INTA vs INTU vs PCTY Stock Comparison

Intapp, Intuit and Paylocity Holding Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
INTA Intapp, Inc.
$47.15 +30.6% 1M +18.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$577.81M
Div. yield
–
CRM and Sales Software Technology
3 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$339.89 +23.2% 1M -50.2% 1Y
Market cap
$92.11B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
–
Accounting Software Technology
5 wins
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp
$176.46 +23.1% 1M +15.9% 1Y
Market cap
$9.38B
P/E
34.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.77B
Div. yield
–
HR Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Intuit leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Intuit 5, Intapp 3, Paylocity Holding 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionINTAINTUPCTYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.68B $92.11B $9.38B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -89.1x 20.2x 34.8x INTU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.2x 15.7x 21.4x INTU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.6% +13.9% +11.0% INTA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.1% 21.3% 15.2% INTU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 16.7% 21.0% PCTY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x -0.4x PCTY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.1% -50.2% +15.9% INTA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.8%/yr -11.1%/yr -9.8%/yr INTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.3% 52.5% 42.1% PCTY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 74/100 64/100 INTU

Percentile Scorecard

INTAINTUPCTY

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

AxisINTAINTUPCTY
Valuation 35 #67 of 102 83 #18 of 102 54 #48 of 102
Growth 60 #40 of 98 70 #30 of 98 68 #32 of 98
Profitability 46 #52 of 95 94 #7 of 95 86 #14 of 95
Financial Health 47 #58 of 109 69 #34 of 109 57 #48 of 109
Shareholder Returns 76 #16 of 64 56 #29 of 64 57 #28 of 64
Overall 53 74 64
  • INTA ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • INTU ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • PCTY ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodINTAINTUPCTYSPY
1 month +30.6%+23.2%+23.1% -0.8%
3 months +60.1%+11.8%+35.6% +3.5%
6 months +113.0%-12.8%+74.1% +7.0%
Year to date +2.9%-48.7%+15.7% +12.2%
1 year +18.1%-50.2%+15.9% +13.0%
3 years +42.0%-29.1%+1.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.4%-10.8%+0.4% +23.1%
5 years +74.6%-44.6%-40.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +11.8%-11.1%-9.8% +11.0%
10 years —+215.2%+300.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+12.2%+14.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureINTAINTUPCTYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.3%52.5%42.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 57.4%58.5%41.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.350.21-0.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.30-0.960.38 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.2%-68.4%-68.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.8%-50.3%-0.7% -1.8%
52-week high $47.99$683.39$177.67 $779.14
52-week low $19.14$255.07$95.10 $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.

MultipleINTAINTUPCTY
P/E now vs peer median -90.9xmedian 28.8x 20.5xmedian 28.8x 35.4xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 2.8x 4.3xmedian 2.8x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -154.2xmedian 17.7x 13.6xmedian 17.7x 18.5xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.9xmedian 15.8x 10.5xmedian 15.8x 18.9xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 3.2x 4.8xmedian 3.2x 7.7xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -4.19median 0.85 0.82median 0.85 1.38median 0.85

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 monthsINTAINTUPCTY
Revenue $577.81M $21.45B $1.77B
Gross profit $437.85M $17.37B $1.23B
Operating income -$40.10M $5.88B $385.99M
Net income -$41.31M $4.57B $269.74M
Free cash flow $144.71M $8.66B $497.10M
R&D $167.32M $3.38B $221.39M
EPS (diluted) $-0.52 $16.48 $4.92
Cash & equivalents $162.81M $4.71B $271.92M
Total debt – $7.67B $81.25M
Shares (diluted) 79.62M 277.00M 54.77M
Enterprise value $2.91B $71.46B $8.48B

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
MetricINTAINTUPCTY
P/E -90.9x 20.5x 35.4x
P/FCF 24.9x 10.5x 18.9x
P/Operating cash flow 24.6x 10.3x 17.6x
P/S 6.2x 4.3x 5.3x
P/B 11.4x 4.8x 7.7x
P/Tangible book 12.5x 6.4x 8.3x
EV/EBITDA -154.2x 13.6x 18.5x
EV/EBIT -85.9x 15.6x 23.9x
EV/Revenue 6.0x 4.3x 5.2x
EV/FCF 23.8x 10.6x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.5x 10.4x 17.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.19 0.82 1.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricINTAINTUPCTY
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.6% 13.9% 11.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.1% 14.3% 14.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.4% 14.7% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 22.3% 15.1% 14.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -46.6% 19.5% 27.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.7% 23.3% 35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -126.8% 18.0% 18.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 24.2% 24.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -124.2% 20.6% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.7% 25.1% 25.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.9% 42.4% 27.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 74.8% 20.5% 23.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 18.8% 41.5% 22.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 78.9% 21.4% 24.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricINTAINTUPCTY
Gross margin 75.8% 81.0% 69.2%
EBITDA margin -3.9% 31.4% 28.1%
Operating margin -6.9% 27.4% 21.8%
Pretax margin -6.4% 28.1% 21.9%
Net margin -7.1% 21.3% 15.2%
FCF margin 25.0% 40.4% 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin 25.4% 41.2% 30.1%
Return on equity -13.0% 23.0% 22.5%
Return on assets -5.6% 12.0% 5.2%
Return on invested capital – 16.7% 21.0%
Return on capital employed -12.3% 21.1% 22.1%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.6x 1.9x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 20.8% 9.6% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricINTAINTUPCTY
Debt / assets – 20.8% 1.7%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.9x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 57.9% 48.4% 75.0%
Equity / assets 42.1% 51.6% 25.0%
Interest coverage – 23.0x –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.7x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.88 5.08 2.57

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricINTAINTUPCTY
Dividend yield – 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 7.2% 5.7% 4.1%
Shareholder yield 7.2% 7.2% 4.1%
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.

ConsensusINTAINTUPCTY
Forward P/E 30.2xFY2027 15.7xFY2027 21.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.56FY2027 $21.63FY2027 $8.25FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +22.8%FY2027 +28.4%FY2027 -0.7%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +18.6% +14.7% +13.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $679.07MFY2027 $24.07BFY2027 $1.94BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +17.5%FY2027 +12.2%FY2027 +9.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.8% +9.3% -1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersINTAINTUPCTY
Held by institutions 85.1% 91.0% 85.3%
Institutions holding 248 1,747 466
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +7.2% +2.3%
Institutions buying 129 801 273
Institutions selling 90 792 154
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.01 1.77

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.

INTAINTUPCTY
INTA 1.00 0.56 0.65
INTU 0.56 1.00 0.62
PCTY 0.65 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, INTA, INTU and PCTY?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intapp (INTA) $3.68B, Intuit (INTU) $92.11B, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) $9.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, INTA, INTU and PCTY?

Intuit (INTU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intapp (INTA) -89.1x, Intuit (INTU) 20.2x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 34.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intuit (INTU) is cheapest (Intapp (INTA) 30.2x, Intuit (INTU) 15.7x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 21.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Intapp (INTA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intapp (INTA) +14.6%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +11.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest net margin (Intapp (INTA) -7.1%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 15.2%). On return on invested capital, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) leads (Intuit (INTU) 16.7%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intapp (INTA) returned the most: Intapp (INTA) +18.1%, Intuit (INTU) -50.2%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +15.9%. Over five years, Intapp (INTA) compounded fastest (Intapp (INTA) +11.8%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -11.1%/yr, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) -9.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) has been the steadiest (Intapp (INTA) 60.3%, Intuit (INTU) 52.5%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 42.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, INTA, INTU and PCTY?

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