DBD vs SOUN vs TACT Stock Comparison

Diebold Nixdorf, Soundhound Ai and Transact Technologies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DBD DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc
$66.82 +6.6% 1M +13.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.27B
P/E
20.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.87B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
5 wins
SOUN Soundhound Ai, Inc.
$4.37 -27.8% 1M -76.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.76B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$203.20M
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
1 win
TACT Transact Technologies Inc
$5.55 +14.0% 1M +18.1% 1Y
Market cap
$57.30M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$52.99M
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Diebold Nixdorf leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Diebold Nixdorf 5, Transact Technologies 2, Soundhound Ai 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDBDSOUNTACTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.27B $1.76B $57.30M DBD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.7x -13.7x -142.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.9x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.4% +54.6% +10.5% SOUN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.9% -67.5% -0.8% DBD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.1% — -1.2% DBD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.7x — -82.3x TACT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.8% -76.2% +18.1% TACT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — -17.6%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.4% 68.8% 51.2% DBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 37/100 61/100 DBD

Percentile Scorecard

DBDSOUNTACT

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

AxisDBDSOUNTACT
Valuation 91 #9 of 89 20 #99 of 124 83 #16 of 89
Growth 78 #19 of 81 62 #44 of 113 29 #58 of 81
Profitability 61 #30 of 76 25 #82 of 109 51 #38 of 76
Financial Health 36 #61 of 94 67 #43 of 127 80 #20 of 94
Shareholder Returns 92 #5 of 51 13 #57 of 65 –
Overall 71 37 61
  • DBD ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • SOUN ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • TACT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDBDSOUNTACTSPY
1 month +6.6%-27.8%+14.0% -0.2%
3 months -26.4%-30.0%+13.0% +3.9%
6 months -18.8%-45.8%+67.2% +8.2%
Year to date -1.6%-56.2%+38.7% +12.9%
1 year +13.8%-76.2%+18.1% +12.3%
3 years +263.5%+178.3%-7.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +53.8%+40.7%-2.6% +23.3%
5 years ——-62.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year ——-17.6% +10.9%
10 years ——-20.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——-2.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDBDSOUNTACTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.4%68.8%51.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.7%64.0%48.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.102.990.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.34-1.110.35 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.6%-93.5%-78.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.4%-76.2%-5.0% -1.2%
52-week high $90.73$18.33$5.84 $779.14
52-week low $56.24$4.24$3.21 $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.

MultipleDBDSOUNTACT
P/E now vs peer median 20.7xmedian 40.1x -13.7xmedian 38.6x -142.8xmedian 40.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.5x 8.7xmedian 4.4x 1.1xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 18.5x -16.1xmedian 34.5x 205.6xmedian 18.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 20.1x -12.4xmedian 29.4x 11.0xmedian 20.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.8x 3.6xmedian 3.3x 1.8xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.66median 1.73 -0.67median 1.28 5.15median 1.73

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 monthsDBDSOUNTACT
Revenue $3.87B $203.20M $52.99M
Gross profit $977.60M $85.94M $26.26M
Operating income $246.30M -$139.29M -$425.00K
Net income $113.90M -$137.06M -$400.00K
Free cash flow $238.10M -$142.38M $5.23M
R&D $84.30M $101.02M $5.95M
EPS (diluted) $3.15 $-0.31 $-0.04
Cash & equivalents $282.40M $202.80M $19.39M
Total debt $942.90M – $3.00M
Shares (diluted) 35.30M 438.65M 10.29M
Enterprise value $943.60M $826.50M -$21.40M

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
MetricDBDSOUNTACT
P/E 20.7x -13.7x -142.8x
P/FCF 9.5x -12.4x 11.0x
P/Operating cash flow 8.3x -15.4x 10.5x
P/S 0.6x 8.7x 1.1x
P/B 2.3x 3.6x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 9.7x 5.9x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 7.8x -16.1x 205.6x
EV/EBIT 11.9x -11.2x -96.3x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 7.7x 0.8x
EV/FCF 12.3x -11.0x 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.7x -13.6x 7.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.66 -0.67 5.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDBDSOUNTACT
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.4% 54.6% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 77.8% -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.1% 61.4% 15.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 47.1% -12.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 42.0% 42.2% 80.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 97.9% -12.5% -27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,019% 39.1% 95.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.4% -7.1% -27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 1,016% 44.4% 95.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.1% 20.6% -27.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.7% -2.1% -11.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -12.0% -3.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 12.7% -26.2% -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -20.1% 2.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDBDSOUNTACT
Gross margin 25.2% 42.3% 49.6%
EBITDA margin 9.7% -47.7% 0.4%
Operating margin 6.4% -68.5% -0.8%
Pretax margin 4.2% -64.7% -0.5%
Net margin 2.9% -67.5% -0.8%
FCF margin 6.1% -70.1% 9.9%
Operating cash flow margin 7.1% -56.4% 10.3%
Return on equity 11.4% -28.8% -1.2%
Return on assets 3.0% -20.9% -0.8%
Return on invested capital 9.1% – -1.2%
Return on capital employed 10.1% -23.8% -1.2%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.3x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 0.8x -13.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 38.7% 3.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDBDSOUNTACT
Debt / assets 25.2% – 5.9%
Debt / equity 1.0x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x – -82.3x
Debt / FCF 4.0x – 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 26.6% 36.0%
Equity / assets 26.1% 73.4% 64.0%
Interest coverage 2.7x -350.0x -1.3x
Current ratio 1.3x 3.9x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 3.6x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 2.9x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 1.91 3.80 3.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDBDSOUNTACT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 9.3% -10.6% –
Shareholder yield 9.3% -10.6% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusDBDSOUNTACT
Forward P/E 11.9xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $5.62FY2026 $-0.43FY2026 $-0.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +31.5% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.14BFY2026 $225.08MFY2026 $59.30MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.6%FY2026 +33.2%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.1% +56.2% -7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDBDSOUNTACT
Held by institutions 100.0% 39.0% 38.0%
Institutions holding 213 441 37
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.6% -2.7% -14.2%
Institutions buying 129 229 13
Institutions selling 61 121 8
Buyers to sellers 2.11 1.89 1.63

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.

DBDSOUNTACT
DBD 1.00 0.21 0.11
SOUN 0.21 1.00 0.08
TACT 0.11 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DBD, SOUN and TACT?

Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) $2.27B, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) $1.76B, Transact Technologies (TACT) $57.30M.

Which company is growing faster?

Soundhound Ai (SOUN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) +5.4%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) +54.6%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) has the highest net margin (Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) 2.9%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) -67.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -0.8%). On return on invested capital, Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) leads (Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) 9.1%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Transact Technologies (TACT) returned the most: Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) +13.8%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) -76.2%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +18.1%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) has been the steadiest (Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) 40.4%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) 68.8%, Transact Technologies (TACT) 51.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DBD, SOUN and TACT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) leads on 5. 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.