FIVN vs COE vs TWLO Stock Comparison

Five9, 51Talk Online Education and Twilio 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
$2.57B
P/E
45.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
2 wins
TWLO Twilio Inc
$200.99 -28.3% 1M +52.9% 1Y
Market cap
$31.10B
P/E
24.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.83B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Twilio leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Twilio 5, Five9 2, 51Talk Online Education 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFIVNCOETWLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.57B $268.58M $31.10B TWLO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 45.8x -15.6x 24.1x TWLO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.0x — 34.0x FIVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.1% +74.9% +19.1% COE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% -14.1% 21.8% TWLO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -3.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +50.0% -75.1% +52.9% TWLO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -25.4%/yr +3.9%/yr -8.3%/yr COE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.6% 72.4% 62.3% TWLO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 43/100 61/100 FIVN

Percentile Scorecard

FIVNCOETWLO

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

AxisFIVNCOETWLO
Valuation 68 #10 of 29 50 #45 of 89 36 #19 of 29
Growth 85 #5 of 28 57 #36 of 82 96 #2 of 28
Profitability 65 #10 of 27 55 #36 of 78 50 #14 of 27
Financial Health 73 #9 of 31 11 #85 of 95 90 #4 of 31
Shareholder Returns 57 #10 of 22 – 33 #15 of 22
Overall 70 43 61
  • FIVN ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software
  • COE ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • TWLO ranked among 31 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFIVNCOETWLOSPY
1 month +2.6%+7.9%-28.3% -5.9%
3 months +20.3%-40.5%+4.0% -4.6%
6 months +53.8%-52.5%+2.0% +0.2%
Year to date +70.3%-64.9%+41.3% +7.5%
1 year +50.0%-75.1%+52.9% +8.2%
3 years -46.9%+44.8%+277.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year -19.0%+13.1%+55.8% +19.0%
5 years -76.9%+20.9%-35.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year -25.4%+3.9%-8.3% +9.4%
10 years +149.2%-82.5%+536.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year +9.6%-16.0%+20.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFIVNCOETWLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.6%72.4%62.3% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.4%76.6%58.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.440.741.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.73-1.040.85 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.8%-82.0%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.7%-75.1%-33.7% -5.9%
52-week high $38.65$45.13$302.99 $779.14
52-week low $13.61$10.01$108.49 $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.

MultipleFIVNCOETWLO
P/E now vs peer median 45.8xmedian 34.8x -15.6xmedian 42.4x 24.1xmedian 34.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.1x 2.2xmedian 2.5x 5.3xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 11.9x —median 17.4x 48.4xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 13.6x —median 21.5x 26.5xmedian 13.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 3.1x -7.3xmedian 1.9x 3.4xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.20median 0.73 0.97median 1.51 0.45median 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 monthsFIVNCOETWLO
Revenue $1.24B $120.53M $5.83B
Gross profit $676.44M $88.35M $2.83B
Operating income $54.55M -$13.29M $397.63M
Net income $55.99M -$11.57M $1.27B
Free cash flow $213.74M – $1.17B
R&D $159.08M $7.56M $1.08B
EPS (diluted) $0.72 $-0.72 $7.97
Cash & equivalents $263.83M $39.98M $1.06B
Total debt – – $993.61M
Shares (diluted) 77.26M 23.67M 159.71M
Enterprise value -$201.78M $132.00M $20.74B

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
MetricFIVNCOETWLO
P/E 45.8x -15.6x 24.1x
P/FCF 12.0x – 26.5x
P/Operating cash flow 10.4x – 26.2x
P/S 2.1x 2.2x 5.3x
P/B 3.1x -7.3x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 3.2x -7.3x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 8.3x – 48.4x
EV/EBIT 34.3x -17.2x 73.4x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.9x 5.0x
EV/FCF 8.8x – 24.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.6x – 24.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.20 0.97 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFIVNCOETWLO
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.1% 74.9% 19.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.2% 77.8% 12.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.7% 67.1% 17.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.4% 73.8% 12.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 312.2% -110.8% 246.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% -9.0% 36.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 79.0% -114.9% 1,793%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.8% 35.6% 51.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 102.3% -132.4% 1,787%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 38.1% -16.0% 53.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.8% – 41.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.6% – 107.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.0% – 40.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% – 114.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFIVNCOETWLO
Gross margin 54.5% 73.3% 48.6%
EBITDA margin 18.2% – 10.3%
Operating margin 4.4% -11.0% 6.8%
Pretax margin 5.1% -12.5% 4.8%
Net margin 4.5% -14.1% 21.8%
FCF margin 17.2% – 20.1%
Operating cash flow margin 20.0% – 20.3%
Return on equity 6.9% – 14.0%
Return on assets 3.0% -17.1% 11.6%
Return on invested capital – – 3.9%
Return on capital employed 3.4% – 3.9%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.4x – 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 10.8% – 10.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFIVNCOETWLO
Debt / assets – – 8.9%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -3.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 56.3% 153.1% 17.4%
Equity / assets 43.7% -53.1% 82.6%
Interest coverage 4.1x – –
Current ratio 4.0x 0.6x 4.5x
Quick ratio 3.3x 0.4x 4.1x
Cash ratio 2.7x 0.4x 3.2x
Altman Z-score 2.41 – 9.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFIVNCOETWLO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 5.3% – 1.9%
Shareholder yield 5.3% 0.0% 1.9%
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.

ConsensusFIVNCOETWLO
Forward P/E 10.0xFY2026 – 34.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.41FY2026 $-0.06FY2027 $5.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 – +20.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.2% – +20.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.31BFY2026 $179.19MFY2026 $6.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +89.7%FY2026 +27.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.1% +56.9% +1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFIVNCOETWLO
Held by institutions 100.0% – 90.3%
Institutions holding 290 – 966
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% – +1.9%
Institutions buying 151 – 544
Institutions selling 98 – 311
Buyers to sellers 1.54 – 1.75

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.

FIVNCOETWLO
FIVN 1.00 0.12 0.66
COE 0.12 1.00 0.11
TWLO 0.66 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FIVN, COE and TWLO?

Twilio (TWLO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Five9 (FIVN) $2.57B, 51Talk Online Education (COE) $268.58M, Twilio (TWLO) $31.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, FIVN, COE and TWLO?

Twilio (TWLO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Five9 (FIVN) 45.8x, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -15.6x, Twilio (TWLO) 24.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Five9 (FIVN) is cheapest (Five9 (FIVN) 10.0x, Twilio (TWLO) 34.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

51Talk Online Education (COE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Five9 (FIVN) +10.1%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +74.9%, Twilio (TWLO) +19.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Twilio (TWLO) has the highest net margin (Five9 (FIVN) 4.5%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -14.1%, Twilio (TWLO) 21.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Twilio (TWLO) returned the most: Five9 (FIVN) +50.0%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -75.1%, Twilio (TWLO) +52.9%. Over five years, 51Talk Online Education (COE) compounded fastest (Five9 (FIVN) -25.4%/yr, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +3.9%/yr, Twilio (TWLO) -8.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Twilio (TWLO) has been the steadiest (Five9 (FIVN) 68.6%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) 72.4%, Twilio (TWLO) 62.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FIVN, COE and TWLO?

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