MSFT vs AMZN vs NTNX Stock Comparison

Microsoft, Amazon Com and Nutanix Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$524.51 +4.8% 1M +0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.96T
P/E
29.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$331.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
5 wins
AMZN Amazon Com Inc
$248.00 -0.5% 1M +12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.68T
P/E
20.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$730.00B
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$70.58 +1.3% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.56B
P/E
12.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Microsoft leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Microsoft 5, Nutanix 4, Amazon Com 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMSFTAMZNNTNXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.96T $2.68T $19.56B MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.6x 20.3x 12.9x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.7x 20.4x 29.0x AMZN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.8% +15.8% +12.4% MSFT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 40.3% 18.1% 53.0% NTNX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.7% 11.0% — MSFT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 0.0x — MSFT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.8% +12.2% +1.2% AMZN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.2%/yr +8.3%/yr +14.5%/yr NTNX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 34.2% 47.2% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 79/100 65/100 79/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

MSFTAMZNNTNX

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

AxisMSFTAMZNNTNX
Valuation 54 #18 of 38 20 #83 of 104 68 #13 of 38
Growth 77 #9 of 36 93 #8 of 99 91 #4 of 36
Profitability 97 #2 of 34 69 #31 of 99 88 #5 of 34
Financial Health 84 #7 of 38 77 #27 of 113 62 #15 of 38
Shareholder Returns 81 #5 of 22 – 86 #4 of 22
Overall 79 65 79
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • AMZN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMSFTAMZNNTNXSPY
1 month +4.8%-0.5%+1.3% -1.0%
3 months +37.4%+6.8%+28.2% +2.9%
6 months +23.5%-6.1%+74.0% +6.4%
Year to date +8.5%+7.4%+36.5% +11.4%
1 year +0.8%+12.2%+1.2% +13.1%
3 years +58.7%+92.9%+93.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +16.7%+24.5%+24.5% +21.5%
5 years +69.7%+48.7%+96.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +11.2%+8.3%+14.5% +10.9%
10 years +779.2%+505.6%+141.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +24.3%+19.7%+9.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMSFTAMZNNTNXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%34.2%47.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.9%30.1%50.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.001.450.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.020.360.03 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.6%-55.7%-62.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.5%-12.7%-5.4% -2.5%
52-week high $543.45$284.02$74.63 $779.14
52-week low $352.83$198.79$34.41 $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.

MultipleMSFTAMZNNTNX
P/E now vs peer median 29.1xmedian 29.1x 20.2xmedian 16.7x 12.5xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 4.5x 3.7xmedian 0.5x 6.7xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 21.5x 16.9xmedian 9.1x 47.8xmedian 21.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 58.2xmedian 17.3x -102.0xmedian 16.6x 22.7xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 3.9x 4.8xmedian 1.7x 27.2xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.28median 0.33 0.16median 0.73 0.11median 0.33

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 monthsMSFTAMZNNTNX
Revenue $331.84B $730.00B $2.85B
Gross profit $225.47B $377.28B $2.48B
Operating income $155.24B $87.91B $273.97M
Net income $133.75B $132.25B $1.51B
Free cash flow $66.99B -$26.23B $840.68M
R&D $35.56B – $790.89M
EPS (diluted) $17.95 $12.13 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $20.94B $78.21B $777.31M
Total debt $164.03B $128.89B –
Shares (diluted) 7.45B 10.90B 292.18M
Enterprise value $3.88T $2.20T $11.25B

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
MetricMSFTAMZNNTNX
P/E 29.1x 20.2x 12.5x
P/FCF 58.2x -102.0x 22.7x
P/Operating cash flow 21.3x 19.2x 20.8x
P/S 11.7x 3.7x 6.7x
P/B 8.8x 4.8x 27.2x
P/Tangible book 9.2x 4.8x 27.3x
EV/EBITDA 19.4x 16.9x 47.8x
EV/EBIT 24.9x 30.5x 61.1x
EV/Revenue 11.6x 3.7x 5.9x
EV/FCF 57.6x -102.2x 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.1x 19.2x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.28 0.16 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMSFTAMZNNTNX
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.8% 15.8% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 12.7% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.3% 18.8% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.6% 16.9% 17.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 20.8% 26.2% 58.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 68.7% 49.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 31.3% 106.3% 700.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 130.7% 0.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 31.6% 104.5% 694.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.8% 127.5% 113.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 34.4% 38.4% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 49.6% 49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.5% -885.3% 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.0% -17.6% 59.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMSFTAMZNNTNX
Gross margin 67.9% 51.7% 86.8%
EBITDA margin 59.9% 21.8% 12.3%
Operating margin 46.8% 12.0% 9.6%
Pretax margin 50.0% 23.2% 11.5%
Net margin 40.3% 18.1% 53.0%
FCF margin 20.2% -3.6% 29.5%
Operating cash flow margin 55.1% 19.1% 32.1%
Return on equity 31.2% 26.6% –
Return on assets 18.4% 13.2% 35.5%
Return on invested capital 26.7% 11.0% –
Return on capital employed 27.8% 11.5% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.1x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% 2.9% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMSFTAMZNNTNX
Debt / assets 5.3% 11.8% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 0.0x –
Debt / FCF 0.6x -4.9x –
Liabilities / assets 41.7% 49.7% 86.2%
Equity / assets 58.3% 50.3% 13.8%
Interest coverage 50.9x 27.7x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 9.18 4.33 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMSFTAMZNNTNX
Dividend yield 0.7% – –
Net buyback yield 0.5% – 1.4%
Shareholder yield 1.2% – 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 19.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 39.5% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.8% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.1% – –

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.

ConsensusMSFTAMZNNTNX
Forward P/E 25.7xFY2027 20.4xFY2026 29.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $20.38FY2027 $12.15FY2026 $2.43FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +17.9%FY2027 +69.5%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.5% -14.7% +4.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $402.02BFY2027 $774.65BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +21.1%FY2027 +8.1%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +12.7% +27.8% +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMSFTAMZNNTNX
Held by institutions 73.9% 67.0% 98.5%
Institutions holding 6,227 6,141 559
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +4.8% +10.5%
Institutions buying 3,432 3,241 332
Institutions selling 2,425 2,411 174
Buyers to sellers 1.42 1.34 1.91

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.

MSFTAMZNNTNX
MSFT 1.00 0.40 0.38
AMZN 0.40 1.00 0.08
NTNX 0.38 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MSFT, AMZN and NTNX?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Microsoft (MSFT) $3.96T, Amazon Com (AMZN) $2.68T, Nutanix (NTNX) $19.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, MSFT, AMZN and NTNX?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Microsoft (MSFT) 29.6x, Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.3x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amazon Com (AMZN) is cheapest (Microsoft (MSFT) 25.7x, Amazon Com (AMZN) 20.4x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Microsoft (MSFT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Microsoft (MSFT) +17.8%, Amazon Com (AMZN) +15.8%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (Microsoft (MSFT) 40.3%, Amazon Com (AMZN) 18.1%, Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%). On return on invested capital, Microsoft (MSFT) leads (Microsoft (MSFT) 26.7%, Amazon Com (AMZN) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amazon Com (AMZN) returned the most: Microsoft (MSFT) +0.8%, Amazon Com (AMZN) +12.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) +1.2%. Over five years, Nutanix (NTNX) compounded fastest (Microsoft (MSFT) +11.2%/yr, Amazon Com (AMZN) +8.3%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +14.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Microsoft (MSFT) 0.01%, Amazon Com (AMZN) 0.00%, Nutanix (NTNX) 0.00%. Amazon Com (AMZN) and Nutanix (NTNX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Microsoft (MSFT) 32.7%, Amazon Com (AMZN) 34.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MSFT, AMZN and NTNX?

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