BR vs DVLT vs ESTC Stock Comparison

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Datavault AI and Elastic Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DVLT Datavault AI Inc.
$0.13 -13.3% 1M -96.2% 1Y
Market cap
$50.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$46.86M
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
1 win
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$106.26 +20.7% 1M +20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.02B
P/E
29.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadridge Financial Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Broadridge Financial Solutions 6, Elastic 4, Datavault AI 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBRDVLTESTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.57B $50.28M $11.02B BR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.3x -0.3x 29.3x BR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.5x — 30.3x BR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.5% +955.8% +16.2% DVLT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.0% -370.2% 20.8% ESTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.7% — 0.0% BR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.0x -10.8x ESTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.0% -96.2% +20.5% ESTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years 0.0%/yr -92.0%/yr -8.8%/yr BR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.6% 148.7% 58.2% BR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 35/100 71/100 ESTC

Percentile Scorecard

BRDVLTESTC

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

AxisBRDVLTESTC
Valuation 62 #39 of 102 24 #94 of 124 70 #38 of 124
Growth 40 #59 of 98 34 #75 of 113 82 #21 of 113
Profitability 81 #19 of 95 16 #93 of 110 66 #38 of 110
Financial Health 44 #61 of 109 68 #42 of 129 53 #61 of 129
Shareholder Returns 51 #32 of 64 – 85 #11 of 67
Overall 56 35 71
  • BR ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • DVLT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBRDVLTESTCSPY
1 month +10.6%-13.3%+20.7% -0.8%
3 months +18.6%-63.9%+73.6% +3.5%
6 months +15.8%-82.0%+122.2% +7.0%
Year to date -18.9%-80.1%+40.9% +12.2%
1 year -22.0%-96.2%+20.5% +13.0%
3 years +8.2%-99.5%+40.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +2.7%-82.7%+12.1% +23.1%
5 years -0.1%-100.0%-37.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year 0.0%-92.0%-8.8% +11.0%
10 years +180.8%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.9%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBRDVLTESTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.6%148.7%58.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.8%140.1%59.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.032.091.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.72-0.650.35 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.3%-100.0%-76.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.0%-96.0%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $232.02$3.28$106.26 $779.14
52-week low $135.44$0.13$43.30 $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.

MultipleBRDVLTESTC
P/E now vs peer median 18.7xmedian 28.8x -0.5xmedian 38.1x 29.6xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.8x 2.4xmedian 4.3x 6.2xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 17.7x -2.0xmedian 35.4x 124.2xmedian 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 15.8x -1.2xmedian 27.1x 32.0xmedian 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 3.2x 0.5xmedian 3.4x 8.6xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.85median 0.85 -0.01median 1.27 0.55median 1.27

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 monthsBRDVLTESTC
Revenue $7.48B $46.86M $1.80B
Gross profit $2.38B $33.29M $1.36B
Operating income $1.30B -$67.99M -$47.61M
Net income $1.12B -$173.47M $375.64M
Free cash flow $1.28B -$92.24M $349.04M
R&D – $22.88M $455.30M
EPS (diluted) $9.60 $-0.24 $3.59
Cash & equivalents $402.90M $1.40M $879.87M
Total debt $3.25B $6.72M $571.20M
Shares (diluted) 117.10M 727.62M 104.64M
Enterprise value $19.20B $42.97M $5.55B

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
MetricBRDVLTESTC
P/E 18.7x -0.5x 29.6x
P/FCF 16.1x -1.2x 32.0x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x -1.2x 31.5x
P/S 2.8x 2.4x 6.2x
P/B 7.3x 0.5x 8.6x
P/Tangible book 12.6x 0.8x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA 14.6x -2.0x 124.2x
EV/EBIT 18.1x -1.6x -215.9x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 2.4x 5.7x
EV/FCF 18.4x -1.2x 29.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.5x -1.2x 29.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.85 -0.01 0.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBRDVLTESTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.5% 955.8% 16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 157.4% 17.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.2% 5,930% 16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 201.6% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.4% -103.2% -56.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.6% -49.0% 37.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 33.9% -198.4% 549.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.3% -129.3% 55.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 35.3% 76.3% 555.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.9% 58.1% 53.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.9% -326.0% 11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.8% -70.4% 62.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.4% -331.5% 11.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.7% -71.3% 63.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBRDVLTESTC
Gross margin 31.8% 71.0% 75.5%
EBITDA margin 21.5% -117.9% 4.6%
Operating margin 17.4% -145.1% -2.6%
Pretax margin 19.3% -370.2% -1.1%
Net margin 15.0% -370.2% 20.8%
FCF margin 17.1% -196.9% 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 18.0% -193.7% 19.6%
Return on equity 39.7% -74.5% 29.2%
Return on assets 12.7% -65.9% 12.2%
Return on invested capital 16.7% – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 17.5% -28.8% -2.3%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.5x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 32.8% 16.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBRDVLTESTC
Debt / assets 36.4% 0.6% 19.0%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.0x -10.8x
Debt / FCF 2.5x 0.0x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 11.1% 56.8%
Equity / assets 31.8% 88.9% 43.2%
Interest coverage – -14.2x -1.9x
Current ratio 1.2x 4.9x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.1x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 4.10 -0.63 4.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBRDVLTESTC
Dividend yield 2.2% – –
Net buyback yield 2.8% -108.7% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 5.0% -108.7% 3.1%
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.

ConsensusBRDVLTESTC
Forward P/E 17.5xFY2027 – 30.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.32FY2027 $-0.10FY2026 $3.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.5%FY2027 – +36.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.0% – +19.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.42BFY2027 $183.24MFY2026 $1.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.9%FY2027 +368.8%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.8% +85.9% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBRDVLTESTC
Held by institutions 92.3% 6.8% 86.4%
Institutions holding 1,014 99 371
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% +58.9% +1.7%
Institutions buying 487 60 199
Institutions selling 398 15 129
Buyers to sellers 1.22 4.00 1.54

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.

BRDVLTESTC
BR 1.00 0.06 0.33
DVLT 0.06 1.00 0.01
ESTC 0.33 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BR, DVLT and ESTC?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) $20.57B, Datavault AI (DVLT) $50.28M, Elastic (ESTC) $11.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, BR, DVLT and ESTC?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 18.3x, Datavault AI (DVLT) -0.3x, Elastic (ESTC) 29.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) is cheapest (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 17.5x, Elastic (ESTC) 30.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Datavault AI (DVLT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) +8.5%, Datavault AI (DVLT) +955.8%, Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Elastic (ESTC) has the highest net margin (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 15.0%, Datavault AI (DVLT) -370.2%, Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%). On return on invested capital, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) leads (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 16.7%, Elastic (ESTC) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Elastic (ESTC) returned the most: Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) -22.0%, Datavault AI (DVLT) -96.2%, Elastic (ESTC) +20.5%. Over five years, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) compounded fastest (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 0.0%/yr, Datavault AI (DVLT) -92.0%/yr, Elastic (ESTC) -8.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) has been the steadiest (Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 30.6%, Datavault AI (DVLT) 148.7%, Elastic (ESTC) 58.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BR, DVLT and ESTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) leads on 6. 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.