GFAI vs ADT Stock Comparison

Guardforce AI and Adt Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADT ADT Inc.
$9.87 +60.5% 1M +14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$7.51B
P/E
12.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Security Services Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Adt leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Adt 4, Guardforce AI 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGFAIADTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.84M $7.51B ADT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 12.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 1.5x 11.5x GFAI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +2.1% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.9% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -81.1% +14.9% ADT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -72.6%/yr +3.4%/yr ADT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 93.8% 42.2% ADT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 66/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

GFAIADT

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

AxisGFAIADT
Valuation – 95 #7 of 113
Growth – 48 #50 of 96
Profitability – 89 #11 of 91
Financial Health 93 #10 of 122 13 #106 of 122
Shareholder Returns – 83 #12 of 66
Overall – 66
  • GFAI ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • ADT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGFAIADTSPY
1 month -40.6%+60.5% +0.7%
3 months -38.7%+31.4% +3.7%
6 months -66.6%+31.1% +7.1%
Year to date -65.9%+22.3% +12.8%
1 year -81.1%+14.9% +11.9%
3 years -94.0%+73.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year -60.9%+20.2% +22.8%
5 years -99.8%+18.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year -72.6%+3.4% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureGFAIADTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 93.8%42.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.1%35.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.530.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.860.35 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.8%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -81.1%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $1.01$9.87 $779.14
52-week low $0.19$6.08 $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.

MultipleGFAIADT
P/E now vs peer median —median 21.9x 12.3xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.9x 1.3xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.9x 5.0xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.4x 3.4xmedian 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 2.4x 1.9xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.97 0.07median 0.97

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 monthsGFAIADT
Revenue – $5.16B
Gross profit – $4.17B
Operating income – $1.29B
Net income – $612.75M
Free cash flow – $1.97B
EPS (diluted) – $0.75
Cash & equivalents $21.30M $3.88M
Total debt – $7.69B
Shares (diluted) 21.92M 820.13M
Enterprise value -$179.64M $7.24B

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
MetricGFAIADT
P/E – 12.3x
P/FCF – 3.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.1x
P/S – 1.3x
P/B 0.2x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 0.2x -5.0x
EV/EBITDA – 5.0x
EV/EBIT – 11.2x
EV/Revenue – 2.8x
EV/FCF – 7.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 6.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGFAIADT
Revenue growth (1Y) – 2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -0.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 19.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -1.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 164.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 178.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 5.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 5.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGFAIADT
Gross margin – 80.7%
EBITDA margin – 55.6%
Operating margin – 25.0%
Pretax margin – 16.6%
Net margin – 11.9%
FCF margin – 38.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 41.8%
Return on equity – 16.8%
Return on assets – 3.9%
Return on invested capital – 8.2%
Return on capital employed – 8.8%
Asset turnover – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGFAIADT
Debt / assets – 48.8%
Debt / equity – 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.7x
Debt / FCF – 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 30.7% 77.9%
Equity / assets 69.3% 22.1%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 5.2x 0.7x
Quick ratio 4.8x 0.4x
Cash ratio 3.8x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 0.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGFAIADT
Dividend yield – 2.4%
Net buyback yield – 10.6%
Shareholder yield – 13.0%
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.

ConsensusGFAIADT
Forward P/E 1.5xFY2026 11.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.13FY2026 $0.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -3.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +19.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $40.46MFY2026 $4.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.9%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +158.0% +12.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGFAIADT
Held by institutions – 94.5%
Institutions holding – 457
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.7%
Institutions buying – 297
Institutions selling – 125
Buyers to sellers – 2.38

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.

GFAIADT
GFAI 1.00 0.12
ADT 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GFAI and ADT?

Adt (ADT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guardforce AI (GFAI) $3.84M, Adt (ADT) $7.51B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Adt (ADT) returned the most: Guardforce AI (GFAI) -81.1%, Adt (ADT) +14.9%. Over five years, Adt (ADT) compounded fastest (Guardforce AI (GFAI) -72.6%/yr, Adt (ADT) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Adt (ADT) has been the steadiest (Guardforce AI (GFAI) 93.8%, Adt (ADT) 42.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do GFAI and ADT move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.12, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, GFAI and ADT?

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