ELVA vs BBUC vs QS Stock Comparison

Electrovaya, Brookfield Business and QuantumScape Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ELVA Electrovaya Inc.
$5.22 -17.8% 1M -16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$227.69M
P/E
51.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.82M
Div. yield
–
Energy Storage Industrials
6 wins
BBUC Brookfield Business Corp
$27.85 +9.5% 1M -23.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.38B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$26.95B
Div. yield
0.04%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
2 wins
QS QuantumScape Corp
$4.18 -14.9% 1M -74.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.59B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Energy Storage Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Electrovaya leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Electrovaya 6, Brookfield Business 2, QuantumScape 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELVABBUCQSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $227.69M $2.38B $2.59B QS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 51.6x -29.3x -6.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 58.0x 3.1x — BBUC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +30.9% -10.5% — ELVA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.1% -0.3% — ELVA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.4% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.9x 5.4x — ELVA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.9% -23.6% -74.3% ELVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.9%/yr — -30.3%/yr ELVA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 94.3% 36.3% 70.3% BBUC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 60/100 50/100 ELVA

Percentile Scorecard

ELVABBUCQS

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

AxisELVABBUCQS
Valuation 70 #19 of 61 98 #2 of 52 40 #37 of 61
Growth 95 #4 of 58 22 #29 of 37 44 #33 of 58
Profitability 78 #13 of 55 78 #9 of 37 35 #36 of 55
Financial Health 54 #33 of 71 18 #47 of 57 86 #11 of 71
Shareholder Returns 90 #4 of 30 85 #5 of 27 45 #17 of 30
Overall 77 60 50
  • ELVA ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • BBUC ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • QS ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodELVABBUCQSSPY
1 month -17.8%+9.5%-14.9% -0.2%
3 months -34.7%-12.3%-19.1% +3.9%
6 months -42.1%-16.7%-40.0% +8.2%
Year to date -33.9%-22.4%-59.9% +12.9%
1 year -16.9%-23.6%-74.3% +12.3%
3 years +83.9%+96.7%-20.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +22.5%+25.3%-7.5% +23.3%
5 years +4.3%—-83.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +0.9%—-30.3% +10.9%
10 years -55.0%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year -7.7%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureELVABBUCQSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 94.3%36.3%70.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 90.9%39.7%72.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.440.983.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.18-0.65-1.06 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.2%-61.5%-91.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.4%-26.0%-77.3% -1.2%
52-week high $12.26$37.64$18.44 $779.14
52-week low $4.23$25.06$3.89 $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.

MultipleELVABBUCQS
P/E now vs peer median 46.3xmedian 27.2x -29.7xmedian 26.7x -6.8xmedian 27.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.4x 0.1xmedian 0.8x —median 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 47.8xmedian 18.4x 5.8xmedian 13.1x -4.9xmedian 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 58.1xmedian 28.6x 0.9xmedian 23.0x -10.0xmedian 28.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.7x 0.2xmedian 2.4x 2.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.79 —median 0.57 -0.53median 0.79

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 monthsELVABBUCQS
Revenue $71.82M $26.95B –
Gross profit $23.70M $5.31B –
Operating income $6.72M $4.15B -$418.18M
Net income $4.41M $305.00M -$383.62M
Free cash flow $3.78M $2.70B -$258.79M
R&D $4.26M – $327.75M
EPS (diluted) – – $-0.62
Cash & equivalents $13.08M $3.45B $75.60M
Total debt $118.21M $43.93B –
Shares (diluted) – – 620.56M
Enterprise value $165.19M -$17.84B -$960.37M

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
MetricELVABBUCQS
P/E 46.3x -29.7x -6.8x
P/FCF 58.1x 0.9x -10.0x
P/Operating cash flow -26.4x 0.9x -11.4x
P/S 3.1x 0.1x –
P/B 3.3x 0.2x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 3.3x -1.0x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 47.8x 5.8x -4.9x
EV/EBIT 36.5x 10.0x -4.2x
EV/Revenue 3.4x 1.5x –
EV/FCF 64.7x 15.4x -6.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -29.4x 15.4x -7.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – -0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELVABBUCQS
Revenue growth (1Y) 30.9% -10.5% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 31.3% -13.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 45.1% -13.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 43.3% 5.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 159.9% -15.9% 14.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 52.9% 9.9% 3.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 267.2% -70.0% 14.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.9% -3.3% 4.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – – 19.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 12.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -26.6% -34.9% 7.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 54.1% 2.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 145.4% -34.9% 7.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 51.7% 9.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELVABBUCQS
Gross margin 33.0% 19.7% –
EBITDA margin 7.1% 26.8% –
Operating margin 9.3% 15.4% –
Pretax margin 9.3% 1.4% –
Net margin 6.1% -0.3% –
FCF margin 5.3% 10.0% –
Operating cash flow margin -11.6% 10.0% –
Return on equity 9.8% – -37.5%
Return on assets 5.7% 0.4% -33.5%
Return on invested capital 3.4% – –
Return on capital employed 6.6% 6.4% -38.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.9x 8.9x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 4.6% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELVABBUCQS
Debt / assets 32.3% 55.7% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 2.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 4.9x 5.4x –
Debt / FCF 10.1x 16.2x –
Liabilities / assets 43.3% 80.4% 11.1%
Equity / assets 56.7% 19.6% 88.9%
Interest coverage 18.8x – -221.6x
Current ratio 7.5x 1.4x 16.1x
Quick ratio 4.3x 0.9x 15.8x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.4x 15.8x
Altman Z-score 2.57 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELVABBUCQS
Dividend yield – 2.9% –
Net buyback yield 1.9% – -0.5%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 2.9% -0.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 31.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 3.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -2.3% –

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.

ConsensusELVABBUCQS
Forward P/E 58.0xFY2026 3.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.09FY2026 $8.99FY2026 $-0.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY 0.0%FY2026 +54.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +133.3% +9.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $74.36MFY2026 $5.12BFY2026 $0.00FY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.5%FY2026 -51.8%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +44.3% -100.0% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELVABBUCQS
Held by institutions 37.1% 55.0% 33.9%
Institutions holding 94 149 451
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.8% +13.6% -10.0%
Institutions buying 52 93 258
Institutions selling 26 33 90
Buyers to sellers 2.00 2.82 2.87

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.

ELVABBUCQS
ELVA 1.00 0.21 0.44
BBUC 0.21 1.00 0.28
QS 0.44 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELVA, BBUC and QS?

QuantumScape (QS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Electrovaya (ELVA) $227.69M, Brookfield Business (BBUC) $2.38B, QuantumScape (QS) $2.59B.

Which company is growing faster?

Electrovaya (ELVA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Electrovaya (ELVA) +30.9%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Electrovaya (ELVA) has the highest net margin (Electrovaya (ELVA) 6.1%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -0.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Electrovaya (ELVA) returned the most: Electrovaya (ELVA) -16.9%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -23.6%, QuantumScape (QS) -74.3%. Over five years, Electrovaya (ELVA) compounded fastest (Electrovaya (ELVA) +0.9%/yr, QuantumScape (QS) -30.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Electrovaya (ELVA) 0.00%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) 0.04%, QuantumScape (QS) 0.00%. Electrovaya (ELVA) and QuantumScape (QS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brookfield Business (BBUC) has been the steadiest (Electrovaya (ELVA) 94.3%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) 36.3%, QuantumScape (QS) 70.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELVA, BBUC and QS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Electrovaya (ELVA) leads on 6. 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.