DV vs NIQ vs SMWB Stock Comparison

DoubleVerify Holdings, NIQ Global Intelligence and Similarweb Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SMWB Similarweb Ltd.
$8.98 +16.6% 1M +6.4% 1Y
Market cap
$740.45M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$295.61M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

NIQ Global Intelligence leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (NIQ Global Intelligence 3, DoubleVerify Holdings 3, Similarweb 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDVNIQSMWBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.09B $5.88B $740.45M NIQ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.5x -22.3x -34.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.8x 18.4x 40.8x NIQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.6% +7.5% +10.2% SMWB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.7% -6.1% -7.4% DV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.6% +59.5% +6.4% NIQ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.3%/yr — -14.1%/yr SMWB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.9% 67.0% 80.9% DV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 53/100 36/100 DV

Percentile Scorecard

DVNIQSMWB

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

AxisDVNIQSMWB
Valuation 56 #73 of 166 72 #29 of 101 28 #73 of 101
Growth 49 #79 of 153 72 #28 of 97 64 #36 of 97
Profitability 76 #37 of 153 44 #53 of 93 41 #55 of 93
Financial Health 90 #18 of 179 25 #81 of 108 24 #82 of 108
Shareholder Returns 68 #30 of 91 – 21 #50 of 63
Overall 68 53 36
  • DV ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • NIQ ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • SMWB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDVNIQSMWBSPY
1 month +1.3%+17.2%+16.6% +0.7%
3 months +22.7%+79.1%+23.7% +3.7%
6 months +23.0%+86.6%+219.6% +7.1%
Year to date +18.5%+23.7%+19.9% +12.8%
1 year +19.6%+59.5%+6.4% +11.9%
3 years -49.5%—+76.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -20.4%—+20.9% +22.8%
5 years -65.7%—-53.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year -19.3%—-14.1% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureDVNIQSMWBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.9%67.0%80.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.1%62.8%89.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.550.451.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.450.890.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.7%-59.6%-88.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%0.0%-3.1% -1.2%
52-week high $13.56$20.40$9.27 $779.14
52-week low $8.61$7.97$2.33 $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.

MultipleDVNIQSMWB
P/E now vs peer median 35.5xmedian 16.7x -22.8xmedian 28.0x -35.0xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 2.8x 2.6xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 12.7x 11.5xmedian 16.9x -307.5xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 10.5x —median 15.9x 50.6xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.7x 5.2xmedian 3.2x 34.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 5.56median 0.39 —median 0.89 -1.16median 0.89

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 monthsDVNIQSMWB
Revenue $768.82M $4.36B $295.61M
Gross profit $633.77M $2.43B $235.99M
Operating income $97.55M $135.00M -$11.06M
Net income $58.86M -$264.00M -$21.78M
Free cash flow $160.55M – $15.44M
R&D $178.30M – $73.83M
EPS (diluted) $0.37 $-0.89 $-0.26
Cash & equivalents $210.17M $416.60M $73.90M
Total debt – $3.55B –
Shares (diluted) 157.89M 295.06M 84.82M
Enterprise value $1.24B $4.24B $463.41M

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
MetricDVNIQSMWB
P/E 35.5x -22.8x -35.0x
P/FCF 13.1x – 50.6x
P/Operating cash flow 10.3x – 55.1x
P/S 2.7x 1.4x 2.6x
P/B 1.9x 5.2x 34.3x
P/Tangible book 2.1x -7.0x 34.3x
EV/EBITDA 11.9x 11.5x -307.5x
EV/EBIT 19.4x 67.8x -63.9x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 2.1x 2.4x
EV/FCF 11.8x – 45.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.3x – 49.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.56 – -1.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDVNIQSMWB
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.6% 7.5% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.3% – 12.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.1% 6.6% 12.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.6% – 14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.1% 577.0% 50.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 10.2% – 42.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.6% 55.3% 25.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.3% – 27.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.9% 62.2% 28.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.4% – 30.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.0% – -30.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.7% – 33.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.1% – -29.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.2% – 33.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDVNIQSMWB
Gross margin 82.4% 55.7% 79.8%
EBITDA margin 20.7% 18.2% -0.8%
Operating margin 12.7% 3.1% -3.7%
Pretax margin 12.2% -2.4% -5.9%
Net margin 7.7% -6.1% -7.4%
FCF margin 20.9% – 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 26.6% – 4.8%
Return on equity 5.4% -21.5% -108.3%
Return on assets 4.6% -3.8% -8.8%
Return on invested capital – 2.8% –
Return on capital employed 8.2% 2.6% -19.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.5x – -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 13.4% – 6.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDVNIQSMWB
Debt / assets – 52.5% –
Debt / equity – 3.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.0x –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 16.5% 83.0% 91.9%
Equity / assets 83.5% 17.0% 8.1%
Interest coverage 55.5x – –
Current ratio 4.5x 1.1x 0.8x
Quick ratio 4.7x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 2.0x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 7.36 0.90 0.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDVNIQSMWB
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 7.0% – -0.3%
Shareholder yield 7.0% 0.0% -0.3%
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.

ConsensusDVNIQSMWB
Forward P/E 30.8xFY2026 18.4xFY2026 40.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.44FY2026 $1.11FY2026 $0.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.7%FY2026 +382.6%FY2026 +266.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +36.4% +19.8% +36.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $841.13MFY2026 $4.21BFY2026 $332.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.4%FY2026 +0.2%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.8% +18.6% +0.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDVNIQSMWB
Held by institutions 100.0% 84.4% 45.9%
Institutions holding 316 162 68
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.2% +4.0% -7.8%
Institutions buying 167 101 36
Institutions selling 114 51 18
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.98 2.00

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.

DVNIQSMWB
DV 1.00 0.33 0.27
NIQ 0.33 1.00 0.12
SMWB 0.27 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DV, NIQ and SMWB?

NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) is the largest by market capitalisation: DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) $2.09B, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) $5.88B, Similarweb (SMWB) $740.45M.

Which company is growing faster?

Similarweb (SMWB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) +7.6%, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) +7.5%, Similarweb (SMWB) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) has the highest net margin (DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) 7.7%, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) -6.1%, Similarweb (SMWB) -7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) returned the most: DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) +19.6%, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) +59.5%, Similarweb (SMWB) +6.4%. Over five years, Similarweb (SMWB) compounded fastest (DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) -19.3%/yr, Similarweb (SMWB) -14.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) has been the steadiest (DoubleVerify Holdings (DV) 43.9%, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) 67.0%, Similarweb (SMWB) 80.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DV, NIQ and SMWB?

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