DSGX vs Peers Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

DSGX

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

AxisDSGX
Valuation 43 #52 of 90
Growth 65 #29 of 82
Profitability 97 #3 of 77
Financial Health 83 #17 of 96
Shareholder Returns 45 #30 of 54
Overall 67
  • DSGX ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDSGXSPY
1 month +20.6% -0.8%
3 months +33.3% +3.5%
6 months +33.4% +7.0%
Year to date +8.1% +12.2%
1 year -1.7% +13.0%
3 years +35.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +10.7% +23.1%
5 years +17.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.3% +11.0%
10 years +351.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDSGXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.04 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9% -1.8%
52-week high $96.58 $779.14
52-week low $62.82 $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.

MultipleDSGX
P/E now vs peer median 43.3xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.4xmedian 19.4x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.46median 1.75

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 monthsDSGX
Revenue $775.17M
Gross profit $601.59M
Operating income $243.60M
Net income $188.01M
Free cash flow $297.47M
R&D $109.17M
EPS (diluted) $2.15
Cash & equivalents $401.06M
Shares (diluted) 87.58M
Enterprise value $6.50B

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
MetricDSGX
P/E 43.3x
P/FCF 27.4x
P/Operating cash flow 26.7x
P/S 10.5x
P/B 5.0x
P/Tangible book 6.2x
EV/EBITDA 23.7x
EV/EBIT 31.8x
EV/Revenue 10.0x
EV/FCF 26.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGX
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGX
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 –
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGX
Debt / assets –
Debt / equity –
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF –
Liabilities / assets 15.9%
Equity / assets 84.1%
Interest coverage 168.0x
Current ratio 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.9x
Cash ratio 1.5x
Altman Z-score 17.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGX
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.2%
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.

ConsensusDSGX
Forward P/E 43.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGX
Held by institutions 82.0%
Institutions holding 341
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7%
Institutions buying 167
Institutions selling 139
Buyers to sellers 1.20

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