DSGX vs ITRN vs TU Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Ituran Location & Control and Telus Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TU Telus Corp
$8.70 +2.6% 1M -42.2% 1Y
Market cap
$13.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
0.09%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ituran Location & Control leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ituran Location & Control 7, Telus 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDSGXITRNTULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.00B $1.04B $13.20B TU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.6x 16.2x -5.2x ITRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.1x 14.9x 17.1x ITRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +130.5% +0.6% ITRN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% 33.7% -14.8% ITRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 4.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.09% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.7% +34.5% -42.2% ITRN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.3%/yr +15.0%/yr -17.5%/yr ITRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.4% 30.4% 26.3% TU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 74/100 49/100 ITRN

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXITRNTU

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

AxisDSGXITRNTU
Valuation 43 #52 of 90 82 #17 of 90 71 #15 of 49
Growth 65 #29 of 82 58 #35 of 82 14 #39 of 45
Profitability 97 #3 of 77 99 #2 of 77 43 #26 of 45
Financial Health 83 #17 of 96 60 #39 of 96 27 #36 of 49
Shareholder Returns 45 #30 of 54 70 #17 of 54 92 #4 of 37
Overall 67 74 49
  • DSGX ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • ITRN ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • TU ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDSGXITRNTUSPY
1 month +20.6%-0.5%+2.6% -0.8%
3 months +33.3%-7.0%-16.3% +3.5%
6 months +33.4%-9.6%-28.3% +7.0%
Year to date +8.1%+19.6%-33.9% +12.2%
1 year -1.7%+34.5%-42.2% +13.0%
3 years +35.8%+112.2%-45.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +10.7%+28.5%-18.2% +23.1%
5 years +17.5%+100.9%-61.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.3%+15.0%-17.5% +11.0%
10 years +351.3%+92.6%-45.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.3%+6.8%-5.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDSGXITRNTUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4%30.4%26.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.4%28.8%30.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.341.14-0.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.041.13-1.60 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-31.0%-71.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9%-22.5%-41.9% -1.8%
52-week high $96.58$66.37$14.98 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$36.06$7.72 $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.

MultipleDSGXITRNTU
P/E now vs peer median 43.3xmedian 42.4x 16.0xmedian 42.4x -5.3xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 2.7x 5.4xmedian 2.7x 0.8xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 19.0x 8.7xmedian 19.0x 7.0xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.4xmedian 19.4x 9.3xmedian 19.4x 2.7xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.8x 4.5xmedian 1.8x 1.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.46median 1.75 1.06median 1.75 0.09median 0.24

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 monthsDSGXITRNTU
Revenue $775.17M $189.86M $17.13B
Gross profit $601.59M $196.43M –
Operating income $243.60M $85.86M $833.56M
Net income $188.01M $66.00M -$2.52B
Free cash flow $297.47M $109.73M $4.97B
R&D $109.17M $21.44M –
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $3.22 $-1.65
Cash & equivalents $401.06M $103.70M $976.14M
Total debt – – $54.29B
Shares (diluted) 87.58M 19.87M 1.54B
Enterprise value $6.59B $623.13M $5.80B

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
MetricDSGXITRNTU
P/E 43.3x 16.0x -5.3x
P/FCF 27.4x 9.3x 2.7x
P/Operating cash flow 26.7x 10.1x 3.1x
P/S 10.5x 5.4x 0.8x
P/B 5.0x 4.5x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 6.2x 4.7x -3.3x
EV/EBITDA 23.7x 8.7x 7.0x
EV/EBIT 31.8x 10.7x 41.6x
EV/Revenue 10.0x 4.8x 2.0x
EV/FCF 26.1x 8.3x 7.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x 9.0x 8.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.46 1.06 0.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNTU
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 130.5% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% – -2.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% 18.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 10.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% 17.0% -65.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 11.1% -30.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 14.1% -4,024%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 13.2% -62.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 15.4% -548.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 15.0% -61.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% 30.0% 4.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 17.6% -1.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% 26.9% 15.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 11.0% 2.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNTU
Gross margin 77.6% 103.5% –
EBITDA margin 42.1% 55.4% 28.7%
Operating margin 31.4% 45.2% 4.9%
Pretax margin 32.7% 44.1% 8.1%
Net margin 24.3% 33.7% -14.8%
FCF margin 38.4% 57.8% 29.0%
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% 53.3% 25.2%
Return on equity 11.4% 30.0% -10.0%
Return on assets – 16.3% -1.1%
Return on invested capital – – 3.8%
Return on capital employed – 30.4% 2.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x -1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% – 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNTU
Debt / assets – – 55.4%
Debt / equity – – 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 4.3x
Debt / FCF – – 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 44.8% 75.2%
Equity / assets 84.1% 55.2% 24.8%
Interest coverage 168.0x 19.1x 0.7x
Current ratio 2.0x 2.0x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.9x 1.4x 0.5x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.8x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 17.03 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXITRNTU
Dividend yield – 5.8% 16.7%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 1.4% –
Shareholder yield 0.2% 7.2% 16.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -46.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 23.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 8.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 11.2%

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.

ConsensusDSGXITRNTU
Forward P/E 43.1xFY2026 14.9xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 $3.46FY2026 $0.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026 -23.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +16.2% +7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 $390.51MFY2026 $15.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% +20.3% -9.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXITRNTU
Held by institutions 82.0% 56.3% 44.5%
Institutions holding 341 204 291
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% -8.5% -4.8%
Institutions buying 167 102 154
Institutions selling 139 59 85
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.73 1.81

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.

DSGXITRNTU
DSGX 1.00 -0.01 0.26
ITRN -0.01 1.00 -0.07
TU 0.26 -0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, ITRN and TU?

Telus (TU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $8.00B, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) $1.04B, Telus (TU) $13.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, ITRN and TU?

Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 42.6x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 16.2x, Telus (TU) -5.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 43.1x, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 14.9x, Telus (TU) 17.1x). 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%, Telus (TU) +0.6%.

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%, Telus (TU) -14.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) -1.7%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +34.5%, Telus (TU) -42.2%. Over five years, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +3.3%/yr, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) +15.0%/yr, Telus (TU) -17.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Descartes Systems (DSGX) 0.00%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 0.00%, Telus (TU) 0.09%. Descartes Systems (DSGX) and Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Telus (TU) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.4%, Ituran Location & Control (ITRN) 30.4%, Telus (TU) 26.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.