DSGX vs BRRN vs VLTO Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Bryn and Veralto Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BRRN Bryn Inc.
$2,100.00 0.0% 1M +4,199,900.0% 1Y
Market cap
$945.00B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Healthcare IT Technology
3 wins
VLTO Veralto Corp
$103.97 +7.6% 1M +4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$27.96B
P/E
27.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.80B
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Bryn leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Bryn 3, Veralto 3, Descartes Systems 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDSGXBRRNVLTOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.78B $945.00B $27.96B BRRN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.4x -4,205,121x 27.9x VLTO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.8x — 22.9x VLTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% — +6.4% DSGX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.6% +4,199,900.0% +4.5% BRRN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr +595.4%/yr — BRRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 1,144.4% 23.3% VLTO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 14/100 — DSGX

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXBRRNVLTO

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

AxisDSGXBRRNVLTO
Valuation 43 #51 of 89 40 #54 of 89 70 #7 of 21
Growth 65 #29 of 81 1 #80 of 81 50 #10 of 19
Profitability 97 #3 of 76 – –
Financial Health 84 #16 of 93 0 #93 of 93 –
Shareholder Returns 45 #28 of 50 – –
Overall 67 14 –
  • DSGX ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • BRRN ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • VLTO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDSGXBRRNVLTOSPY
1 month +15.8%0.0%+7.6% +0.7%
3 months +23.4%+1,749,900.0%+9.8% +3.7%
6 months +27.6%+3,499,900.0%+17.9% +7.1%
Year to date +5.0%+3,499,900.0%+4.2% +12.8%
1 year +2.6%+4,199,900.0%+4.5% +11.9%
3 years +28.6%+20,999,900.0%+52.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year +8.7%+5,860.6%+15.0% +22.8%
5 years +12.5%+1,615,284.6%— +67.6%
5 years, per year +2.4%+595.4%— +10.9%
10 years +340.3%+419,900.0%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +16.0%+130.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDSGXBRRNVLTOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%1,144.4%23.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.1%1,376.0%21.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.33-1.920.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.063,669.860.19 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-97.3%-27.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%0.0%-0.9% -1.2%
52-week high $94.87$2,100.00$104.87 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$0.02$82.23 $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.

MultipleDSGXBRRNVLTO
P/E now vs peer median 42.0xmedian 39.2x -4,205,121xmedian 39.2x 25.4xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x 4.4xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 17.3x —median 17.3x —median 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.6xmedian 20.3x -5,832,037xmedian 20.3x 22.1xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.8x -4,626,456xmedian 1.8x —median 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.39median 1.52 —median 1.52 4.62median 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 monthsDSGXBRRNVLTO
Revenue $775.17M – $5.80B
Gross profit $601.59M – $3.49B
Operating income $243.60M -$224.73K $1.27B
Net income $188.01M -$224.73K –
Free cash flow $297.47M -$162.04K –
R&D $109.17M – $278.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.15 – $4.08
Cash & equivalents $401.06M – –
Total debt – $413.56K –
Shares (diluted) 87.58M – 245.80M
Enterprise value $6.36B $945.00B $27.96B

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
MetricDSGXBRRNVLTO
P/E 42.0x -4,205,121x 25.4x
P/FCF 26.6x -5,832,037x 22.1x
P/Operating cash flow 25.9x -5,832,037x –
P/S 10.2x – 4.4x
P/B 4.8x -4,626,456x –
P/Tangible book 6.0x -4,626,456x –
EV/EBITDA 23.0x – –
EV/EBIT 30.9x -4,205,122x –
EV/Revenue 9.7x – 4.4x
EV/FCF 25.3x -5,832,038x –
EV/Operating cash flow 24.6x -5,832,038x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.39 – 4.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXBRRNVLTO
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% – 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% – 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% – 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% – 6.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% -241.7% -0.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% -119.3% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% -241.7% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% -27.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% – 11.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% – 5.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% -102.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% -104.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% -102.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% -104.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXBRRNVLTO
Gross margin 77.6% – –
EBITDA margin 42.1% – –
Operating margin 31.4% – –
Pretax margin 32.7% – –
Net margin 24.3% – –
FCF margin 38.4% – –
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% – –
Return on equity 11.4% – –
Return on assets – -10,997% –
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 0.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXBRRNVLTO
Debt / assets – 7,283% –
Debt / equity – -0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – -0.9x –
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 10,800% –
Equity / assets 84.1% -10,700% –
Interest coverage 168.0x – –
Current ratio 2.0x 0.0x –
Quick ratio 1.9x – –
Cash ratio 1.5x – –
Altman Z-score 16.58 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXBRRNVLTO
Dividend yield – – 0.5%
Net buyback yield 0.2% – –
Shareholder yield 0.2% – 0.5%
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.

ConsensusDSGXBRRNVLTO
Forward P/E 41.8xFY2026 – 22.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 – $4.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 – +16.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% – +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 – $5.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 – +3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% – +16.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXBRRNVLTO
Held by institutions 82.0% – 96.1%
Institutions holding 342 – 975
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% – +3.3%
Institutions buying 167 – 399
Institutions selling 139 – 385
Buyers to sellers 1.20 – 1.04

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.

DSGXBRRNVLTO
DSGX 1.00 0.00 0.34
BRRN 0.00 1.00 0.01
VLTO 0.34 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, BRRN and VLTO?

Bryn (BRRN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $7.78B, Bryn (BRRN) $945.00B, Veralto (VLTO) $27.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, BRRN and VLTO?

Veralto (VLTO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.4x, Bryn (BRRN) -4,205,121x, Veralto (VLTO) 27.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Veralto (VLTO) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.8x, Veralto (VLTO) 22.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Descartes Systems (DSGX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +13.2%, Veralto (VLTO) +6.4%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bryn (BRRN) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +2.6%, Bryn (BRRN) +4,199,900.0%, Veralto (VLTO) +4.5%. Over five years, Bryn (BRRN) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +2.4%/yr, Bryn (BRRN) +595.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Veralto (VLTO) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 40.7%, Bryn (BRRN) 1,144.4%, Veralto (VLTO) 23.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DSGX, BRRN and VLTO?

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