IPM vs TCX vs CTSH Stock Comparison

Intelligent Protection Management, Tucows and Cognizant Technology Solutions Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TCX Tucows Inc /Pa/
$10.43 +8.2% 1M -42.9% 1Y
Market cap
$116.41M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$394.44M
Div. yield
–
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Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cognizant Technology Solutions leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cognizant Technology Solutions 5, Intelligent Protection Management 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIPMTCXCTSHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.03M $116.41M $28.26B CTSH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.9x -1.4x 11.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.1x — 11.1x CTSH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +113.5% +4.2% +5.0% IPM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -14.8% -21.2% — IPM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -27.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 31.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 2.08% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.3% -42.9% -12.8% CTSH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.7%/yr -33.9%/yr -4.4%/yr CTSH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.2% 81.4% 43.2% IPM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 48/100 64/100 CTSH

Percentile Scorecard

IPMTCXCTSH

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

AxisIPMTCXCTSH
Valuation 14 #43 of 50 51 #19 of 38 57 #22 of 50
Growth 82 #9 of 45 63 #14 of 36 64 #17 of 45
Profitability 13 #35 of 40 42 #20 of 34 69 #13 of 40
Financial Health 42 #35 of 60 11 #33 of 37 70 #19 of 60
Shareholder Returns – 74 #6 of 20 59 #12 of 28
Overall 38 48 64
  • IPM ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services
  • TCX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • CTSH ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIPMTCXCTSHSPY
1 month -5.6%+8.2%+10.0% +0.7%
3 months -7.1%+7.5%+16.0% +3.7%
6 months -7.7%-33.7%+18.2% +7.1%
Year to date -1.7%-53.5%-24.7% +12.8%
1 year -16.3%-42.9%-12.8% +11.9%
3 years +7.6%-38.0%-1.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.5%-14.7%-0.6% +22.8%
5 years -68.7%-87.3%-19.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -20.7%-33.9%-4.4% +10.9%
10 years -71.6%-65.0%+21.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year -11.8%-10.0%+1.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIPMTCXCTSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.2%81.4%43.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%69.8%44.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.740.730.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.41-0.53-0.30 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.7%-90.7%-58.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.4%-58.1%-27.9% -1.2%
52-week high $2.15$24.90$86.70 $779.14
52-week low $1.49$8.48$38.73 $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.

MultipleIPMTCXCTSH
P/E now vs peer median -5.9xmedian 17.5x -1.4xmedian 27.6x 11.3xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 4.6x 1.3xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -7.0xmedian 10.4x 45.8xmedian 25.6x —median 10.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -34.2xmedian 13.3x -8.1xmedian 15.4x 9.9xmedian 13.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.5x -0.6xmedian 4.1x 1.9xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.83median 1.28 0.32median 0.80 1.12median 1.28

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 monthsIPMTCXCTSH
Revenue $25.19M $394.44M $21.89B
Gross profit $12.19M $98.23M –
Operating income -$4.54M -$28.33M $3.44B
Net income -$3.73M -$83.63M $2.57B
Free cash flow -$644.80K -$14.40M –
R&D – $18.35M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 $-7.50 $5.52
Cash & equivalents $5.23M $44.16M $1.52B
Total debt – $1.17B –
Shares (diluted) 13.04M 11.15M 466.00M
Enterprise value -$1.79M -$72.90M $28.26B

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
MetricIPMTCXCTSH
P/E -5.9x -1.4x 11.3x
P/FCF -34.2x -8.1x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow -38.9x 26.5x 10.5x
P/S 0.9x 0.3x 1.3x
P/B 1.4x -0.6x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 2.7x -0.5x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA -7.0x 45.8x –
EV/EBIT -3.7x -12.9x –
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.9x 1.3x
EV/FCF -26.1x -25.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow -29.7x 83.4x 10.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.83 0.32 1.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIPMTCXCTSH
Revenue growth (1Y) 113.5% 4.2% 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 32.1% 7.0% 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 92.0% 9.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 13.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.0% 36.8% 4.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -14.2% 18.7% 9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 48.5% 12.5% 20.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.2% -5.4% 7.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 47.9% 13.2% 26.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.1% -4.4% 10.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 59.3% 131.2% -8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.4% 42.4% 5.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 53.6% 70.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.6% 53.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIPMTCXCTSH
Gross margin 48.4% 24.9% –
EBITDA margin -9.5% 2.0% –
Operating margin -18.0% -7.2% –
Pretax margin -16.6% -18.8% –
Net margin -14.8% -21.2% –
FCF margin -2.6% -3.7% –
Operating cash flow margin -2.2% 1.1% 12.3%
Return on equity -22.2% – 17.6%
Return on assets -12.9% -11.5% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – -27.8% –
Return on capital employed -22.1% -7.4% –
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x -0.1x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIPMTCXCTSH
Debt / assets – 40.4% –
Debt / equity – -1.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 31.3x –
Debt / FCF – -20.4x –
Liabilities / assets 43.0% 127.6% 30.9%
Equity / assets 57.0% -27.6% 69.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.4x 0.6x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.2x –
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score 0.24 -0.26 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIPMTCXCTSH
Dividend yield – – 2.1%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 2.1%
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.

ConsensusIPMTCXCTSH
Forward P/E 21.1xFY2026 – 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.08FY2026 $-5.95FY2026 $5.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +6.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +75.0% – +10.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.44MFY2026 $511.61MFY2026 $20.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.5%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026 -1.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.0% +0.4% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIPMTCXCTSH
Held by institutions – 47.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 70 916
Change in shares held, QoQ – -15.7% +6.6%
Institutions buying – 41 464
Institutions selling – 19 353
Buyers to sellers – 2.16 1.31

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.

IPMTCXCTSH
IPM 1.00 -0.03 0.06
TCX -0.03 1.00 0.24
CTSH 0.06 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IPM, TCX and CTSH?

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) $22.03M, Tucows (TCX) $116.41M, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) $28.26B.

Which company is growing faster?

Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) +113.5%, Tucows (TCX) +4.2%, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) +5.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) has the highest net margin (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -14.8%, Tucows (TCX) -21.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) returned the most: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -16.3%, Tucows (TCX) -42.9%, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) -12.8%. Over five years, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) compounded fastest (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) -20.7%/yr, Tucows (TCX) -33.9%/yr, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) -4.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) 2.08%. Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) and Tucows (TCX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) has been the steadiest (Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) 40.2%, Tucows (TCX) 81.4%, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) 43.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IPM, TCX and CTSH?

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