DOCN vs BABA vs NTNX Stock Comparison

DigitalOcean Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Nutanix Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
1 more company in this comparison (IBM) Create a free account to keep reading and compare up to 10 companies.
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
$99.51 -7.6% 1M -44.7% 1Y
Market cap
$227.02B
P/E
21.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$150.46B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
3 wins
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$70.71 +0.9% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$18.06B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Nutanix leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Nutanix 4, Alibaba Group Holding 3, DigitalOcean Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOCNBABANTNXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.23B $227.02B $18.06B BABA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.2x 21.6x 12.0x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 73.5x 14.2x 29.1x BABA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.4% +8.1% +12.4% DOCN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 23.3% 7.0% 53.0% NTNX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.2% 2.4% — DOCN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +152.4% -44.7% +3.8% DOCN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.5%/yr -9.6%/yr +15.6%/yr NTNX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 85.9% 40.2% 47.3% BABA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 46/100 81/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

DOCNBABANTNX

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

AxisDOCNBABANTNX
Valuation 46 #21 of 38 67 #55 of 166 70 #12 of 38
Growth 83 #7 of 36 17 #127 of 153 91 #4 of 36
Profitability 85 #6 of 34 55 #70 of 153 91 #4 of 34
Financial Health 53 #18 of 37 59 #74 of 179 61 #15 of 37
Shareholder Returns 37 #13 of 20 30 #64 of 91 90 #3 of 20
Overall 61 46 81
  • DOCN ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • BABA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOCNBABANTNXSPY
1 month -25.9%-7.6%+0.9% +0.7%
3 months -16.8%-14.4%+19.3% +3.7%
6 months +3.7%-24.5%+72.9% +7.1%
Year to date +107.8%-32.1%+36.8% +12.8%
1 year +152.4%-44.7%+3.8% +11.9%
3 years +385.8%+19.7%+101.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +69.4%+6.2%+26.3% +22.8%
5 years +2.4%-39.7%+106.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +0.5%-9.6%+15.6% +10.9%
10 years —-2.4%+184.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-0.2%+11.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDOCNBABANTNXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 85.9%40.2%47.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.0%35.9%50.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.751.120.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.78-1.110.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.8%-62.9%-62.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -44.9%-44.7%-5.3% -1.2%
52-week high $181.29$179.97$74.63 $779.14
52-week low $37.94$94.81$34.41 $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.

MultipleDOCNBABANTNX
P/E now vs peer median 44.5xmedian 27.6x 21.9xmedian 16.7x 12.6xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 10.4xmedian 4.6x 1.5xmedian 1.4x 6.7xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.1xmedian 25.6x —median 12.7x 47.9xmedian 25.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 652.8xmedian 15.4x 7.0xmedian 10.5x 22.8xmedian 15.4x
P/B now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 4.1x 1.4xmedian 1.7x 27.2xmedian 4.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.34median 0.80 -15.23median 0.39 0.11median 0.80

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 monthsDOCNBABANTNX
Revenue $1.01B $150.46B $2.85B
Gross profit $578.58M $57.45B $2.48B
Operating income $149.67M $4.39B $273.97M
Net income $235.24M $10.08B $1.51B
Free cash flow $16.08M $33.19B $840.68M
R&D $188.73M $10.68B $790.89M
EPS (diluted) $1.86 $4.38 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $767.03M $21.06B $777.31M
Total debt $921.05M $83.76B –
Shares (diluted) 126.55M 2.40B 292.18M
Enterprise value $7.23B $40.65B $9.75B

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
MetricDOCNBABANTNX
P/E 44.5x 21.9x 12.6x
P/FCF 652.8x 7.0x 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow 33.9x 20.4x 20.9x
P/S 10.4x 1.5x 6.7x
P/B 11.3x 1.4x 27.2x
P/Tangible book 12.5x 1.4x 27.3x
EV/EBITDA 33.1x – 47.9x
EV/EBIT 71.2x 47.6x 61.2x
EV/Revenue 10.5x 1.4x 5.9x
EV/FCF 662.3x 6.3x 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.4x 18.5x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.34 -15.23 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOCNBABANTNX
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.4% 8.1% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 5.6% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.0% 0.2% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 6.5% 17.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.8% -77.5% 58.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 80.3% -35.9% 49.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 86.0% -50.0% 700.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 147.5% -3.6% 0.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 47.9% -47.9% 694.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 129.0% -1.4% 113.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.9% -45.8% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.3% -27.8% 49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -84.5% -8.5% 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -48.0% -0.6% 59.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOCNBABANTNX
Gross margin 57.2% 38.2% 86.8%
EBITDA margin 31.8% – 12.3%
Operating margin 14.8% 2.9% 9.6%
Pretax margin 17.3% 9.7% 11.5%
Net margin 23.3% 7.0% 53.0%
FCF margin 1.6% 22.1% 29.5%
Operating cash flow margin 30.7% 7.5% 32.1%
Return on equity 25.9% 6.2% –
Return on assets 8.3% 3.6% 35.5%
Return on invested capital 8.2% 2.4% –
Return on capital employed 7.2% 2.1% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.1x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 9.4% 1.1% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOCNBABANTNX
Debt / assets 29.5% 7.5% –
Debt / equity 1.0x 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x – –
Debt / FCF 57.3x 0.6x –
Liabilities / assets 70.2% 43.6% 86.2%
Equity / assets 29.8% 56.4% 13.8%
Interest coverage 4.8x 3.2x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.4x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.6x 1.6x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.6x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 3.45 2.29 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOCNBABANTNX
Dividend yield – 1.1% –
Net buyback yield -8.5% – 1.4%
Shareholder yield -8.5% 1.1% 1.4%
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.

ConsensusDOCNBABANTNX
Forward P/E 73.5xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 29.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.36FY2026 $7.02FY2026 $2.43FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -35.8%FY2026 +80.9%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +25.0% +22.8% +5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2026 $174.00BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +23.5%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +52.7% +14.7% +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOCNBABANTNX
Held by institutions 91.1% 10.1% 98.7%
Institutions holding 567 1,219 560
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.9% -5.4% +10.5%
Institutions buying 331 556 333
Institutions selling 188 421 174
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.32 1.91

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.

DOCNBABANTNX
DOCN 1.00 0.15 0.23
BABA 0.15 1.00 0.07
NTNX 0.23 0.07 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOCN, BABA and NTNX?

Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) is the largest by market capitalisation: DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) $9.23B, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) $227.02B, Nutanix (NTNX) $18.06B.

Which stock is cheaper, DOCN, BABA and NTNX?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 39.2x, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 21.6x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) is cheapest (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 73.5x, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 14.2x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +21.4%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) +8.1%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 23.3%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 7.0%, Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%). On return on invested capital, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) leads (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 8.2%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 2.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) returned the most: DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +152.4%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -44.7%, Nutanix (NTNX) +3.8%. Over five years, Nutanix (NTNX) compounded fastest (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +0.5%/yr, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -9.6%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +15.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) has been the steadiest (DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 85.9%, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 40.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOCN, BABA and NTNX?

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