IH vs DCBO vs COE Stock Comparison

iHuman, Docebo and 51Talk Online Education Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IH iHuman Inc.
$1.18 +2.6% 1M -57.6% 1Y
Market cap
$60.65M
P/E
18.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$108.18M
Div. yield
–
Education Technology Technology
4 wins
DCBO Docebo Inc.
$30.45 +33.3% 1M +7.9% 1Y
Market cap
$847.78M
P/E
42.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$258.93M
Div. yield
–
Education Technology Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

iHuman leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (iHuman 4, Docebo 3, 51Talk Online Education 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIHDCBOCOELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $60.65M $847.78M $270.98M DCBO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.0x 42.4x -15.9x IH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.9x 19.4x — IH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -12.0% +12.3% +74.9% COE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.1% 7.7% -14.1% DCBO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 21.9% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.6% +7.9% -75.7% DCBO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.9%/yr -17.0%/yr +3.5%/yr COE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.4% 58.1% 72.4% IH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 54/100 43/100 IH

Percentile Scorecard

IHDCBOCOE

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

AxisIHDCBOCOE
Valuation 96 #5 of 90 54 #42 of 90 48 #47 of 90
Growth 3 #80 of 82 80 #17 of 82 61 #33 of 82
Profitability 59 #32 of 77 78 #18 of 77 54 #36 of 77
Financial Health 73 #27 of 96 25 #72 of 96 11 #86 of 96
Shareholder Returns 89 #7 of 54 34 #36 of 54 –
Overall 64 54 43
  • IH ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • DCBO ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • COE ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIHDCBOCOESPY
1 month +2.6%+33.3%-0.3% -0.8%
3 months -12.6%+51.0%-32.6% +3.5%
6 months -32.1%+63.7%-56.2% +7.0%
Year to date -43.8%+37.2%-63.9% +12.2%
1 year -57.6%+7.9%-75.7% +13.0%
3 years -55.5%-18.3%+44.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year -23.7%-6.5%+13.0% +23.1%
5 years -76.1%-60.5%+18.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -24.9%-17.0%+3.5% +11.0%
10 years ——-84.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——-16.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIHDCBOCOESPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.4%58.1%72.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.7%60.4%76.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.030.780.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.120.14-1.05 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.8%-81.0%-82.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.1%-1.5%-77.5% -1.8%
52-week high $2.96$30.91$51.18 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$14.70$10.01 $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.

MultipleIHDCBOCOE
P/E now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 42.4x 43.7xmedian 42.4x -16.0xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.7x 3.4xmedian 2.7x 2.3xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 19.0x 37.6xmedian 19.0x —median 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 19.4x 24.4xmedian 19.4x —median 19.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.8x -2,861xmedian 1.8x -7.5xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -0.37median 1.75 4.73median 1.75 1.00median 1.75

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 monthsIHDCBOCOE
Revenue $108.18M $258.93M $120.53M
Gross profit $72.05M $205.59M $88.35M
Operating income -$898.00K $18.48M -$13.29M
Net income $3.58M $33.60M -$11.57M
Free cash flow – $35.83M –
R&D $30.69M $52.47M $7.56M
EPS (diluted) $0.06 $0.68 $-0.72
Cash & equivalents $117.33M $45.72M $39.98M
Total debt – $90.00M –
Shares (diluted) 53.52M 29.37M 23.67M
Enterprise value -$158.88B $598.71M $134.28M

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
MetricIHDCBOCOE
P/E 18.0x 43.7x -16.0x
P/FCF – 24.4x –
P/Operating cash flow – 24.5x –
P/S 1.1x 3.4x 2.3x
P/B 1.0x -2,861x -7.5x
P/Tangible book 1.0x -36.5x -7.5x
EV/EBITDA – 37.6x –
EV/EBIT 31.0x 49.8x -17.8x
EV/Revenue -0.3x 3.6x 2.0x
EV/FCF – 25.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 25.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.37 4.73 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIHDCBOCOE
Revenue growth (1Y) -12.0% 12.3% 74.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.3% 17.2% 77.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.8% 10.3% 67.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -10.9% 16.5% 73.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -108.4% 0.5% -110.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -26.7% 160.1% -9.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -80.1% 56.9% -114.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -52.7% 65.3% 35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -78.0% -12.1% -132.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -48.5% 9.2% -16.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 26.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 77.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 28.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 85.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIHDCBOCOE
Gross margin 66.6% 79.4% 73.3%
EBITDA margin – 9.5% –
Operating margin -0.8% 7.1% -11.0%
Pretax margin 3.2% 6.6% -12.5%
Net margin 3.1% 7.7% -14.1%
FCF margin – 13.8% –
Operating cash flow margin – 13.8% –
Return on equity 2.7% – –
Return on assets 1.9% 13.5% -17.1%
Return on invested capital – 21.9% –
Return on capital employed -0.7% 18.0% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.0x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.1x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% 2.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIHDCBOCOE
Debt / assets – 37.1% –
Debt / equity – -294.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x –
Debt / FCF – 2.5x –
Liabilities / assets 33.1% 100.1% 153.1%
Equity / assets 66.9% -0.1% -53.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.9x 0.8x 0.6x
Quick ratio 2.6x 0.7x 0.4x
Cash ratio 2.5x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.46 2.03 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIHDCBOCOE
Dividend yield 8.5% – –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield 8.5% 0.0% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusIHDCBOCOE
Forward P/E 7.9xFY2026 19.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.15FY2026 $1.57FY2026 $-0.06FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -43.9%FY2026 +14.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +26.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $108.44MFY2026 $264.58MFY2026 $179.19MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -6.0%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026 +89.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +10.0% +56.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIHDCBOCOE
Held by institutions 0.1% 17.5% –
Institutions holding 1 58 –
Change in shares held, QoQ – -13.8% –
Institutions buying 0 36 –
Institutions selling 0 17 –
Buyers to sellers – 2.12 –

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.

IHDCBOCOE
IH 1.00 0.00 0.00
DCBO 0.00 1.00 0.11
COE 0.00 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IH, DCBO and COE?

Docebo (DCBO) is the largest by market capitalisation: iHuman (IH) $60.65M, Docebo (DCBO) $847.78M, 51Talk Online Education (COE) $270.98M.

Which stock is cheaper, IH, DCBO and COE?

iHuman (IH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (iHuman (IH) 18.0x, Docebo (DCBO) 42.4x, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -15.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, iHuman (IH) is cheapest (iHuman (IH) 7.9x, Docebo (DCBO) 19.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

51Talk Online Education (COE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: iHuman (IH) -12.0%, Docebo (DCBO) +12.3%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +74.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Docebo (DCBO) has the highest net margin (iHuman (IH) 3.1%, Docebo (DCBO) 7.7%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -14.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Docebo (DCBO) returned the most: iHuman (IH) -57.6%, Docebo (DCBO) +7.9%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) -75.7%. Over five years, 51Talk Online Education (COE) compounded fastest (iHuman (IH) -24.9%/yr, Docebo (DCBO) -17.0%/yr, 51Talk Online Education (COE) +3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, iHuman (IH) has been the steadiest (iHuman (IH) 51.4%, Docebo (DCBO) 58.1%, 51Talk Online Education (COE) 72.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IH, DCBO and COE?

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