IBM vs NTNX vs GOOGL Stock Comparison

International Business Machines, Nutanix and Alphabet Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$70.71 +0.9% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$18.06B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
3 wins
GOOGL Alphabet Inc.
$283.82 -16.7% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.39T
P/E
14.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$471.10B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Alphabet leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Alphabet 4, Nutanix 3, International Business Machines 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIBMNTNXGOOGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $242.18B $18.06B $3.39T GOOGL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.7x 12.0x 14.4x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.7x 29.1x 13.5x GOOGL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +12.4% +22.2% GOOGL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 53.0% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.2% +3.8% +3.4% NTNX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.7%/yr +15.6%/yr +13.9%/yr IBM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.7% 47.3% 34.1% GOOGL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 81/100 55/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

IBMNTNXGOOGL

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

AxisIBMNTNXGOOGL
Valuation 65 #14 of 38 70 #12 of 38 36 #107 of 166
Growth 29 #26 of 36 91 #4 of 36 82 #29 of 153
Profitability 88 #5 of 34 91 #4 of 34 61 #61 of 153
Financial Health 39 #23 of 37 61 #15 of 37 78 #40 of 179
Shareholder Returns – 90 #3 of 20 20 #73 of 91
Overall 55 81 55
  • IBM ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • GOOGL ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIBMNTNXGOOGLSPY
1 month +17.4%+0.9%-16.7% +0.7%
3 months +16.5%+19.3%-14.9% +3.7%
6 months +11.8%+72.9%-26.2% +7.1%
Year to date -12.8%+36.8%-9.3% +12.8%
1 year -16.2%+3.8%+3.4% +11.9%
3 years +81.0%+101.3%+128.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +21.9%+26.3%+31.6% +22.8%
5 years +115.9%+106.1%+91.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +16.7%+15.6%+13.9% +10.9%
10 years +77.0%+184.7%+592.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +5.9%+11.0%+21.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIBMNTNXGOOGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.7%47.3%34.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.9%50.9%34.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.820.741.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.320.080.10 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.4%-62.1%-44.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.6%-5.3%-29.5% -1.2%
52-week high $329.23$74.63$402.62 $779.14
52-week low $205.96$34.41$273.50 $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.

MultipleIBMNTNXGOOGL
P/E now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 27.6x 12.6xmedian 27.6x 14.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 4.6x 6.7xmedian 4.6x 7.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 25.6x 47.9xmedian 25.6x —median 12.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 15.4x 22.8xmedian 15.4x 77.8xmedian 10.5x
P/B now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 4.1x 27.2xmedian 4.1x 5.1xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.35median 0.80 0.11median 0.80 0.26median 0.39

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 monthsIBMNTNXGOOGL
Revenue $69.87B $2.85B $471.10B
Gross profit $40.50B $2.48B –
Operating income – $273.97M $156.98B
Net income $11.17B $1.51B $235.69B
Free cash flow – $840.68M –
R&D – $790.89M $74.46B
EPS (diluted) $11.72 $5.17 $19.12
Cash & equivalents $9.23B $777.31M $56.33B
Shares (diluted) 953.30M 292.18M 12.31B
Enterprise value $242.18B $9.75B $3.08T

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
MetricIBMNTNXGOOGL
P/E 21.8x 12.6x 14.7x
P/FCF 15.0x 22.8x 77.8x
P/Operating cash flow 15.4x 20.9x 19.2x
P/S 3.5x 6.7x 7.3x
P/B 6.7x 27.2x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 10.8x 27.3x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA – 47.9x –
EV/EBIT – 61.2x –
EV/Revenue 3.5x 5.9x 6.8x
EV/FCF – 19.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow 15.4x 18.3x 17.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.35 0.11 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXGOOGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 12.4% 22.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 15.3% 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.1% 12.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 17.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 58.8% 26.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 49.2% 25.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 41.3% 700.0% 89.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% 0.0% 52.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 40.6% 694.1% 87.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 113.9% 57.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.4% 11.6% 18.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 49.9% 19.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 12.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 59.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXGOOGL
Gross margin – 86.8% –
EBITDA margin – 12.3% –
Operating margin – 9.6% –
Pretax margin – 11.5% –
Net margin – 53.0% –
FCF margin – 29.5% –
Operating cash flow margin 22.7% 32.1% 38.1%
Return on equity 31.6% – 35.8%
Return on assets 7.3% 35.5% 24.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – 10.7% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.6x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 12.5% 6.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXGOOGL
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 76.6% 86.2% 32.5%
Equity / assets 23.4% 13.8% 67.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.9x 1.8x 2.8x
Quick ratio – 1.6x 2.0x
Cash ratio – 1.4x 2.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.66 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXGOOGL
Dividend yield 2.6% – 0.3%
Net buyback yield – 1.4% –
Shareholder yield 2.6% 1.4% 0.3%
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.

ConsensusIBMNTNXGOOGL
Forward P/E 19.7xFY2026 29.1xFY2027 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.14FY2026 $2.43FY2027 $21.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.4%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027 +95.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.8% +5.3% -31.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $66.37BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027 $528.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.7%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027 +31.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.8% +11.2% +21.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIBMNTNXGOOGL
Held by institutions 65.1% 98.7% 80.1%
Institutions holding 3,636 560 5,742
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.5% +10.5% +4.6%
Institutions buying 1,976 333 2,657
Institutions selling 1,227 174 2,574
Buyers to sellers 1.61 1.91 1.03

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.

IBMNTNXGOOGL
IBM 1.00 0.34 0.02
NTNX 0.34 1.00 0.09
GOOGL 0.02 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IBM, NTNX and GOOGL?

Alphabet (GOOGL) is the largest by market capitalisation: International Business Machines (IBM) $242.18B, Nutanix (NTNX) $18.06B, Alphabet (GOOGL) $3.39T.

Which stock is cheaper, IBM, NTNX and GOOGL?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (International Business Machines (IBM) 21.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.0x, Alphabet (GOOGL) 14.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alphabet (GOOGL) is cheapest (International Business Machines (IBM) 19.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.1x, Alphabet (GOOGL) 13.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Alphabet (GOOGL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: International Business Machines (IBM) +6.8%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +22.2%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nutanix (NTNX) returned the most: International Business Machines (IBM) -16.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) +3.8%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +3.4%. Over five years, International Business Machines (IBM) compounded fastest (International Business Machines (IBM) +16.7%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +15.6%/yr, Alphabet (GOOGL) +13.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alphabet (GOOGL) has been the steadiest (International Business Machines (IBM) 50.7%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.3%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 34.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IBM, NTNX and GOOGL?

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