ESTC vs NTAP vs BR Stock Comparison

Elastic, NetApp and Broadridge Financial Solutions Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$105.51 +19.9% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.09B
P/E
29.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
4 wins
NTAP NetApp, Inc.
$227.58 +13.1% 1M +94.2% 1Y
Market cap
$44.61B
P/E
31.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.39B
Div. yield
0.91%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

NetApp leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (NetApp 4, Broadridge Financial Solutions 4, Elastic 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionESTCNTAPBRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.09B $44.61B $20.19B NTAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.4x 31.5x 18.3x BR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.1x 21.7x 17.2x BR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.2% +12.2% +8.5% ESTC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.8% 19.2% 15.0% ESTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 36.7% 16.7% NTAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -10.8x -0.5x 1.8x ESTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.91% 2.26% BR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.0% +94.2% -23.6% NTAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.3%/yr +20.5%/yr -0.3%/yr NTAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.1% 44.8% 30.6% BR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 57/100 56/100 ESTC

Percentile Scorecard

ESTCNTAPBR

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

AxisESTCNTAPBR
Valuation 70 #38 of 124 42 #65 of 112 65 #36 of 101
Growth 81 #22 of 113 52 #53 of 109 40 #59 of 97
Profitability 67 #37 of 109 92 #9 of 104 81 #19 of 94
Financial Health 52 #61 of 127 28 #84 of 116 44 #61 of 108
Shareholder Returns 86 #10 of 65 70 #25 of 81 51 #32 of 64
Overall 71 57 56
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • BR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodESTCNTAPBRSPY
1 month +19.9%+13.1%+8.1% -0.2%
3 months +70.0%+30.4%+11.9% +3.9%
6 months +122.4%+110.2%+11.5% +8.2%
Year to date +39.9%+112.5%-20.7% +12.9%
1 year +19.0%+94.2%-23.6% +12.3%
3 years +39.7%+216.9%+5.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +11.8%+46.9%+1.9% +23.3%
5 years -38.5%+153.7%-1.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -9.3%+20.5%-0.3% +10.9%
10 years —+573.3%+177.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+21.0%+10.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureESTCNTAPBRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.1%44.8%30.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.1%38.8%32.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.141.380.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.332.10-0.77 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.8%-43.5%-49.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.7%-4.8%-23.7% -1.2%
52-week high $106.26$239.18$232.02 $779.14
52-week low $43.30$94.11$135.44 $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.

MultipleESTCNTAPBR
P/E now vs peer median 29.4xmedian 38.6x 31.5xmedian 33.2x 18.3xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 4.4x 6.0xmedian 2.8x 2.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 123.3xmedian 34.5x 21.4xmedian 20.0x 14.3xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 29.4x 27.0xmedian 29.8x 15.8xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 3.3x 29.8xmedian 3.0x 7.1xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.55median 1.28 3.84median 1.17 0.84median 0.85

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 monthsESTCNTAPBR
Revenue $1.80B $7.39B $7.48B
Gross profit $1.36B $5.22B $2.38B
Operating income -$47.61M $1.85B $1.30B
Net income $375.64M $1.42B $1.12B
Free cash flow $349.04M $1.65B $1.28B
R&D $455.30M $1.02B –
EPS (diluted) $3.59 $7.09 $9.60
Cash & equivalents $879.87M $1.57B $402.90M
Total debt $571.20M $2.49B $3.25B
Shares (diluted) 104.64M 200.00M 117.10M
Enterprise value $5.62B $27.42B $18.82B

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
MetricESTCNTAPBR
P/E 29.4x 31.5x 18.3x
P/FCF 31.8x 27.0x 15.8x
P/Operating cash flow 31.3x 23.5x 15.0x
P/S 6.2x 6.0x 2.7x
P/B 8.6x 29.8x 7.1x
P/Tangible book 8.6x 30.6x 12.3x
EV/EBITDA 123.3x 21.4x 14.3x
EV/EBIT -214.3x 23.5x 17.7x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 5.9x 3.1x
EV/FCF 29.2x 26.4x 18.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.8x 22.9x 17.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.55 3.84 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricESTCNTAPBR
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.2% 12.2% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 6.0% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.7% 13.2% 11.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 7.9% 10.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -56.0% 35.6% 9.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.5% 25.3% 11.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 549.9% 21.1% 33.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 55.3% 5.5% 21.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 555.6% 22.9% 35.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.7% 8.2% 21.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.3% 3.2% 14.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 62.1% 14.0% 17.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.2% -0.5% 13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 63.2% 15.5% 17.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricESTCNTAPBR
Gross margin 75.5% 70.6% 31.8%
EBITDA margin 4.6% 27.5% 21.5%
Operating margin -2.6% 25.0% 17.4%
Pretax margin -1.1% 24.7% 19.3%
Net margin 20.8% 19.2% 15.0%
FCF margin 19.4% 22.3% 17.1%
Operating cash flow margin 19.6% 25.7% 18.0%
Return on equity 29.2% 99.6% 39.7%
Return on assets 12.2% 13.1% 12.7%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 36.7% 16.7%
Return on capital employed -2.3% 29.4% 17.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 16.8% 5.4% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricESTCNTAPBR
Debt / assets 19.0% 22.7% 36.4%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.7x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -10.8x -0.5x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 1.5x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 56.8% 86.4% 68.2%
Equity / assets 43.2% 13.6% 31.8%
Interest coverage -1.9x – –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.2x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.4x 0.8x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.44 4.21 4.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricESTCNTAPBR
Dividend yield – 0.9% 2.3%
Net buyback yield 3.1% 1.7% 2.9%
Shareholder yield 3.1% 2.6% 5.1%
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.

ConsensusESTCNTAPBR
Forward P/E 30.1xFY2026 21.7xFY2026 17.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $3.51FY2026 $10.50FY2026 $10.32FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +36.6%FY2026 +29.2%FY2026 +7.5%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +19.4% +8.7% +5.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.88BFY2026 $8.49BFY2026 $7.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 +22.7%FY2026 -0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +8.6% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersESTCNTAPBR
Held by institutions 86.4% 97.4% 92.3%
Institutions holding 371 959 1,014
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.7% -1.0% -1.2%
Institutions buying 199 501 487
Institutions selling 129 336 398
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.49 1.22

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.

ESTCNTAPBR
ESTC 1.00 0.25 0.33
NTAP 0.25 1.00 0.03
BR 0.33 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ESTC, NTAP and BR?

NetApp (NTAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Elastic (ESTC) $11.09B, NetApp (NTAP) $44.61B, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) $20.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, ESTC, NTAP and BR?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Elastic (ESTC) 29.4x, NetApp (NTAP) 31.5x, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 18.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) is cheapest (Elastic (ESTC) 30.1x, NetApp (NTAP) 21.7x, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 17.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Elastic (ESTC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%, NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Elastic (ESTC) has the highest net margin (Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%, NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, NetApp (NTAP) leads (Elastic (ESTC) 0.0%, NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NetApp (NTAP) returned the most: Elastic (ESTC) +19.0%, NetApp (NTAP) +94.2%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) -23.6%. Over five years, NetApp (NTAP) compounded fastest (Elastic (ESTC) -9.3%/yr, NetApp (NTAP) +20.5%/yr, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) -0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) has the highest dividend yield: NetApp (NTAP) 0.91%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 2.26%. Elastic (ESTC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) has been the steadiest (Elastic (ESTC) 58.1%, NetApp (NTAP) 44.8%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 30.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ESTC, NTAP and BR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NetApp (NTAP) leads on 4. 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.