FORTY vs RCMT vs EXLS Stock Comparison

Formula Systems (1985), Rcm Technologies and ExlService Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RCMT Rcm Technologies, Inc.
$36.31 -10.3% 1M +56.6% 1Y
Market cap
$251.86M
P/E
14.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$328.75M
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Formula Systems (1985) leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Formula Systems (1985) 4, Rcm Technologies 4, ExlService Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFORTYRCMTEXLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.96B $251.86M $6.23B EXLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 3.1x 14.8x 24.9x FORTY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.4x 19.3x RCMT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.8% +9.6% +13.6% FORTY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.6% 5.2% 11.2% FORTY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.1% 27.1% 21.0% RCMT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 11.85% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.7% +56.6% +1.4% RCMT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.8%/yr +43.8%/yr +11.2%/yr RCMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.4% 55.7% 43.4% EXLS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 87/100 70/100 64/100 FORTY

Percentile Scorecard

FORTYRCMTEXLS

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

AxisFORTYRCMTEXLS
Valuation 98 #2 of 50 58 #48 of 112 18 #41 of 50
Growth 91 #5 of 45 66 #33 of 96 75 #12 of 45
Profitability 83 #8 of 41 90 #10 of 91 95 #3 of 41
Financial Health 62 #24 of 62 65 #45 of 125 59 #26 of 62
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 30 – 72 #9 of 30
Overall 87 70 64
  • FORTY ranked among 66 companies in Technology Services
  • RCMT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • EXLS ranked among 66 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFORTYRCMTEXLSSPY
1 month +11.3%-10.3%+20.2% -0.8%
3 months +12.3%+29.8%+46.3% +3.5%
6 months -6.1%+14.6%+37.5% +7.0%
Year to date -23.4%+77.6%-1.6% +12.2%
1 year -9.7%+56.6%+1.4% +13.0%
3 years +128.7%+85.3%+62.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +31.8%+22.9%+17.7% +23.1%
5 years +20.7%+514.4%+69.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.8%+43.8%+11.2% +11.0%
10 years +236.2%+423.2%+346.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +12.9%+18.0%+16.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFORTYRCMTEXLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.4%55.7%43.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 85.0%47.2%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.85-0.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.181.020.03 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.5%-63.1%-51.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.8%-13.6%-3.7% -1.8%
52-week high $190.56$42.02$43.38 $779.14
52-week low $102.01$17.55$25.22 $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.

MultipleFORTYRCMTEXLS
P/E now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 17.9x 15.1xmedian 21.9x 25.5xmedian 17.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.9x 2.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.0x —median 12.2x 16.4xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 12.1x —median 14.3x 23.0xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.4x 5.3xmedian 2.3x 7.3xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 1.49 1.92median 1.02 1.49median 1.49

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 monthsFORTYRCMTEXLS
Revenue $2.93B $328.75M $2.24B
Gross profit $580.29M $90.05M $861.62M
Operating income $249.80M $26.47M $333.32M
Net income $697.91M $17.05M $250.00M
Free cash flow – – $275.04M
R&D $21.15M – –
EPS (diluted) $39.97 $2.37 $1.64
Cash & equivalents $863.79M $6.59M $126.72M
Total debt $642.43M $113.61M $381.16M
Shares (diluted) 15.79M 7.19M 152.83M
Enterprise value -$936.49M $235.57M $4.97B

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
MetricFORTYRCMTEXLS
P/E 3.1x 15.1x 25.5x
P/FCF – – 23.0x
P/Operating cash flow – – 19.3x
P/S 0.7x 0.8x 2.8x
P/B 1.2x 5.3x 7.3x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 5.3x 7.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 16.4x
EV/EBIT 5.1x 10.4x 19.3x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 0.8x 2.9x
EV/FCF – – 23.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 1.92 1.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFORTYRCMTEXLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.8% 9.6% 13.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.9% 7.8% 13.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.3% 7.6% 15.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.2% 6.0% 14.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.5% 10.9% 11.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 4.8% 13.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 255.1% 25.5% 5.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 61.1% 1.8% 13.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 700.9% 31.6% 13.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 112.1% 7.9% 17.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -0.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 22.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -1.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 28.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFORTYRCMTEXLS
Gross margin 19.8% 27.4% 38.5%
EBITDA margin – – 17.6%
Operating margin 8.5% 8.1% 14.9%
Pretax margin 7.1% 7.1% 14.5%
Net margin 21.6% 5.2% 11.2%
FCF margin – – 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin – – 14.6%
Return on equity 40.1% 36.1% 30.4%
Return on assets 19.5% 12.7% 14.6%
Return on invested capital 10.1% 27.1% 21.0%
Return on capital employed 11.2% 32.3% 33.1%
Asset turnover 0.8x 2.4x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 4.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFORTYRCMTEXLS
Debt / assets 4.8% 17.4% 21.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.5x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.2x
Debt / FCF – – 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 52.8% 63.6% 50.4%
Equity / assets 47.2% 36.4% 49.6%
Interest coverage – – 18.3x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.9x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.4x 2.0x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 5.55 7.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFORTYRCMTEXLS
Dividend yield 11.9% – –
Net buyback yield – – 7.1%
Shareholder yield 11.9% 0.0% 7.1%
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.

ConsensusFORTYRCMTEXLS
Forward P/E – 12.4xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.94FY2026 $2.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.6%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +11.6% +26.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $333.92MFY2026 $2.53BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4.5%FY2026 +21.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +10.7% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFORTYRCMTEXLS
Held by institutions – 39.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 84 442
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.5% +1.7%
Institutions buying – 41 211
Institutions selling – 29 188
Buyers to sellers – 1.41 1.12

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.

FORTYRCMTEXLS
FORTY 1.00 -0.04 0.05
RCMT -0.04 1.00 0.08
EXLS 0.05 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FORTY, RCMT and EXLS?

ExlService Holdings (EXLS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) $1.96B, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) $251.86M, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) $6.23B.

Which stock is cheaper, FORTY, RCMT and EXLS?

Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 3.1x, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 14.8x, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 24.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) is cheapest (Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 12.4x, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +24.8%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +9.6%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) +13.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) has the highest net margin (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 21.6%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 5.2%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 11.2%). On return on invested capital, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) leads (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 10.1%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 27.1%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Rcm Technologies (RCMT) returned the most: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) -9.7%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +56.6%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) +1.4%. Over five years, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) compounded fastest (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +3.8%/yr, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +43.8%/yr, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) +11.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 11.85%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 0.00%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 0.00%. Rcm Technologies (RCMT) and ExlService Holdings (EXLS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) has been the steadiest (Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 55.4%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 55.7%, ExlService Holdings (EXLS) 43.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FORTY, RCMT and EXLS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 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.