BAND vs COE vs NICE Stock Comparison

Bandwidth, 51Talk Online Education and Nice Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BAND Bandwidth Inc.
$48.45 -20.6% 1M +185.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.72B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$828.24M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win
NICE NICE Ltd.
$118.09 +8.3% 1M -13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$7.15B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Nice leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nice 5, 51Talk Online Education 2, Bandwidth 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBANDCOENICELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.72B $260.33M $7.15B NICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -682.5x -15.3x 7.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.3x — 10.8x NICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.3% +74.9% +22.9% COE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.3% -14.1% 16.2% NICE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +185.8% -76.6% -13.7% BAND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.7%/yr +4.5%/yr -16.0%/yr COE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 95.1% 72.2% 55.3% NICE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 44/100 57/100 NICE

Percentile Scorecard

BANDCOENICE

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

AxisBANDCOENICE
Valuation 39 #18 of 29 49 #46 of 89 100 #1 of 29
Growth 27 #20 of 27 63 #31 of 81 73 #8 of 27
Profitability 28 #19 of 26 52 #37 of 76 80 #6 of 26
Financial Health 43 #18 of 31 12 #83 of 94 30 #22 of 31
Shareholder Returns 25 #13 of 17 – 0 #17 of 17
Overall 33 44 57
  • BAND ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • COE ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBANDCOENICESPY
1 month -20.6%-1.7%+8.3% +0.9%
3 months +31.1%-29.9%+12.4% +5.9%
6 months +100.2%-58.7%+15.9% +8.5%
Year to date +213.6%-63.8%+4.5% +13.3%
1 year +185.8%-76.6%-13.7% +12.4%
3 years +406.8%+44.6%-22.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +71.8%+13.1%-8.1% +23.5%
5 years -43.2%+24.7%-58.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -10.7%+4.5%-16.0% +11.0%
10 years —-83.8%+77.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year —-16.6%+5.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBANDCOENICESPY
Volatility, 1Y 95.1%72.2%55.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 91.1%76.0%59.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.450.860.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.95-1.06-0.25 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.3%-82.0%-73.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.2%-76.6%-13.7% -0.9%
52-week high $78.44$49.50$136.90 $779.14
52-week low $12.82$10.01$83.15 $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.

MultipleBANDCOENICE
P/E now vs peer median -618.2xmedian 31.0x -16.1xmedian 40.6x 7.7xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.5x 2.3xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.5xmedian 11.2x —median 18.3x 4.4xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 15.6x —median 20.5x 6.6xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 3.2x -7.5xmedian 1.8x —median 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 22.15median 0.74 1.01median 1.74 0.13median 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 monthsBANDCOENICE
Revenue $828.24M $120.53M $5.91B
Gross profit $308.33M $88.35M $3.89B
Operating income -$15.11M -$13.29M $1.14B
Net income $2.26M -$11.57M $955.10M
Free cash flow $77.35M – $1.08B
R&D $145.95M $7.56M $745.97M
EPS (diluted) $-0.08 $-0.72 $15.08
Cash & equivalents $169.90M $39.98M $315.38M
Total debt $330.77M – –
Shares (diluted) 33.49M 23.67M 63.32M
Enterprise value $1.30B $123.63M $5.62B

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
MetricBANDCOENICE
P/E -618.2x -16.1x 7.7x
P/FCF 19.3x – 6.6x
P/Operating cash flow 15.2x – 5.2x
P/S 1.8x 2.3x 1.2x
P/B 3.9x -7.5x –
P/Tangible book 5.8x -7.5x –
EV/EBITDA 33.5x – 4.4x
EV/EBIT -109.1x -17.8x 6.0x
EV/Revenue 2.0x 2.0x 1.1x
EV/FCF 21.3x – 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.8x – 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 22.15 1.01 0.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBANDCOENICE
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.3% 74.9% 22.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 77.8% 50.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.3% 67.1% 21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 73.8% 48.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -25.9% -110.8% 16.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% -9.0% 55.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 122.6% -114.9% 5.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -58.8% 35.6% 56.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.6% -132.4% 9.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.9% -16.0% 59.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.9% – -1.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.5% – 59.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.0% – -16.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 117.7% – 38.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBANDCOENICE
Gross margin 37.2% 73.3% 65.8%
EBITDA margin 5.9% – 26.2%
Operating margin -1.8% -11.0% 19.2%
Pretax margin -0.7% -12.5% 21.3%
Net margin -0.3% -14.1% 16.2%
FCF margin 9.3% – 18.3%
Operating cash flow margin 11.9% – 23.1%
Return on equity 0.6% – –
Return on assets 0.2% -17.1% 18.9%
Return on invested capital 0.0% – –
Return on capital employed -1.7% – 28.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.8x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 43.5x – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 6.3% – 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBANDCOENICE
Debt / assets 30.0% – –
Debt / equity 0.9x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x – –
Debt / FCF 4.3x – –
Liabilities / assets 65.7% 153.1% –
Equity / assets 34.3% -53.1% –
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.0x 0.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 2.3x 0.4x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.02 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBANDCOENICE
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 1.3% – -19.5%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 0.0% -19.5%
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.

ConsensusBANDCOENICE
Forward P/E 28.3xFY2026 – 10.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.71FY2026 $-0.06FY2027 $10.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.6%FY2026 – -11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.8% – +19.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $938.18MFY2026 $179.19MFY2026 $3.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 +89.7%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.9% +56.9% -2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBANDCOENICE
Held by institutions 98.8% – 56.3%
Institutions holding 240 – 320
Change in shares held, QoQ +27.1% – +7.0%
Institutions buying 171 – 145
Institutions selling 52 – 131
Buyers to sellers 3.29 – 1.11

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.

BANDCOENICE
BAND 1.00 0.01 0.21
COE 0.01 1.00 0.12
NICE 0.21 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BAND, COE and NICE?

Nice (NICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bandwidth (BAND) $1.72B, 51Talk Online Education (COE) $260.33M, Nice (NICE) $7.15B.

Which company is growing faster?

51Talk Online Education (COE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bandwidth (BAND) +9.3%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +74.9%, Nice (NICE) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nice (NICE) has the highest net margin (Bandwidth (BAND) -0.3%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -14.1%, Nice (NICE) 16.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bandwidth (BAND) returned the most: Bandwidth (BAND) +185.8%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -76.6%, Nice (NICE) -13.7%. Over five years, 51Talk Online Education (COE) compounded fastest (Bandwidth (BAND) -10.7%/yr, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +4.5%/yr, Nice (NICE) -16.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nice (NICE) has been the steadiest (Bandwidth (BAND) 95.1%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) 72.2%, Nice (NICE) 55.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BAND, COE and NICE?

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