FIVN vs BAND vs EGHT Stock Comparison

Five9, Bandwidth and 8X8 Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FIVN Five9, Inc.
$34.14 +2.6% 1M +50.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.12B
P/E
38.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins
BAND Bandwidth Inc.
$37.80 -37.1% 1M +157.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.28B
P/E
321.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$870.37M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
EGHT 8X8 Inc /De/
$2.25 +3.7% 1M +2.3% 1Y
Market cap
$321.02M
P/E
43.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$752.47M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Five9 leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Five9 5, 8X8 3, Bandwidth 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFIVNBANDEGHTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.12B $1.28B $321.02M FIVN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.0x 321.7x 43.5x FIVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.0x 21.8x 6.6x EGHT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.1% +15.1% +4.3% BAND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 0.5% 1.0% FIVN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -1.6% 7.5% EGHT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.4x 0.1x EGHT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +50.0% +157.0% +2.3% BAND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -25.4%/yr -14.9%/yr -37.1%/yr BAND
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.6% 97.1% 80.6% FIVN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 49/100 45/100 FIVN

Percentile Scorecard

FIVNBANDEGHT

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

AxisFIVNBANDEGHT
Valuation 68 #10 of 29 54 #14 of 29 96 #2 of 29
Growth 85 #5 of 28 74 #8 of 28 41 #17 of 28
Profitability 65 #10 of 27 31 #19 of 27 42 #16 of 27
Financial Health 73 #9 of 31 43 #18 of 31 23 #24 of 31
Shareholder Returns 57 #10 of 22 43 #13 of 22 24 #17 of 22
Overall 70 49 45
  • FIVN ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software
  • BAND ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software
  • EGHT ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFIVNBANDEGHTSPY
1 month +2.6%-37.1%+3.7% -5.9%
3 months +20.3%-15.4%-1.3% -4.6%
6 months +53.8%-22.2%-15.7% +0.2%
Year to date +70.3%+144.7%+14.2% +7.5%
1 year +50.0%+157.0%+2.3% +8.2%
3 years -46.9%+206.1%-25.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year -19.0%+45.2%-9.1% +19.0%
5 years -76.9%-55.4%-90.1% +56.5%
5 years, per year -25.4%-14.9%-37.1% +9.4%
10 years +149.2%—-83.4% +251.5%
10 years, per year +9.6%—-16.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFIVNBANDEGHTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.6%97.1%80.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.4%94.5%69.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.442.510.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.731.620.03 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.8%-89.1%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.7%-51.8%-18.5% -5.9%
52-week high $38.65$78.44$2.76 $779.14
52-week low $13.61$12.82$1.59 $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.

MultipleFIVNBANDEGHT
P/E now vs peer median 45.8xmedian 34.8x 305.9xmedian 34.8x 44.2xmedian 34.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.1x 1.4xmedian 2.1x 0.4xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 11.9x 23.1xmedian 11.9x 4.5xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 13.6x 12.2xmedian 13.6x 5.3xmedian 13.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 3.1x 3.1xmedian 3.1x 2.1xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.20median 0.73 -7.13median 0.73 1.57median 0.73

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 monthsFIVNBANDEGHT
Revenue $1.24B $870.37M $752.47M
Gross profit $676.44M $319.33M $466.20M
Operating income $54.55M -$11.31M $24.34M
Net income $55.99M $8.75M $7.38M
Free cash flow $213.74M $96.37M $61.73M
R&D $159.08M $149.43M $112.68M
EPS (diluted) $0.72 $0.12 $0.05
Cash & equivalents $263.83M $171.32M $101.71M
Total debt – $310.58M $107.33M
Shares (diluted) 77.26M 33.49M 146.35M
Enterprise value -$647.57M $765.61M -$51.43M

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
MetricFIVNBANDEGHT
P/E 45.8x 305.9x 44.2x
P/FCF 12.0x 12.2x 5.3x
P/Operating cash flow 10.4x 10.4x 5.0x
P/S 2.1x 1.4x 0.4x
P/B 3.1x 3.1x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 3.2x 4.4x 3.1x
EV/EBITDA 8.3x 23.1x 4.5x
EV/EBIT 34.3x -116.3x 13.7x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.5x 0.4x
EV/FCF 8.8x 13.6x 5.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.6x 11.6x 5.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.20 -7.13 1.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFIVNBANDEGHT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.1% 15.1% 4.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.2% 13.7% 0.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.7% 8.8% -3.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.4% 10.3% -3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 312.2% 13.8% 58.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% 29.6% 49.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 79.0% 175.0% 224.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.8% -32.2% 28.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 102.3% 130.8% 220.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 38.1% -42.9% 28.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.8% 30.3% 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.6% 55.5% -3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.0% 44.1% 19.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 262.7% -4.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFIVNBANDEGHT
Gross margin 54.5% 36.7% 62.0%
EBITDA margin 18.2% 6.5% 9.8%
Operating margin 4.4% -1.3% 3.2%
Pretax margin 5.1% 0.1% 1.2%
Net margin 4.5% 0.5% 1.0%
FCF margin 17.2% 11.1% 8.2%
Operating cash flow margin 20.0% 13.1% 8.7%
Return on equity 6.9% 2.3% 4.8%
Return on assets 3.0% 0.8% 1.1%
Return on invested capital – -1.6% 7.5%
Return on capital employed 3.4% -1.2% 6.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.4x 13.0x 8.8x
Stock comp / revenue 10.8% 6.1% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFIVNBANDEGHT
Debt / assets – 28.4% 16.3%
Debt / equity – 0.8x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.4x 0.1x
Debt / FCF – 3.2x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 56.3% 65.1% 76.3%
Equity / assets 43.7% 34.9% 23.7%
Interest coverage 4.1x – 1.4x
Current ratio 4.0x 1.9x 0.8x
Quick ratio 3.3x 2.2x 0.6x
Cash ratio 2.7x 1.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.41 1.83 -0.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFIVNBANDEGHT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 5.3% 2.5% -0.5%
Shareholder yield 5.3% 2.5% -0.5%
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.

ConsensusFIVNBANDEGHT
Forward P/E 10.0xFY2026 21.8xFY2026 6.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.41FY2026 $1.73FY2026 $0.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 +21.0%FY2026 -15.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.2% +27.2% +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.31BFY2026 $940.09MFY2026 $732.17MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +24.7%FY2026 -0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.1% -0.9% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFIVNBANDEGHT
Held by institutions 100.0% 92.9% 71.6%
Institutions holding 290 242 173
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% +27.2% -4.2%
Institutions buying 151 172 84
Institutions selling 98 52 64
Buyers to sellers 1.54 3.31 1.31

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.

FIVNBANDEGHT
FIVN 1.00 0.42 0.53
BAND 0.42 1.00 0.27
EGHT 0.53 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FIVN, BAND and EGHT?

Five9 (FIVN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Five9 (FIVN) $2.12B, Bandwidth (BAND) $1.28B, 8X8 (EGHT) $321.02M.

Which stock is cheaper, FIVN, BAND and EGHT?

Five9 (FIVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Five9 (FIVN) 38.0x, Bandwidth (BAND) 321.7x, 8X8 (EGHT) 43.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, 8X8 (EGHT) is cheapest (Five9 (FIVN) 10.0x, Bandwidth (BAND) 21.8x, 8X8 (EGHT) 6.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Bandwidth (BAND) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Five9 (FIVN) +10.1%, Bandwidth (BAND) +15.1%, 8X8 (EGHT) +4.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Five9 (FIVN) has the highest net margin (Five9 (FIVN) 4.5%, Bandwidth (BAND) 0.5%, 8X8 (EGHT) 1.0%). On return on invested capital, 8X8 (EGHT) leads (Bandwidth (BAND) -1.6%, 8X8 (EGHT) 7.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bandwidth (BAND) returned the most: Five9 (FIVN) +50.0%, Bandwidth (BAND) +157.0%, 8X8 (EGHT) +2.3%. Over five years, Bandwidth (BAND) compounded fastest (Five9 (FIVN) -25.4%/yr, Bandwidth (BAND) -14.9%/yr, 8X8 (EGHT) -37.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Five9 (FIVN) has been the steadiest (Five9 (FIVN) 68.6%, Bandwidth (BAND) 97.1%, 8X8 (EGHT) 80.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FIVN, BAND and EGHT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Five9 (FIVN) leads on 5. 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.