CRWD vs GEN vs JKHY Stock Comparison

CrowdStrike Holdings, Gen Digital and Jack Henry & Associates Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GEN Gen Digital Inc.
$28.20 +35.3% 1M +9.1% 1Y
Market cap
$17.33B
P/E
14.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.23B
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Gen Digital leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Gen Digital 6, CrowdStrike Holdings 3, Jack Henry & Associates 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRWDGENJKHYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $255.01B $17.33B $11.62B CRWD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4,362x 14.4x 23.1x GEN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 196.4x 9.2x 21.2x GEN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.3% +16.9% +7.1% CRWD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.1% 23.1% 19.8% GEN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.1% 14.4% 22.7% JKHY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -6.5x 2.8x 0.0x CRWD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -52.1% +9.1% +6.5% GEN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.5%/yr +2.1%/yr -0.8%/yr GEN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 150.4% 42.8% 29.4% JKHY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 72/100 71/100 GEN

Percentile Scorecard

CRWDGENJKHY

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

AxisCRWDGENJKHY
Valuation 21 #98 of 124 87 #17 of 124 64 #36 of 99
Growth 88 #15 of 113 63 #42 of 113 62 #36 of 94
Profitability 68 #36 of 109 95 #6 of 109 93 #7 of 90
Financial Health 61 #50 of 127 18 #104 of 127 79 #23 of 105
Shareholder Returns 57 #28 of 63 95 #4 of 63 54 #28 of 60
Overall 59 72 71
  • CRWD ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • GEN ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • JKHY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRWDGENJKHYSPY
1 month -0.6%+35.3%+9.2% +0.7%
3 months +41.0%+3.3%+3.5% +3.7%
6 months -41.4%+46.2%+3.8% +7.1%
Year to date -44.3%+3.7%-12.5% +12.8%
1 year -52.1%+9.1%+6.5% +11.9%
3 years +49.6%+69.4%+14.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +14.4%+19.2%+4.5% +22.8%
5 years -7.3%+10.8%-4.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -1.5%+2.1%-0.8% +10.9%
10 years —+13.3%+99.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+1.3%+7.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRWDGENJKHYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 150.4%42.8%29.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 208.4%40.9%31.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.700.80-0.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.350.210.22 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.1%-49.7%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -66.6%-10.2%-17.1% -1.2%
52-week high $782.17$31.41$192.60 $779.14
52-week low $179.38$17.89$123.42 $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.

MultipleCRWDGENJKHY
P/E now vs peer median 4,554xmedian 39.0x 13.9xmedian 39.0x 22.8xmedian 19.5x
P/S now vs peer median 49.6xmedian 4.6x 3.2xmedian 4.6x 4.4xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 398.9xmedian 32.7x 9.1xmedian 32.7x 13.2xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 166.2xmedian 27.4x 9.5xmedian 27.4x 16.1xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 52.0xmedian 3.2x 6.1xmedian 3.2x 5.5xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 122.58median 1.23 -5.13median 1.23 1.96median 0.98

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 monthsCRWDGENJKHY
Revenue $5.40B $5.23B $2.54B
Gross profit $4.06B $4.05B $1.11B
Operating income -$119.49M $2.19B $635.03M
Net income $77.40M $1.21B $502.78M
Free cash flow $1.61B $1.76B $694.86M
R&D $1.56B $430.00M $176.45M
EPS (diluted) $0.06 $2.00 $6.98
Cash & equivalents $5.01B $589.00M $12.06M
Total debt $2.98B $8.12B $40.00M
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 603.00M 72.04M
Enterprise value $235.42B $15.15B $11.52B

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
MetricCRWDGENJKHY
P/E 4,554x 13.9x 22.8x
P/FCF 166.2x 9.5x 16.1x
P/Operating cash flow 132.6x 9.4x 14.7x
P/S 49.6x 3.2x 4.4x
P/B 52.0x 6.1x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 54.9x 20.5x 5.5x
EV/EBITDA 398.9x 9.1x 13.2x
EV/EBIT -2,202x 11.1x 17.7x
EV/Revenue 48.8x 4.6x 4.4x
EV/FCF 163.6x 13.7x 16.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 130.5x 13.6x 14.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 122.58 -5.13 1.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRWDGENJKHY
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.3% 16.9% 7.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.9% 11.7% 7.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 26.2% 14.1% 9.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 27.6% 10.2% 9.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 66.9% 30.5% 11.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 26.3% 9.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 127.3% 111.6% 10.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 41.4% -4.8% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 120.0% 118.9% 11.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.2% -2.7% 11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 45.2% 34.4% 18.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.8% 22.0% 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 45.4% 35.7% 18.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.1% 22.1% 26.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRWDGENJKHY
Gross margin 75.2% 77.4% 43.7%
EBITDA margin 12.2% 51.2% 33.3%
Operating margin -2.2% 41.8% 25.0%
Pretax margin 1.4% 32.3% 25.7%
Net margin 1.1% 23.1% 19.8%
FCF margin 29.8% 33.7% 27.3%
Operating cash flow margin 37.4% 34.0% 29.9%
Return on equity 1.6% 44.7% 24.0%
Return on assets 0.7% 7.7% 16.2%
Return on invested capital -2.1% 14.4% 22.7%
Return on capital employed -1.7% 18.0% 25.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 26.1x 1.5x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 23.1% 4.3% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRWDGENJKHY
Debt / assets 6.2% 52.2% 1.3%
Debt / equity 0.1x 3.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -6.5x 2.8x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 4.6x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 57.3% 82.4% 34.8%
Equity / assets 42.7% 17.6% 65.2%
Interest coverage -4.5x 4.3x 117.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 0.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 23.82 1.45 9.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRWDGENJKHY
Dividend yield – 1.8% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 4.6% 3.9%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 6.4% 5.4%
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.

ConsensusCRWDGENJKHY
Forward P/E 196.4xFY2026 9.2xFY2026 21.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.33FY2026 $3.07FY2026 $7.54FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +43.0%FY2026 +19.9%FY2026 +8.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +23.3% +10.4% +0.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.28BFY2026 $5.64BFY2026 $2.54BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +30.5%FY2026 +12.7%FY2026 +0.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +22.3% +8.2% +19.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRWDGENJKHY
Held by institutions 77.4% 89.1% 96.5%
Institutions holding 2,434 689 712
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.2% +3.8% -4.3%
Institutions buying 1,375 392 339
Institutions selling 838 211 302
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.86 1.12

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.

CRWDGENJKHY
CRWD 1.00 0.08 -0.08
GEN 0.08 1.00 0.41
JKHY -0.08 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRWD, GEN and JKHY?

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is the largest by market capitalisation: CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) $255.01B, Gen Digital (GEN) $17.33B, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) $11.62B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRWD, GEN and JKHY?

Gen Digital (GEN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 4,362x, Gen Digital (GEN) 14.4x, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) 23.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gen Digital (GEN) is cheapest (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 196.4x, Gen Digital (GEN) 9.2x, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) 21.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) +24.3%, Gen Digital (GEN) +16.9%, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) +7.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gen Digital (GEN) has the highest net margin (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 1.1%, Gen Digital (GEN) 23.1%, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) 19.8%). On return on invested capital, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) leads (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -2.1%, Gen Digital (GEN) 14.4%, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) 22.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gen Digital (GEN) returned the most: CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -52.1%, Gen Digital (GEN) +9.1%, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) +6.5%. Over five years, Gen Digital (GEN) compounded fastest (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -1.5%/yr, Gen Digital (GEN) +2.1%/yr, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) -0.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) has been the steadiest (CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 150.4%, Gen Digital (GEN) 42.8%, Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) 29.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRWD, GEN and JKHY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gen Digital (GEN) 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.