IBM vs NTNX vs SNOW Stock Comparison

International Business Machines, Nutanix and Snowflake Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$72.67 +5.8% 1M +5.2% 1Y
Market cap
$18.98B
P/E
12.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
5 wins
SNOW Snowflake Inc.
$339.93 +3.6% 1M +27.3% 1Y
Market cap
$114.50B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.43B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Nutanix leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nutanix 5, International Business Machines 2, Snowflake 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIBMNTNXSNOWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $242.04B $18.98B $114.50B IBM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.7x 12.6x -105.0x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 29.9x 158.8x IBM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +12.4% +32.0% SNOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 53.0% -20.1% NTNX
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 -19.0% +5.2% +27.3% SNOW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.2%/yr +16.2%/yr -0.8%/yr NTNX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.7% 47.3% 63.1% NTNX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 80/100 47/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

IBMNTNXSNOW

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

AxisIBMNTNXSNOW
Valuation 65 #14 of 38 73 #11 of 38 29 #88 of 124
Growth 29 #26 of 36 91 #4 of 36 68 #37 of 113
Profitability 91 #4 of 34 88 #5 of 34 50 #55 of 109
Financial Health 41 #23 of 38 62 #15 of 38 25 #95 of 127
Shareholder Returns – 85 #4 of 21 61 #25 of 63
Overall 56 80 47
  • IBM ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • SNOW ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIBMNTNXSNOWSPY
1 month +14.8%+5.8%+3.6% +0.9%
3 months +11.8%+22.0%+20.1% +5.9%
6 months +11.5%+73.0%+140.7% +8.5%
Year to date -14.5%+40.6%+55.0% +13.3%
1 year -19.0%+5.2%+27.3% +12.4%
3 years +77.7%+109.3%+137.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year +21.1%+27.9%+33.4% +23.5%
5 years +111.8%+111.8%-3.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year +16.2%+16.2%-0.8% +11.0%
10 years +73.6%+192.6%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +5.7%+11.3%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureIBMNTNXSNOWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.7%47.3%63.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.7%50.8%54.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.741.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.370.110.43 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.4%-62.1%-73.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.1%-2.6%-7.9% -0.9%
52-week high $329.23$74.63$368.93 $779.14
52-week low $205.96$34.41$121.11 $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.

MultipleIBMNTNXSNOW
P/E now vs peer median 21.3xmedian 27.6x 12.9xmedian 27.6x -108.8xmedian 37.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 4.8x 6.9xmedian 4.8x 22.0xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 24.1x 49.4xmedian 24.1x -149.7xmedian 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 15.0x 23.4xmedian 15.0x 100.2xmedian 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 4.4x 28.0xmedian 4.4x 55.7xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.33median 0.38 0.11median 0.38 18.42median 1.24

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 monthsIBMNTNXSNOW
Revenue $69.87B $2.85B $5.43B
Gross profit $40.50B $2.48B $3.64B
Operating income – $273.97M -$1.24B
Net income $11.17B $1.51B -$1.09B
Free cash flow – $840.68M $1.20B
R&D – $790.89M $2.11B
EPS (diluted) $11.72 $5.17 $-3.12
Cash & equivalents $9.23B $777.31M $1.71B
Shares (diluted) 953.30M 292.18M 349.26M
Enterprise value $242.04B $10.66B $101.82B

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
MetricIBMNTNXSNOW
P/E 21.3x 12.9x -108.8x
P/FCF 15.0x 23.4x 100.2x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 21.4x 95.6x
P/S 3.4x 6.9x 22.0x
P/B 6.6x 28.0x 55.7x
P/Tangible book 10.6x 28.1x 69.5x
EV/EBITDA – 49.4x -149.7x
EV/EBIT – 63.1x -95.0x
EV/Revenue 3.4x 6.1x 21.6x
EV/FCF – 20.6x 98.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.1x 18.9x 93.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.33 0.11 18.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXSNOW
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 12.4% 32.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 15.3% 30.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.1% 12.4% 32.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 17.4% 31.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 58.8% 19.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 49.2% -7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 41.3% 700.0% 21.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% 0.0% -8.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 40.6% 694.1% 24.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 113.9% -5.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.4% 11.6% 49.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 49.9% 22.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 12.1% 59.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 59.5% 22.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXSNOW
Gross margin – 86.8% 67.0%
EBITDA margin – 12.3% -14.4%
Operating margin – 9.6% -22.8%
Pretax margin – 11.5% -19.8%
Net margin – 53.0% -20.1%
FCF margin – 29.5% 22.0%
Operating cash flow margin 22.7% 32.1% 23.1%
Return on equity 31.6% – -53.2%
Return on assets 7.3% 35.5% -12.6%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – 10.7% -25.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.6x -1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 12.5% 30.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXSNOW
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 76.6% 86.2% 75.3%
Equity / assets 23.4% 13.8% 24.7%
Interest coverage – – -148.8x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio – 1.6x 0.8x
Cash ratio – 1.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – 2.73 9.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIBMNTNXSNOW
Dividend yield 2.7% – –
Net buyback yield – 1.4% 0.4%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 1.4% 0.4%
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.

ConsensusIBMNTNXSNOW
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 29.9xFY2027 158.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.14FY2026 $2.43FY2027 $2.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.4%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027 +71.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.8% +5.3% +36.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $66.37BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027 $6.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.7%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027 +31.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.8% +11.2% +41.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIBMNTNXSNOW
Held by institutions 65.1% 98.7% 79.8%
Institutions holding 3,635 559 1,459
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.5% +10.5% +9.1%
Institutions buying 1,975 332 850
Institutions selling 1,227 174 473
Buyers to sellers 1.61 1.91 1.80

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.

IBMNTNXSNOW
IBM 1.00 0.34 0.28
NTNX 0.34 1.00 0.52
SNOW 0.28 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IBM, NTNX and SNOW?

International Business Machines (IBM) is the largest by market capitalisation: International Business Machines (IBM) $242.04B, Nutanix (NTNX) $18.98B, Snowflake (SNOW) $114.50B.

Which stock is cheaper, IBM, NTNX and SNOW?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (International Business Machines (IBM) 21.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.6x, Snowflake (SNOW) -105.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, International Business Machines (IBM) is cheapest (International Business Machines (IBM) 19.3x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.9x, Snowflake (SNOW) 158.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Snowflake (SNOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: International Business Machines (IBM) +6.8%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%, Snowflake (SNOW) +32.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%, Snowflake (SNOW) -20.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Snowflake (SNOW) returned the most: International Business Machines (IBM) -19.0%, Nutanix (NTNX) +5.2%, Snowflake (SNOW) +27.3%. Over five years, Nutanix (NTNX) compounded fastest (International Business Machines (IBM) +16.2%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +16.2%/yr, Snowflake (SNOW) -0.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nutanix (NTNX) has been the steadiest (International Business Machines (IBM) 50.7%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.3%, Snowflake (SNOW) 63.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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