $504.96M
Net income $1.04B – $538.31M
Free cash flow $2.01B – $438.60M
R&D $2.96B – $341.46M
EPS (diluted) $0.98 – $2.77
Cash & equivalents $3.06B $479.80M $466.87M
Total debt – $14.77M –
Shares (diluted) 1.07B 29.25M 194.38M
Enterprise value $234.37B -$1.07B $27.85B

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
MetricARMLAESCRDO
P/E 230.3x – 57.9x
P/FCF 119.5x – 71.7x
P/Operating cash flow 114.8x – 62.8x
P/S 46.6x – 19.8x
P/B 27.9x 0.6x 11.5x
P/Tangible book 28.6x 0.6x 13.4x
EV/EBITDA 204.3x – 55.3x
EV/EBIT 269.7x – 60.7x
EV/Revenue 45.9x – 19.3x
EV/FCF 117.6x – 69.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 113.0x – 61.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.49 – 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARMLAESCRDO
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.1% – 165.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.7% – 109.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% – 169.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 25.4% – 120.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.9% – 349.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.6% – 153.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 49.4% – 330.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% – 176.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% – 308.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.5% – 155.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 105.5% – 295.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.7% – 244.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 121.8% – 369.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.3% – 263.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARMLAESCRDO
Gross margin 97.5% – 67.1%
EBITDA margin 22.5% – 34.8%
Operating margin 17.0% – 31.7%
Pretax margin 24.5% – 33.9%
Net margin 20.2% – 33.8%
FCF margin 39.0% – 27.6%
Operating cash flow margin 40.6% – 31.4%
Return on equity 16.3% – 22.5%
Return on assets 12.6% – 20.3%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 9.0% – 20.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x – 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x – 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 22.4% – 14.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARMLAESCRDO
Debt / assets – 0.2% –
Debt / equity – 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 22.9% 8.5% 9.4%
Equity / assets 77.1% 91.5% 90.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 5.3x 14.4x 7.4x
Quick ratio 4.9x 14.6x 5.3x
Cash ratio 3.2x 13.3x 3.9x
Altman Z-score 58.08 – 68.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARMLAESCRDO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -2.4%
Shareholder yield – – -2.4%
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.

ConsensusARMLAESCRDO
Forward P/E 109.5xFY2026 – 27.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.07FY2026 $-0.25FY2026 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 – +75.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +49.8% – +62.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.71BFY2026 $27.72MFY2026 $2.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +51.9%FY2026 +81.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.7% +38.8% +48.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARMLAESCRDO
Held by institutions 9.3% 41.8% 71.0%
Institutions holding 955 110 974
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.4% -46.8% -3.4%
Institutions buying 593 81 640
Institutions selling 257 16 275
Buyers to sellers 2.31 5.06 2.33

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.

ARMLAESCRDO
ARM 1.00 0.43 0.45
LAES 0.43 1.00 0.44
CRDO 0.45 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARM, LAES and CRDO?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arm Holdings (ARM) $248.66B, Sealsq (LAES) $47.24M, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) $32.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARM, LAES and CRDO?

Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arm Holdings (ARM) 238.2x, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 59.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 109.5x, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 27.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) +165.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 33.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arm Holdings (ARM) returned the most: Arm Holdings (ARM) +26.9%, Sealsq (LAES) -76.1%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) +8.0%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arm Holdings (ARM) has been the steadiest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.9%, Sealsq (LAES) 84.4%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 96.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARM, LAES and CRDO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 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.