BBAI vs CNTM vs SMXT Stock Comparison

BigBear.ai Holdings, ConnectM Technology Solutions and SolarMax Technology Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

BigBear.ai Holdings leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (BigBear.ai Holdings 3, SolarMax Technology 3, ConnectM Technology Solutions 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBAICNTMSMXTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.10B $24.48M $20.98M BBAI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -12.8x 10.8x -2.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -13.7% +23.6% +284.7% SMXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -65.2% 6.3% -7.9% CNTM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -15.5% — -24.2% BBAI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x — -5.4x SMXT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -66.8% -38.6% +341.7% SMXT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 77.5% 132.4% 269.4% BBAI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 55/100 22/100 CNTM

Percentile Scorecard

BBAICNTMSMXT

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

AxisBBAICNTMSMXT
Valuation 26 #92 of 124 82 #23 of 124 24 #40 of 52
Growth 12 #100 of 113 71 #34 of 113 58 #16 of 37
Profitability 26 #81 of 109 56 #49 of 109 11 #33 of 37
Financial Health 87 #17 of 127 12 #112 of 127 11 #51 of 57
Shareholder Returns 3 #63 of 65 – 8 #25 of 27
Overall 31 55 22
  • BBAI ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CNTM ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • SMXT ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBAICNTMSMXTSPY
1 month -15.4%-13.9%+89.1% -0.2%
3 months -14.8%-28.3%+1,218.2% +3.9%
6 months -42.7%-31.0%+624.2% +8.2%
Year to date -56.3%-65.5%+430.0% +12.9%
1 year -66.8%-38.6%+341.7% +12.3%
3 years +88.8%-98.7%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +23.6%-76.4%— +23.3%

Risk

MeasureBBAICNTMSMXTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 77.5%132.4%269.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.3%132.1%107.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.26-0.072.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.86-0.291.27 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.0%-100.0%-98.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -67.1%-71.8%-21.5% -1.2%
52-week high $7.17$16.00$5.54 $779.14
52-week low $2.12$3.90$0.29 $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.

MultipleBBAICNTMSMXT
P/E now vs peer median -13.2xmedian 38.6x 10.9xmedian 38.6x -2.5xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 4.4x 0.7xmedian 4.4x 0.2xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.4xmedian 34.5x —median 34.5x -8.1xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -15.6xmedian 29.4x —median 29.4x -4.8xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 3.3x 1.6xmedian 3.3x -1.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -0.40median 1.28 0.41median 1.28 —median 0.57

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 monthsBBAICNTMSMXT
Revenue $131.63M $36.02M $102.25M
Gross profit $36.75M $11.16M $7.67M
Operating income -$155.20M -$12.45M -$7.73M
Net income -$85.82M $2.42M -$8.09M
Free cash flow -$72.70M – -$4.28M
R&D $21.29M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.18 $0.03 $-1.71
Cash & equivalents $36.28M $2.39M $2.16M
Total debt $16.64M $56.72M $43.35M
Shares (diluted) 479.12M 72.32M 4.74M
Enterprise value -$313.16M $14.48M $831.41K

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
MetricBBAICNTMSMXT
P/E -13.2x 10.9x -2.5x
P/FCF -15.6x – -4.8x
P/Operating cash flow -15.8x – -4.8x
P/S 8.6x 0.7x 0.2x
P/B 1.5x 1.6x -1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 1.8x -1.3x
EV/EBITDA -6.4x – -8.1x
EV/EBIT -5.3x -3.2x -8.0x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/FCF -11.4x – -14.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -11.6x – -14.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.40 0.41 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBAICNTMSMXT
Revenue growth (1Y) -13.7% 23.6% 284.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.6% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.9% 35.0% 81.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.9% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -19.2% 19.9% 47.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -36.5% -62.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) 80.7% 108.3% 51.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.0% 31.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 87.1% 106.0% 61.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.8% 26.7% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -163.0% – -187.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.7% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -163.1% – -187.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.1% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBAICNTMSMXT
Gross margin 27.9% 31.0% 7.5%
EBITDA margin -97.7% – -7.4%
Operating margin -117.9% -34.6% -7.6%
Pretax margin -81.7% -41.0% -8.9%
Net margin -65.2% 6.3% -7.9%
FCF margin -55.2% – -4.2%
Operating cash flow margin -54.4% – -4.2%
Return on equity -11.0% 27.8% –
Return on assets -10.1% 5.4% -7.5%
Return on invested capital -15.5% – -24.2%
Return on capital employed -19.8% -149.0% -13.1%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x – 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 15.0% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBAICNTMSMXT
Debt / assets 2.0% 31.1% 39.2%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.0x -2.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x – -5.4x
Debt / FCF -0.2x – -10.1x
Liabilities / assets 8.4% 70.1% 114.6%
Equity / assets 91.6% 29.9% -14.6%
Interest coverage -16.9x -7.6x -5.5x
Current ratio 5.7x 0.2x 1.0x
Quick ratio 5.3x 0.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 4.9x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 7.97 -1.83 -0.68

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBAICNTMSMXT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -30.2% – -18.9%
Shareholder yield -30.2% – -18.9%
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.

ConsensusBBAICNTMSMXT
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.25FY2026 $-3.87FY2026 –
Revenue, next fiscal year $108.97MFY2026 $76.76MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -14.6%FY2026 +114.2%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% +15.7% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBAICNTMSMXT
Held by institutions 39.1% – 3.2%
Institutions holding 328 – 19
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% – -11.1%
Institutions buying 185 – 8
Institutions selling 90 – 7
Buyers to sellers 2.06 – 1.14

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.

BBAICNTMSMXT
BBAI 1.00 0.00 0.10
CNTM 0.00 1.00 0.02
SMXT 0.10 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBAI, CNTM and SMXT?

BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) is the largest by market capitalisation: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) $1.10B, ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) $24.48M, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) $20.98M.

Which company is growing faster?

SolarMax Technology (SMXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -13.7%, ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) +23.6%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) +284.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) has the highest net margin (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -65.2%, ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) 6.3%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) -7.9%). On return on invested capital, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) leads (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -15.5%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) -24.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year SolarMax Technology (SMXT) returned the most: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -66.8%, ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) -38.6%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) +341.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) has been the steadiest (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) 77.5%, ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) 132.4%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) 269.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBAI, CNTM and SMXT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) leads on 3. 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.