HOLO vs CXT vs ARLO Stock Comparison

MicroCloud Hologram, Crane NXT and Arlo Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CXT Crane NXT, Co.
$57.00 +19.4% 1M -13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.35B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
7 wins
ARLO Arlo Technologies, Inc.
$12.38 -3.7% 1M -36.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.42B
P/E
46.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$587.15M
Div. yield
–
Computer Vision Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Crane NXT leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Crane NXT 7, Arlo Technologies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOLOCXTARLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.94M $3.35B $1.42B CXT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.9x 46.5x CXT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.4x 13.9x CXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +17.3% +15.6% CXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.8% 5.2% CXT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.4% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -74.0% -13.7% -36.3% CXT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -89.2%/yr +10.3%/yr +13.3%/yr ARLO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.2% 38.9% 52.5% CXT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 75/100 ARLO

Percentile Scorecard

HOLOCXTARLO

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

AxisHOLOCXTARLO
Valuation – 70 #61 of 203 79 #27 of 124
Growth – 50 #95 of 187 91 #11 of 113
Profitability – 62 #71 of 185 74 #29 of 110
Financial Health 99 #2 of 129 17 #181 of 219 41 #77 of 129
Shareholder Returns – 26 #113 of 153 89 #8 of 67
Overall – 45 75
  • HOLO ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CXT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • ARLO ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHOLOCXTARLOSPY
1 month -30.5%+19.4%-3.7% -0.8%
3 months -29.7%+5.1%-10.8% +3.5%
6 months -32.9%+28.6%-12.9% +7.0%
Year to date -56.1%+21.1%-11.5% +12.2%
1 year -74.0%-13.7%-36.3% +13.0%
3 years -100.0%+12.0%+51.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -93.7%+3.9%+15.0% +23.1%
5 years -100.0%+63.5%+87.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -89.2%+10.3%+13.3% +11.0%
10 years —+143.4%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+9.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHOLOCXTARLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.2%38.9%52.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.3%41.1%54.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.431.211.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.10-0.35-0.69 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-47.6%-72.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -74.6%-13.2%-36.0% -1.8%
52-week high $4.57$65.65$19.34 $779.14
52-week low $1.16$36.13$11.23 $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.

MultipleHOLOCXTARLO
P/E now vs peer median —median 38.1x 23.4xmedian 26.0x 43.8xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 4.3x 1.8xmedian 1.9x 2.3xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 35.4x 11.9xmedian 14.0x 54.7xmedian 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 27.1x 14.6xmedian 21.4x 19.9xmedian 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 3.4x 2.6xmedian 2.2x 8.4xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.27 -2.23median 1.26 1.27median 1.27

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 monthsHOLOCXTARLO
Revenue – $1.80B $587.15M
Gross profit – $759.30M $269.92M
Operating income – $252.60M $15.60M
Net income – $141.40M $30.54M
Free cash flow – $224.00M $66.87M
R&D – – $85.47M
EPS (diluted) – $2.42 $0.28
Cash & equivalents $110.42M $231.40M $101.38M
Total debt $1.87M $1.45B –
Shares (diluted) 13.18M 58.00M 110.82M
Enterprise value -$2.17B $2.48B $933.19M

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
MetricHOLOCXTARLO
P/E – 23.4x 43.8x
P/FCF – 14.6x 19.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 12.1x 17.0x
P/S – 1.8x 2.3x
P/B 0.0x 2.6x 8.4x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 6.3x 10.0x
EV/EBITDA – 11.9x 54.7x
EV/EBIT – 17.8x 78.8x
EV/Revenue – 2.5x 2.1x
EV/FCF – 20.1x 18.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.6x 15.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -2.23 1.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOLOCXTARLO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 17.3% 15.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% 7.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.9% 32.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.6% 22.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 9.4% 241.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -4.0% 31.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – -6.6% 535.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -9.9% 36.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – -7.4% 524.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -10.5% 34.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 41.3% 20.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% 131.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 52.0% 17.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.6% 187.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOLOCXTARLO
Gross margin – 42.1% 46.0%
EBITDA margin – 21.0% 3.8%
Operating margin – 14.0% 2.7%
Pretax margin – 9.8% 5.4%
Net margin – 7.8% 5.2%
FCF margin – 12.4% 11.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.0% 13.3%
Return on equity – 11.3% 19.2%
Return on assets – 3.9% 8.3%
Return on invested capital – 7.4% –
Return on capital employed – 8.6% 9.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 12.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOLOCXTARLO
Debt / assets 0.0% 40.4% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.2x –
Debt / FCF – 6.5x –
Liabilities / assets 2.9% 64.8% 57.7%
Equity / assets 97.1% 35.2% 42.3%
Interest coverage – 3.5x 28.2x
Current ratio 34.6x 1.4x 1.4x
Quick ratio 107.3x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 107.0x 0.3x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 1.83 4.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOLOCXTARLO
Dividend yield – 1.2% –
Net buyback yield – -0.7% 4.2%
Shareholder yield – 0.5% 4.2%
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.

ConsensusHOLOCXTARLO
Forward P/E – 12.4xFY2026 13.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.59FY2026 $0.89FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +13.1%FY2026 +27.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – 0.0% +9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.85BFY2026 $553.83MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +11.4%FY2026 +4.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +17.8% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOLOCXTARLO
Held by institutions 3.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 16 359 261
Change in shares held, QoQ +135.7% +12.7% +1.2%
Institutions buying 11 182 146
Institutions selling 0 111 77
Buyers to sellers – 1.64 1.90

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.

HOLOCXTARLO
HOLO 1.00 0.24 0.25
CXT 0.24 1.00 0.19
ARLO 0.25 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOLO, CXT and ARLO?

Crane NXT (CXT) is the largest by market capitalisation: MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) $15.94M, Crane NXT (CXT) $3.35B, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) $1.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, HOLO, CXT and ARLO?

Crane NXT (CXT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Crane NXT (CXT) 23.9x, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) 46.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Crane NXT (CXT) is cheapest (Crane NXT (CXT) 12.4x, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) 13.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Crane NXT (CXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Crane NXT (CXT) +17.3%, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) +15.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Crane NXT (CXT) has the highest net margin (Crane NXT (CXT) 7.8%, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Crane NXT (CXT) returned the most: MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) -74.0%, Crane NXT (CXT) -13.7%, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) -36.3%. Over five years, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) compounded fastest (MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) -89.2%/yr, Crane NXT (CXT) +10.3%/yr, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) +13.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crane NXT (CXT) has been the steadiest (MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) 67.2%, Crane NXT (CXT) 38.9%, Arlo Technologies (ARLO) 52.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOLO, CXT and ARLO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Crane NXT (CXT) leads on 7. 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.