BAND vs ZM Stock Comparison

Bandwidth and Zoom Communications Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BAND Bandwidth Inc.
$44.18 -25.3% 1M +170.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.51B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$828.24M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc.
$95.77 +4.2% 1M +15.7% 1Y
Market cap
$28.72B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Zoom Communications leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Zoom Communications 5, Bandwidth 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBANDZMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.51B $28.72B ZM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -600.6x 9.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.8x 14.8x ZM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.3% +4.6% BAND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.3% 64.1% ZM
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% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +170.0% +15.7% BAND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.8%/yr -19.2%/yr BAND
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 94.8% 44.7% ZM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 79/100 ZM

Percentile Scorecard

BANDZM

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

AxisBANDZM
Valuation 41 #18 of 30 66 #11 of 30
Growth 27 #20 of 27 69 #9 of 27
Profitability 28 #19 of 26 84 #5 of 26
Financial Health 45 #18 of 32 97 #2 of 32
Shareholder Returns 25 #13 of 17 –
Overall 33 79
  • BAND ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • ZM ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBANDZMSPY
1 month -25.3%+4.2% -1.0%
3 months -26.1%+8.8% +2.9%
6 months +83.2%+4.1% +6.4%
Year to date +186.0%+11.0% +11.4%
1 year +170.0%+15.7% +13.1%
3 years +332.7%+54.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +63.0%+15.5% +21.5%
5 years -49.7%-65.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -12.8%-19.2% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureBANDZMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 94.8%44.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 91.0%42.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.421.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.790.35 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.3%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.7%-14.4% -2.5%
52-week high $78.44$111.88 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleBANDZM
P/E now vs peer median -563.7xmedian 32.3x 8.8xmedian 32.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.4x 5.6xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 30.8xmedian 11.5x 13.5xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 14.2x 14.2xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.7x 2.5xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median 20.19median 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 monthsBANDZM
Revenue $828.24M $4.97B
Gross profit $308.33M $3.84B
Operating income -$15.11M $1.20B
Net income $2.26M $3.19B
Free cash flow $77.35M –
R&D $145.95M $881.96M
EPS (diluted) $-0.08 $10.64
Cash & equivalents $169.90M $931.99M
Total debt $330.77M –
Shares (diluted) 33.49M 299.75M
Enterprise value $1.10B -$2.07B

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
MetricBANDZM
P/E -563.7x 8.8x
P/FCF 17.6x 14.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.8x –
P/S 1.6x 5.6x
P/B 3.6x 2.5x
P/Tangible book 5.3x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 30.8x 13.5x
EV/EBIT -100.4x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 4.2x
EV/FCF 19.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 15.4x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 20.19 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBANDZM
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.3% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.3% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -25.9% 23.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 112.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 122.6% 168.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -58.8% 182.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.6% 175.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.9% 184.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 117.7% –

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBANDZM
Debt / assets 30.0% –
Debt / equity 0.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x –
Debt / FCF 4.3x –
Liabilities / assets 65.7% 16.8%
Equity / assets 34.3% 83.2%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 2.0x 3.8x
Quick ratio 2.3x 3.7x
Cash ratio 1.2x 3.4x
Altman Z-score 1.91 9.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBANDZM
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield 1.5% –
Shareholder yield 1.5% –
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.

ConsensusBANDZM
Forward P/E 25.8xFY2026 14.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.71FY2026 $6.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.6%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.8% +2.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $938.18MFY2026 $4.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.9% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBANDZM
Held by institutions 98.8% 67.2%
Institutions holding 240 862
Change in shares held, QoQ +27.1% +2.9%
Institutions buying 171 477
Institutions selling 52 279
Buyers to sellers 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.

BANDZM
BAND 1.00 0.30
ZM 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BAND and ZM?

Zoom Communications (ZM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bandwidth (BAND) $1.51B, Zoom Communications (ZM) $28.72B.

Which company is growing faster?

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

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bandwidth (BAND) returned the most: Bandwidth (BAND) +170.0%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +15.7%. Over five years, Bandwidth (BAND) compounded fastest (Bandwidth (BAND) -12.8%/yr, Zoom Communications (ZM) -19.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zoom Communications (ZM) has been the steadiest (Bandwidth (BAND) 94.8%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 44.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do BAND and ZM move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.30, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, 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 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.