IOT vs SAP vs KARO Stock Comparison

Samsara, Sap Se and Karooooo Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IOT Samsara Inc.
$44.91 +14.9% 1M +16.2% 1Y
Market cap
$26.10B
P/E
288.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.85B
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
SAP Sap Se
$238.21 +13.1% 1M -14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$278.03B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.55B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
4 wins
KARO Karooooo Ltd.
$64.07 -0.2% 1M +39.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.00B
P/E
31.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$364.50M
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Karooooo leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Karooooo 6, Sap Se 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIOTSAPKAROLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.10B $278.03B $2.00B SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 288.2x 29.9x 31.2x SAP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 55.4x 28.0x 25.7x KARO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.5% +14.2% +31.4% KARO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.9% 20.8% 17.6% SAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 35.9% 34.9% SAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.2% -14.5% +39.3% KARO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +10.9%/yr +13.5%/yr KARO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.6% 39.5% 36.5% KARO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 63/100 70/100 KARO

Percentile Scorecard

IOTSAPKARO

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

AxisIOTSAPKARO
Valuation 12 #79 of 90 51 #50 of 101 58 #38 of 90
Growth 99 #2 of 82 71 #29 of 97 82 #16 of 82
Profitability 58 #33 of 77 91 #9 of 94 100 #1 of 77
Financial Health 58 #41 of 96 77 #26 of 109 57 #42 of 96
Shareholder Returns 32 #37 of 54 27 #47 of 64 51 #27 of 54
Overall 52 63 70
  • IOT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • SAP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • KARO ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIOTSAPKAROSPY
1 month +14.9%+13.1%-0.2% -1.0%
3 months +35.6%+48.8%+1.2% +2.9%
6 months +49.9%+35.9%+28.1% +6.4%
Year to date +26.7%-1.9%+40.8% +11.4%
1 year +16.2%-14.5%+39.3% +13.1%
3 years +89.7%+78.2%+181.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +23.8%+21.3%+41.1% +21.5%
5 years —+68.0%+88.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+10.9%+13.5% +10.9%
10 years —+168.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+10.4%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureIOTSAPKAROSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.6%39.5%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.5%40.8%32.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.620.90 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.27-0.371.08 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.4%-53.2%-54.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.7%-14.5%-6.8% -2.5%
52-week high $45.22$278.53$68.71 $779.14
52-week low $24.25$146.09$41.60 $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.

MultipleIOTSAPKARO
P/E now vs peer median 289.7xmedian 42.7x 29.9xmedian 29.9x 30.9xmedian 42.7x
P/S now vs peer median 14.2xmedian 2.7x 6.6xmedian 2.8x 5.4xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 517.3xmedian 19.0x 12.2xmedian 17.4x —median 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 102.9xmedian 19.6x 28.7xmedian 16.9x 15.3xmedian 19.6x
P/B now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 1.8x 5.7xmedian 3.1x 10.3xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 8.84median 1.75 1.63median 0.86 —median 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 monthsIOTSAPKARO
Revenue $1.85B $44.55B $364.50M
Gross profit $1.41B $32.56B $245.35M
Operating income $19.37M $21.60B $92.48M
Net income $90.55M $9.26B $65.09M
Free cash flow $255.48M $10.18B $129.31M
R&D $375.86M $8.03B $16.89M
EPS (diluted) $0.15 $7.90 –
Cash & equivalents $291.39M $12.01B $40.11M
Total debt – $18.08B $171.74M
Shares (diluted) 590.46M 1.18B –
Enterprise value $22.87B $205.81B $1.66B

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
MetricIOTSAPKARO
P/E 289.7x 29.9x 30.9x
P/FCF 102.9x 28.7x 15.3x
P/Operating cash flow 91.2x 26.5x 15.3x
P/S 14.2x 6.6x 5.4x
P/B 16.4x 5.7x 10.3x
P/Tangible book 16.4x 6.0x 10.3x
EV/EBITDA 517.3x 12.2x –
EV/EBIT 1,314x 13.0x 21.3x
EV/Revenue 13.8x 6.3x 5.4x
EV/FCF 99.6x 27.6x 15.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 88.3x 25.5x 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.84 1.63 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIOTSAPKARO
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.5% 14.2% 31.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 11.7% 19.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 28.7% 13.5% 27.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 35.7% 12.2% 21.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 115.4% 31.9% 17.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 53.5% 21.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 203.0% 29.0% 15.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.5% 17.5% 22.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 199.7% 31.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.8% 18.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.7% 41.4% 45.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 581.0% 19.6% 24.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 50.6% 46.2% 45.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 142.3% 22.1% 31.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIOTSAPKARO
Gross margin 76.4% 73.1% 67.3%
EBITDA margin 2.7% 51.8% –
Operating margin 1.0% 48.5% 25.4%
Pretax margin 5.6% 29.5% 24.2%
Net margin 4.9% 20.8% 17.6%
FCF margin 13.8% 22.9% 35.5%
Operating cash flow margin 15.6% 24.8% 35.5%
Return on equity 5.8% 18.2% 31.3%
Return on assets 3.4% 11.1% 16.8%
Return on invested capital – 35.9% 34.9%
Return on capital employed 1.1% 34.4% 38.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.2x 1.2x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 17.9% 3.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIOTSAPKARO
Debt / assets – 11.3% 17.4%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x –
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 40.2% 50.2%
Equity / assets 57.9% 59.8% 49.8%
Interest coverage – 8.0x 14.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.1x 0.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.9x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 13.68 7.35 8.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIOTSAPKARO
Dividend yield – 1.2% 2.3%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.4% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 1.6% 2.3%
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.

ConsensusIOTSAPKARO
Forward P/E 55.4xFY2026 28.0xFY2026 25.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.81FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $2.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +44.6%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 +22.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.5% +4.9% +15.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.93BFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $415.88MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +21.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +30.8% +14.3% +2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIOTSAPKARO
Held by institutions 67.7% 7.2% 14.4%
Institutions holding 549 814 83
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.1% -3.0% +18.4%
Institutions buying 318 456 54
Institutions selling 165 243 13
Buyers to sellers 1.93 1.88 4.15

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.

IOTSAPKARO
IOT 1.00 0.57 0.41
SAP 0.57 1.00 0.40
KARO 0.41 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IOT, SAP and KARO?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Samsara (IOT) $26.10B, Sap Se (SAP) $278.03B, Karooooo (KARO) $2.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, IOT, SAP and KARO?

Sap Se (SAP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Samsara (IOT) 288.2x, Sap Se (SAP) 29.9x, Karooooo (KARO) 31.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Karooooo (KARO) is cheapest (Samsara (IOT) 55.4x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.0x, Karooooo (KARO) 25.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Karooooo (KARO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Samsara (IOT) +29.5%, Sap Se (SAP) +14.2%, Karooooo (KARO) +31.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sap Se (SAP) has the highest net margin (Samsara (IOT) 4.9%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%, Karooooo (KARO) 17.6%). On return on invested capital, Sap Se (SAP) leads (Sap Se (SAP) 35.9%, Karooooo (KARO) 34.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Karooooo (KARO) returned the most: Samsara (IOT) +16.2%, Sap Se (SAP) -14.5%, Karooooo (KARO) +39.3%. Over five years, Karooooo (KARO) compounded fastest (Sap Se (SAP) +10.9%/yr, Karooooo (KARO) +13.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Karooooo (KARO) has been the steadiest (Samsara (IOT) 59.6%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.5%, Karooooo (KARO) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Karooooo (KARO) leads on 6. 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.