IOT vs SAP vs AIOT Stock Comparison

Samsara, Sap Se and Powerfleet Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IOT Samsara Inc.
$44.62 +17.5% 1M +13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$26.12B
P/E
287.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.85B
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
2 wins
SAP Sap Se
$238.44 +13.2% 1M -11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$292.92B
P/E
29.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.76B
Div. yield
1.23%
ERP Software Technology
8 wins
AIOT Powerfleet, Inc.
$2.60 -7.1% 1M -51.8% 1Y
Market cap
$348.99M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$450.45M
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sap Se leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Sap Se 8, Samsara 2, Powerfleet 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIOTSAPAIOTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.12B $292.92B $348.99M SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 287.8x 29.2x -18.6x SAP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 55.1x 28.0x — SAP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.5% +13.5% +24.1% IOT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.9% 20.8% -4.2% SAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 35.6% 2.9% SAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x 3.0x SAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.23% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.7% -11.5% -51.8% IOT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +10.5%/yr -17.0%/yr SAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.6% 39.4% 66.9% SAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 63/100 65/100 AIOT

Percentile Scorecard

IOTSAPAIOT

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

AxisIOTSAPAIOT
Valuation 11 #80 of 90 51 #51 of 102 87 #13 of 90
Growth 99 #2 of 82 69 #31 of 98 96 #4 of 82
Profitability 58 #33 of 77 92 #9 of 95 50 #39 of 77
Financial Health 59 #40 of 96 77 #26 of 109 27 #70 of 96
Shareholder Returns 30 #38 of 54 29 #46 of 64 –
Overall 51 63 65
  • IOT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • SAP ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • AIOT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIOTSAPAIOTSPY
1 month +17.5%+13.2%-7.1% -0.8%
3 months +26.3%+39.4%-32.3% +3.5%
6 months +51.4%+37.5%-18.2% +7.0%
Year to date +25.9%-1.8%-51.1% +12.2%
1 year +13.7%-11.5%-51.8% +13.0%
3 years +100.9%+81.5%+41.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +26.2%+22.0%+12.2% +23.1%
5 years —+64.6%-60.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+10.5%-17.0% +11.0%
10 years —+171.7%-50.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+10.5%-6.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIOTSAPAIOTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.6%39.4%66.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.3%40.7%75.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.810.632.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.23-0.29-0.77 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.4%-53.2%-75.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.3%-12.4%-54.0% -1.8%
52-week high $45.22$272.16$5.65 $779.14
52-week low $24.25$146.09$2.39 $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.

MultipleIOTSAPAIOT
P/E now vs peer median 287.8xmedian 42.4x 29.2xmedian 28.8x -18.6xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 14.1xmedian 2.7x 6.4xmedian 2.8x 0.8xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 513.8xmedian 19.0x 12.0xmedian 17.7x 7.2xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 102.2xmedian 19.4x 28.2xmedian 15.8x 22.1xmedian 19.4x
P/B now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 1.8x 5.6xmedian 3.2x 0.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 8.79median 1.75 1.82median 0.85 -0.69median 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 monthsIOTSAPAIOT
Revenue $1.85B $45.76B $450.45M
Gross profit $1.41B $33.40B $251.10M
Operating income $19.37M $22.06B $21.89M
Net income $90.55M $9.47B -$18.76M
Free cash flow $255.48M $10.40B $15.81M
R&D $375.86M $8.26B $17.86M
EPS (diluted) $0.15 $8.11 $-0.14
Cash & equivalents $291.39M $10.62B $32.82M
Total debt – $9.68B $278.39M
Shares (diluted) 590.46M 1.18B 134.17M
Enterprise value $22.89B $220.91B $226.75M

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
MetricIOTSAPAIOT
P/E 287.8x 29.2x -18.6x
P/FCF 102.2x 28.2x 22.1x
P/Operating cash flow 90.6x 25.5x 10.2x
P/S 14.1x 6.4x 0.8x
P/B 16.3x 5.6x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 16.3x 5.9x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 513.8x 12.0x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 1,306x 12.8x 27.2x
EV/Revenue 13.7x 6.2x 1.3x
EV/FCF 99.0x 27.2x 37.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 87.7x 24.6x 17.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.79 1.82 -0.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIOTSAPAIOT
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.5% 13.5% 24.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 11.7% 50.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 28.7% 12.6% 27.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 35.7% 12.1% 55.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 115.4% 30.9% 204.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 52.1% 71.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 203.0% 18.5% 61.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.5% 16.4% -132.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 199.7% 22.0% 61.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.8% 16.0% 27.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.7% 43.3% 16,575%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 581.0% 19.0% 94.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 50.6% 43.7% 206.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 142.3% 20.9% 145.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIOTSAPAIOT
Gross margin 76.4% 73.0% 55.7%
EBITDA margin 2.7% 51.5% 18.3%
Operating margin 1.0% 48.2% 4.9%
Pretax margin 5.6% 29.2% -1.8%
Net margin 4.9% 20.8% -4.2%
FCF margin 13.8% 22.7% 3.5%
Operating cash flow margin 15.6% 25.1% 7.6%
Return on equity 5.8% 18.5% -3.7%
Return on assets 3.4% 11.2% -1.9%
Return on invested capital – 35.6% 2.9%
Return on capital employed 1.1% 34.0% 2.7%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.2x 1.2x -1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 17.9% 3.9% 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIOTSAPAIOT
Debt / assets – 11.2% 28.9%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x 3.0x
Debt / FCF – 0.9x 17.6x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 39.1% 49.9%
Equity / assets 57.9% 60.9% 50.1%
Interest coverage – 8.3x 0.8x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 13.59 7.54 0.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIOTSAPAIOT
Dividend yield – 1.2% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -0.1% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 1.1% –
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.

ConsensusIOTSAPAIOT
Forward P/E 55.1xFY2026 28.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.81FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $-0.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +44.6%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +23.5% +4.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.93BFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $491.24MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +10.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +30.8% +14.3% +0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIOTSAPAIOT
Held by institutions 67.7% 7.2% 85.4%
Institutions holding 549 814 181
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.1% -3.0% -2.5%
Institutions buying 318 456 106
Institutions selling 165 243 53
Buyers to sellers 1.93 1.88 2.00

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.

IOTSAPAIOT
IOT 1.00 0.57 0.32
SAP 0.57 1.00 0.20
AIOT 0.32 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IOT, SAP and AIOT?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Samsara (IOT) $26.12B, Sap Se (SAP) $292.92B, Powerfleet (AIOT) $348.99M.

Which stock is cheaper, IOT, SAP and AIOT?

Sap Se (SAP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Samsara (IOT) 287.8x, Sap Se (SAP) 29.2x, Powerfleet (AIOT) -18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sap Se (SAP) is cheapest (Samsara (IOT) 55.1x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Samsara (IOT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Samsara (IOT) +29.5%, Sap Se (SAP) +13.5%, Powerfleet (AIOT) +24.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sap Se (SAP) has the highest net margin (Samsara (IOT) 4.9%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%, Powerfleet (AIOT) -4.2%). On return on invested capital, Sap Se (SAP) leads (Sap Se (SAP) 35.6%, Powerfleet (AIOT) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Samsara (IOT) returned the most: Samsara (IOT) +13.7%, Sap Se (SAP) -11.5%, Powerfleet (AIOT) -51.8%. Over five years, Sap Se (SAP) compounded fastest (Sap Se (SAP) +10.5%/yr, Powerfleet (AIOT) -17.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Sap Se (SAP) 1.23%. Samsara (IOT) and Powerfleet (AIOT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sap Se (SAP) has been the steadiest (Samsara (IOT) 59.6%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.4%, Powerfleet (AIOT) 66.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IOT, SAP and AIOT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sap Se (SAP) leads on 8. 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.