FIVN vs SPOK vs API Stock Comparison

Five9, Spok Holdings and Agora Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FIVN Five9, Inc.
$37.74 +5.5% 1M +60.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.83B
P/E
47.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.20B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
SPOK Spok Holdings, Inc
$10.21 -2.4% 1M -36.9% 1Y
Market cap
$212.24M
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$135.97M
Div. yield
0.13%
Healthcare IT Technology
5 wins
API Agora, Inc.
$4.48 +6.4% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$417.56M
P/E
38.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.69M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Spok Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Spok Holdings 5, Five9 3, Agora 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFIVNSPOKAPILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.83B $212.24M $417.56M FIVN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 47.7x 17.3x 38.1x SPOK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 16.0x 32.0x FIVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.9% -3.4% +13.6% API
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.9% 9.0% 7.2% SPOK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1,164x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.13% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +60.1% -36.9% +24.4% FIVN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.9%/yr +0.3%/yr -28.9%/yr SPOK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.6% 31.7% 49.0% SPOK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 69/100 42/100 SPOK

Percentile Scorecard

FIVNSPOKAPI

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

AxisFIVNSPOKAPI
Valuation 64 #11 of 29 98 #3 of 90 18 #24 of 29
Growth 81 #6 of 27 14 #71 of 82 54 #13 of 27
Profitability 60 #11 of 26 84 #13 of 77 20 #21 of 26
Financial Health 70 #10 of 31 54 #45 of 96 77 #8 of 31
Shareholder Returns 50 #9 of 17 98 #2 of 54 –
Overall 65 69 42
  • FIVN ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SPOK ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • API ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFIVNSPOKAPISPY
1 month +5.5%-2.4%+6.4% -0.8%
3 months +47.7%-5.6%+12.6% +3.5%
6 months +127.9%-9.8%+26.2% +7.0%
Year to date +88.2%-22.6%+10.1% +12.2%
1 year +60.1%-36.9%+24.4% +13.0%
3 years -33.3%-32.6%+51.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -12.6%-12.3%+14.8% +23.1%
5 years -76.2%+1.3%-81.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -24.9%+0.3%-28.9% +11.0%
10 years +169.6%-40.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.4%-5.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFIVNSPOKAPISPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.6%31.7%49.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.0%39.1%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.480.180.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.88-1.160.50 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.8%-45.6%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.4%-37.8%-14.8% -1.8%
52-week high $38.65$16.41$5.26 $779.14
52-week low $13.61$10.21$3.24 $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.

MultipleFIVNSPOKAPI
P/E now vs peer median 47.9xmedian 31.9x 17.4xmedian 42.4x 37.6xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.4x 1.6xmedian 2.7x 3.5xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 11.5x 9.9xmedian 19.0x -7,072xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.5xmedian 14.2x 8.4xmedian 19.4x 35.9xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 3.0x 1.5xmedian 1.8x —median 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.29median 0.77 -0.57median 1.75 1.35median 0.77

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 monthsFIVNSPOKAPI
Revenue $1.20B $135.97M $151.69M
Gross profit $660.99M $106.16M $97.83M
Operating income $56.31M $16.17M -$5.19M
Net income $59.47M $12.24M $10.97M
Free cash flow $209.12M $25.41M $14.67M
R&D $153.07M $12.87M $57.28M
EPS (diluted) $0.70 $0.58 $0.11
Cash & equivalents $187.31M $16.59M $72.67M
Total debt – – $1.34M
Shares (diluted) 85.48M 21.08M 98.86M
Enterprise value $83.34M $131.91M $68.41M

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
MetricFIVNSPOKAPI
P/E 47.9x 17.4x 37.6x
P/FCF 13.5x 8.4x 35.9x
P/Operating cash flow 11.3x 7.5x 38.9x
P/S 2.3x 1.6x 3.5x
P/B 3.6x 1.5x –
P/Tangible book 3.8x 1.5x –
EV/EBITDA 9.9x 9.9x -7,072x
EV/EBIT 38.5x 12.2x -87.2x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 1.4x 3.0x
EV/FCF 10.4x 7.8x 30.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.7x 6.9x 33.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.29 -0.57 1.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFIVNSPOKAPI
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.9% -3.4% 13.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.4% -0.2% 0.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% -4.9% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.8% -1.1% 1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 408.8% -23.0% 85.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.1% -2.5% 65.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 573.6% -28.2% 149.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 39.1% -29.5% 27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 597.6% -29.4% 146.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.2% -30.5% 27.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.7% -0.7% -20.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 6.7% 35.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 46.8% 0.4% -25.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 9.9% 37.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFIVNSPOKAPI
Gross margin 54.9% 78.1% 64.5%
EBITDA margin 18.2% 14.6% 0.0%
Operating margin 4.7% 11.9% -3.4%
Pretax margin 5.5% 12.5% 7.3%
Net margin 4.9% 9.0% 7.2%
FCF margin 17.4% 18.7% 9.7%
Operating cash flow margin 20.7% 21.0% 8.9%
Return on equity 7.4% 8.7% –
Return on assets 3.2% 6.3% 1.6%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 3.5% 10.9% -0.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.2x 2.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 11.0% 3.9% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFIVNSPOKAPI
Debt / assets – – 0.2%
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1,164x
Debt / FCF – – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 57.1% 28.5% 24.1%
Equity / assets 42.9% 71.5% –
Interest coverage 4.4x – -86.5x
Current ratio 4.1x 1.1x 5.1x
Quick ratio 3.5x 1.1x 1.3x
Cash ratio 2.9x 0.4x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.58 3.53 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFIVNSPOKAPI
Dividend yield – 12.2% –
Net buyback yield 3.0% – –
Shareholder yield 3.0% 12.2% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 223.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 107.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.9% –
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.

ConsensusFIVNSPOKAPI
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 16.0xFY2026 32.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.41FY2026 $0.64FY2026 $0.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 -14.7%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.2% -34.4% +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.31BFY2026 $144.30MFY2026 $171.35MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 +21.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.1% -1.7% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFIVNSPOKAPI
Held by institutions 100.0% 51.6% 21.2%
Institutions holding 290 131 59
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% +3.0% -1.9%
Institutions buying 151 76 27
Institutions selling 98 40 18
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.90 1.50

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.

FIVNSPOKAPI
FIVN 1.00 0.11 0.28
SPOK 0.11 1.00 0.06
API 0.28 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FIVN, SPOK and API?

Five9 (FIVN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Five9 (FIVN) $2.83B, Spok Holdings (SPOK) $212.24M, Agora (API) $417.56M.

Which stock is cheaper, FIVN, SPOK and API?

Spok Holdings (SPOK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Five9 (FIVN) 47.7x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 17.3x, Agora (API) 38.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Five9 (FIVN) is cheapest (Five9 (FIVN) 11.1x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 16.0x, Agora (API) 32.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Agora (API) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Five9 (FIVN) +8.9%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -3.4%, Agora (API) +13.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Spok Holdings (SPOK) has the highest net margin (Five9 (FIVN) 4.9%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 9.0%, Agora (API) 7.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Five9 (FIVN) returned the most: Five9 (FIVN) +60.1%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -36.9%, Agora (API) +24.4%. Over five years, Spok Holdings (SPOK) compounded fastest (Five9 (FIVN) -24.9%/yr, Spok Holdings (SPOK) +0.3%/yr, Agora (API) -28.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Five9 (FIVN) 0.00%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 0.13%, Agora (API) 0.00%. Five9 (FIVN) and Agora (API) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Spok Holdings (SPOK) has been the steadiest (Five9 (FIVN) 68.6%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 31.7%, Agora (API) 49.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FIVN, SPOK and API?

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