CGNT vs GENI vs MSTR Stock Comparison

Cognyte Software, Genius Sports and Strategy Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CGNT Cognyte Software Ltd.
$8.84 +0.8% 1M +4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$623.38M
P/E
178.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$421.71M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
4 wins
GENI Genius Sports Ltd
$7.02 +17.2% 1M -37.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.54B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$790.23M
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
2 wins
MSTR Strategy Inc
$142.54 -13.3% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$52.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$495.08M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cognyte Software leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Cognyte Software 4, Strategy 2, Genius Sports 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCGNTGENIMSTRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $623.38M $1.54B $52.20B MSTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 178.7x -8.5x -3.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.0% +41.5% +4.2% GENI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% -23.0% -3,008.3% CGNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -27.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -12.0x 0.0x GENI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.7% -37.6% -42.3% CGNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.9%/yr -17.2%/yr +12.3%/yr MSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.8% 75.1% 80.9% CGNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 35/100 25/100 CGNT

Percentile Scorecard

CGNTGENIMSTR

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

AxisCGNTGENIMSTR
Valuation 58 #42 of 99 48 #65 of 124 12 #87 of 99
Growth 89 #12 of 98 33 #77 of 114 9 #89 of 98
Profitability 61 #38 of 96 46 #61 of 111 11 #86 of 96
Financial Health 57 #48 of 111 16 #108 of 128 88 #14 of 111
Shareholder Returns 14 #58 of 67 – 3 #65 of 67
Overall 56 35 25
  • CGNT ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • GENI ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • MSTR ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCGNTGENIMSTRSPY
1 month +0.8%+17.2%-13.3% -1.0%
3 months -3.2%-15.4%+44.9% -0.4%
6 months -16.4%+59.5%-23.7% +4.5%
Year to date -6.0%-36.3%-6.2% +12.4%
1 year +4.7%-37.6%-42.3% +13.6%
3 years +103.2%+32.5%+214.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year +26.7%+9.8%+46.5% +20.8%
5 years -57.8%-61.0%+78.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -15.9%-17.2%+12.3% +10.4%
10 years ——+649.4% +267.7%
10 years, per year ——+22.3% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureCGNTGENIMSTRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.8%75.1%80.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.7%76.1%74.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.251.693.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.09-0.50-0.52 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.3%-87.5%-84.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.8%-38.3%-44.1% -1.6%
52-week high $12.24$11.37$255.00 $779.14
52-week low $6.34$3.92$82.31 $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.

MultipleCGNTGENIMSTR
P/E now vs peer median 184.7xmedian 25.3x -9.8xmedian 41.0x -3.8xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.8x 4.5xmedian 4.4x 115.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.5xmedian 16.5x -79.7xmedian 28.9x -3.0xmedian 16.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 16.1x -71.4xmedian 23.9x -5,154xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.8x 5.2xmedian 3.1x 1.0xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 6.85median 0.84 -1.57median 1.36 0.01median 0.84

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 monthsCGNTGENIMSTR
Revenue $421.71M $790.23M $495.08M
Gross profit $307.70M $216.86M $335.84M
Operating income $17.43M -$148.94M -$19.34B
Net income $4.85M -$181.64M -$13.67B
Free cash flow $28.96M -$49.83M -$11.13M
R&D $127.59M $38.20M $94.59M
EPS (diluted) $0.05 $-0.71 $-34.79
Cash & equivalents $102.17M $155.08M $2.50B
Total debt – $785.30M $6.72B
Shares (diluted) 72.91M 254.76M 428.05M
Enterprise value $188.56M $695.32M $39.33B

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
MetricCGNTGENIMSTR
P/E 184.7x -9.8x -3.8x
P/FCF 22.3x -71.4x -5,154x
P/Operating cash flow 15.6x -114.5x -7,790x
P/S 1.5x 4.5x 115.8x
P/B 2.9x 5.2x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 3.0x -50.4x -3.7x
EV/EBITDA 18.5x -79.7x -3.0x
EV/EBIT 31.2x -28.1x -3.0x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 5.3x 117.5x
EV/FCF 18.8x -84.0x -5,227x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.2x -134.7x -7,900x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.85 -1.57 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCGNTGENIMSTR
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.0% 41.5% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 29.0% -0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.3% 64.8% 0.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.1% 71.2% -5.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 406.0% -30.2% -276.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.9% -11.0% -317.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 202.7% -133.3% -272.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% -1.8% -435.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 201.4% -93.2% -242.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.9% 6.3% -284.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 56.8% -158.3% 88.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.0% -9.0% -3.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 53.0% -211.2% 84.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 66.3% -20.2% -4.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCGNTGENIMSTR
Gross margin 73.0% 27.4% 67.8%
EBITDA margin 7.0% -6.7% -3,893%
Operating margin 4.1% -18.8% -3,906%
Pretax margin 3.1% -21.3% -3,879%
Net margin 0.8% -23.0% -3,008%
FCF margin 6.9% -6.3% -2.2%
Operating cash flow margin 9.8% -3.9% -1.5%
Return on equity 2.2% -0.1% -31.7%
Return on assets 0.9% -11.0% -21.1%
Return on invested capital – – -27.6%
Return on capital employed 5.9% -13.6% -30.5%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.5x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 8.5x 0.2x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 5.3% 11.8% 10.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCGNTGENIMSTR
Debt / assets – 37.1% 8.7%
Debt / equity – 1.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -12.0x 0.0x
Debt / FCF – -15.8x -603.5x
Liabilities / assets 56.6% 67.7% 28.1%
Equity / assets 43.4% 32.3% 71.9%
Interest coverage 113.9x – –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 4.0x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.8x 4.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.3x 3.9x
Altman Z-score 2.04 0.74 0.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCGNTGENIMSTR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -3.1% – -46.7%
Shareholder yield -3.1% – -46.7%
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.

ConsensusCGNTGENIMSTR
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.48FY2026 $-0.31FY2026 $-18.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +71.4%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +68.8% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $426.78MFY2026 $1.05BFY2026 $465.93MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +57.2%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +16.9% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCGNTGENIMSTR
Held by institutions 67.2% 93.6% 59.5%
Institutions holding 134 273 854
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.8% +7.7% +9.6%
Institutions buying 75 179 474
Institutions selling 33 70 266
Buyers to sellers 2.27 2.56 1.78

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.

CGNTGENIMSTR
CGNT 1.00 0.33 0.34
GENI 0.33 1.00 0.20
MSTR 0.34 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CGNT, GENI and MSTR?

Strategy (MSTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cognyte Software (CGNT) $623.38M, Genius Sports (GENI) $1.54B, Strategy (MSTR) $52.20B.

Which company is growing faster?

Genius Sports (GENI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cognyte Software (CGNT) +12.0%, Genius Sports (GENI) +41.5%, Strategy (MSTR) +4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cognyte Software (CGNT) has the highest net margin (Cognyte Software (CGNT) 0.8%, Genius Sports (GENI) -23.0%, Strategy (MSTR) -3,008.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cognyte Software (CGNT) returned the most: Cognyte Software (CGNT) +4.7%, Genius Sports (GENI) -37.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -42.3%. Over five years, Strategy (MSTR) compounded fastest (Cognyte Software (CGNT) -15.9%/yr, Genius Sports (GENI) -17.2%/yr, Strategy (MSTR) +12.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cognyte Software (CGNT) has been the steadiest (Cognyte Software (CGNT) 51.8%, Genius Sports (GENI) 75.1%, Strategy (MSTR) 80.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CGNT, GENI and MSTR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cognyte Software (CGNT) leads on 4. 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.