DSGX vs ITRN vs SAP Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Ituran Location & Control and Sap Se Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SAP Sap Se
$233.68 +12.0% 1M -10.1% 1Y
Market cap
$287.08B
P/E
28.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.76B
Div. yield
1.26%
ERP Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Ituran Location & Control leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Ituran Location & Control 9, Sap Se 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDSGXITRNSAPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.86B $1.03B $287.08B SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.7x 16.2x 28.6x ITRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.5x 15.1x 27.4x ITRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +130.5% +13.5% ITRN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% 33.7% 20.8% ITRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 35.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 5.75% 1.26% ITRN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.6% +35.6% -10.1% ITRN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.0%/yr +14.4%/yr +9.4%/yr ITRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.8% 30.5% 39.2% ITRN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 74/100 63/100 ITRN

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXITRNSAP

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

AxisDSGXITRNSAP
Valuation 47 #47 of 88 84 #15 of 88 50 #51 of 100
Growth 65 #29 of 81 58 #35 of 81 69 #31 of 97
Profitability 97 #3 of 76 99 #2 of 76 91 #9 of 94
Financial Health 85 #15 of 95 61 #38 of 95 78 #25 of 111
Shareholder Returns 44 #30 of 53 71 #16 of 53 27 #47 of 64
Overall 68 74 63
  • DSGX ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • ITRN ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • SAP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDSGXITRNSAPSPY
1 month +14.1%-0.6%+12.0% -2.3%
3 months +19.3%-6.5%+23.2% -0.7%
6 months +24.0%-10.6%+36.3% +4.8%
Year to date +4.3%+21.4%-3.8% +10.3%
1 year +3.6%+35.6%-10.1% +10.3%
3 years +25.2%+106.1%+68.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year +7.8%+27.3%+18.9% +20.1%
5 years +10.3%+95.7%+56.4% +61.9%
5 years, per year +2.0%+14.4%+9.4% +10.1%
10 years +348.0%+96.3%+171.6% +258.6%
10 years, per year +16.2%+7.0%+10.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDSGXITRNSAPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.8%30.5%39.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.2%28.8%40.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.341.150.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.091.17-0.26 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-31.0%-53.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.7%-21.3%-11.5% -3.5%
52-week high $94.87$66.37$263.96 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$36.06$146.09 $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.

MultipleDSGXITRNSAP
P/E now vs peer median 41.7xmedian 39.9x 16.2xmedian 39.9x 28.6xmedian 28.5x
P/S now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 2.5x 5.4xmedian 2.5x 6.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 19.0x 8.9xmedian 19.0x 11.8xmedian 16.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 20.1x 9.4xmedian 20.1x 27.1xmedian 16.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.8x 4.6xmedian 1.8x 5.4xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.38median 1.52 1.08median 1.52 1.78median 0.90

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 monthsDSGXITRNSAP
Revenue $775.17M $189.86M $45.76B
Gross profit $601.59M $196.43M $33.40B
Operating income $243.60M $85.86M $22.06B
Net income $188.01M $66.00M $9.47B
Free cash flow $297.47M $109.73M $10.59B
R&D $109.17M $21.44M $8.26B
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $3.22 $8.11
Cash & equivalents $401.06M $103.70M $10.62B
Total debt – – $9.68B
Shares (diluted) 87.58M 19.87M 1.18B
Enterprise value $6.45B $629.07M $215.06B

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
MetricDSGXITRNSAP
P/E 41.7x 16.2x 28.6x
P/FCF 26.4x 9.4x 27.1x
P/Operating cash flow 25.7x 10.2x 25.0x
P/S 10.1x 5.4x 6.3x
P/B 4.8x 4.6x 5.4x
P/Tangible book 6.0x 4.8x 5.8x
EV/EBITDA 22.8x 8.9x 11.8x
EV/EBIT 30.6x 10.8x 12.5x
EV/Revenue 9.6x 4.9x 6.0x
EV/FCF 25.1x 8.5x 26.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.4x 9.2x 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.38 1.08 1.78

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNSAP
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 130.5% 13.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% – 11.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% 18.2% 12.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 10.4% 12.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% 17.0% 30.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 11.1% 52.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 14.1% 18.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 13.2% 16.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 15.4% 22.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 15.0% 16.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% 30.0% 43.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 17.6% 19.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% 26.9% 46.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 11.0% 21.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNSAP
Gross margin 77.6% 103.5% 73.0%
EBITDA margin 42.1% 55.4% 51.5%
Operating margin 31.4% 45.2% 48.2%
Pretax margin 32.7% 44.1% 29.2%
Net margin 24.3% 33.7% 20.8%
FCF margin 38.4% 57.8% 23.1%
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% 53.3% 25.1%
Return on equity 11.4% 30.0% 18.5%
Return on assets – 16.3% 11.2%
Return on invested capital – – 35.6%
Return on capital employed – 30.4% 34.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% – 3.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNSAP
Debt / assets – – 11.2%
Debt / equity – – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.4x
Debt / FCF – – 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 44.8% 39.1%
Equity / assets 84.1% 55.2% 60.9%
Interest coverage 168.0x 19.1x 8.3x
Current ratio 2.0x 2.0x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.9x 1.4x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.8x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 16.47 – 7.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNSAP
Dividend yield – 5.7% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 1.4% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 7.1% 1.2%
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.

ConsensusDSGXITRNSAP
Forward P/E 41.5xFY2026 15.1xFY2026 27.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 $3.46FY2026 $8.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +16.2% +4.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 $390.51MFY2026 $42.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% +20.3% +14.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXITRNSAP
Held by institutions – 56.3% 7.2%
Institutions holding – 205 816
Change in shares held, QoQ – -8.5% -3.0%
Institutions buying – 102 458
Institutions selling – 60 243
Buyers to sellers – 1.70 1.88

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.

DSGXITRNSAP
DSGX 1.00 -0.03 0.62
ITRN -0.03 1.00 0.00
SAP 0.62 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, ITRN and SAP?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $7.86B, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) $1.03B, Sap Se (SAP) $287.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, ITRN and SAP?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.7x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 16.2x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.5x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 15.1x, Sap Se (SAP) 27.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +13.2%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +130.5%, Sap Se (SAP) +13.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has the highest net margin (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 24.3%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 33.7%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +3.6%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +35.6%, Sap Se (SAP) -10.1%. Over five years, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +2.0%/yr, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +14.4%/yr, Sap Se (SAP) +9.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has the highest dividend yield: Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 5.75%, Sap Se (SAP) 1.26%. Descartes Systems (DSGX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 40.8%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 30.5%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DSGX, ITRN and SAP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) leads on 9. 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.