CNTM vs BKSY vs BBAI Stock Comparison

ConnectM Technology Solutions, BlackSky Technology and BigBear.ai Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 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, ConnectM Technology Solutions 3, BlackSky Technology 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCNTMBKSYBBAILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $25.45M $775.99M $1.18B BBAI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.9x -11.0x -6.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.6% +4.1% -1.5% CNTM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.3% -61.2% -126.8% CNTM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -13.4% -28.0% BKSY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.7x 1.3x BBAI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -37.2% -11.3% -63.7% BKSY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -24.7%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 132.3% 100.4% 77.5% BBAI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 32/100 37/100 CNTM

Percentile Scorecard

CNTMBKSYBBAI

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

AxisCNTMBKSYBBAI
Valuation 85 #20 of 124 24 #94 of 124 24 #95 of 124
Growth 71 #33 of 113 25 #85 of 113 11 #101 of 113
Profitability 56 #49 of 109 34 #72 of 109 21 #86 of 109
Financial Health 14 #110 of 127 50 #64 of 127 83 #23 of 127
Shareholder Returns – 24 #48 of 63 45 #35 of 63
Overall 56 32 37
  • CNTM ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • BKSY ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • BBAI ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCNTMBKSYBBAISPY
1 month -18.2%-16.8%-7.9% +0.9%
3 months -24.4%-7.3%-5.7% +5.9%
6 months -36.4%-39.7%-35.6% +8.5%
Year to date -65.7%+1.9%-54.4% +13.3%
1 year -37.2%-11.3%-63.7% +12.4%
3 years -98.7%+86.5%+96.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year -76.5%+23.1%+25.3% +23.5%
5 years —-75.7%— +68.2%
5 years, per year —-24.7%— +11.0%

Risk

MeasureCNTMBKSYBBAISPY
Volatility, 1Y 132.3%100.4%77.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 132.0%99.6%72.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.073.133.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28-0.11-0.82 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-95.2%-95.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.9%-63.0%-65.7% -0.9%
52-week high $16.00$51.63$7.17 $779.14
52-week low $3.90$13.14$2.12 $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.

MultipleCNTMBKSYBBAI
P/E now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 37.9x -11.0xmedian 37.9x -6.6xmedian 37.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 4.4x 7.1xmedian 4.4x 8.3xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 34.5x -54.1xmedian 34.5x -4.4xmedian 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 26.6x -6.9xmedian 26.6x -16.3xmedian 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 3.4x 3.7xmedian 3.4x 1.7xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.41median 1.24 -0.40median 1.24 -1.69median 1.24

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 monthsCNTMBKSYBBAI
Revenue $36.02M $108.92M $142.07M
Gross profit $11.16M $76.09M $42.91M
Operating income -$12.45M -$47.32M -$233.30M
Net income $2.42M -$66.71M -$180.20M
Free cash flow – -$113.03M -$72.72M
R&D – $632.00K $23.30M
EPS (diluted) $0.03 $-1.74 $-0.38
Cash & equivalents $2.39M $36.90M $77.11M
Total debt $56.72M $210.84M $16.69M
Shares (diluted) 72.32M 38.42M 480.32M
Enterprise value $15.45M $155.35M -$60.10M

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
MetricCNTMBKSYBBAI
P/E 10.9x -11.0x -6.6x
P/FCF – -6.9x -16.3x
P/Operating cash flow – -14.3x -16.5x
P/S 0.7x 7.1x 8.3x
P/B 1.6x 3.7x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 3.7x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA – -54.1x -4.4x
EV/EBIT -3.2x -15.9x -3.9x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 6.9x 6.4x
EV/FCF – -6.7x -12.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – -13.9x -12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.41 -0.40 -1.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCNTMBKSYBBAI
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.6% 4.1% -1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 13.7% -2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 35.0% 5.2% 9.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 20.0% 2.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.9% -4.6% -64.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -62.4% 14.1% -60.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 108.3% 22.5% 57.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% 5.3% -39.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 106.0% 34.5% 60.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 27.7% 3.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -382.3% -105.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -18.8% -35.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -405.5% -105.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -12.6% -36.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCNTMBKSYBBAI
Gross margin 31.0% 69.9% 30.2%
EBITDA margin – -12.8% -145.2%
Operating margin -34.6% -43.4% -164.2%
Pretax margin -41.0% -61.2% -142.6%
Net margin 6.3% -61.2% -126.8%
FCF margin – -103.8% -51.2%
Operating cash flow margin – -49.7% -50.4%
Return on equity 27.8% -45.6% -24.8%
Return on assets 5.4% -15.0% -22.5%
Return on invested capital – -13.4% -28.0%
Return on capital employed -149.0% -12.1% -32.0%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.8x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 15.0% 13.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCNTMBKSYBBAI
Debt / assets 31.1% 40.8% 2.2%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.7x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – -1.9x -0.2x
Liabilities / assets 70.1% 59.1% 10.1%
Equity / assets 29.9% 40.9% 89.9%
Interest coverage -7.6x -3.0x -47.5x
Current ratio 0.2x 5.8x 4.9x
Quick ratio 0.1x 5.4x 4.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x 4.4x 4.0x
Altman Z-score -1.83 -0.08 6.98

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCNTMBKSYBBAI
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -1.7% -0.3%
Shareholder yield – -1.7% -0.3%
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.

ConsensusCNTMBKSYBBAI
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.87FY2026 $-1.43FY2026 $-0.25FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $76.76MFY2026 $136.05MFY2026 $108.97MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +114.2%FY2026 +27.6%FY2026 -14.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.7% +48.6% +23.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCNTMBKSYBBAI
Held by institutions – 77.7% 39.1%
Institutions holding – 227 328
Change in shares held, QoQ – +33.1% +1.0%
Institutions buying – 152 185
Institutions selling – 46 90
Buyers to sellers – 3.30 2.06

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.

CNTMBKSYBBAI
CNTM 1.00 -0.06 0.00
BKSY -0.06 1.00 0.51
BBAI 0.00 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CNTM, BKSY and BBAI?

BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) is the largest by market capitalisation: ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) $25.45M, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) $775.99M, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) $1.18B.

Which company is growing faster?

ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) +23.6%, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) +4.1%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) has the highest net margin (ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) 6.3%, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) -61.2%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -126.8%). On return on invested capital, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) leads (BlackSky Technology (BKSY) -13.4%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -28.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BlackSky Technology (BKSY) returned the most: ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) -37.2%, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) -11.3%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -63.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) has been the steadiest (ConnectM Technology Solutions (CNTM) 132.3%, BlackSky Technology (BKSY) 100.4%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) 77.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.