MSFT vs IBM vs NTNX Stock Comparison

Microsoft, International Business Machines and Nutanix Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MSFT Microsoft Corp
$530.14 +4.2% 1M -2.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.89T
P/E
27.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$346.45B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
3 wins
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$70.71 +0.9% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$18.06B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Nutanix leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Nutanix 4, Microsoft 3, International Business Machines 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMSFTIBMNTNXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.89T $242.18B $18.06B MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.3x 21.7x 12.0x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.0x 19.7x 29.1x IBM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +6.8% +12.4% MSFT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 41.2% — 53.0% NTNX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.5% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.1% -16.2% +3.8% NTNX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.8%/yr +16.7%/yr +15.6%/yr IBM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.6% 50.7% 47.3% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 55/100 81/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

MSFTIBMNTNX

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

AxisMSFTIBMNTNX
Valuation 60 #16 of 38 65 #14 of 38 70 #12 of 38
Growth 74 #10 of 36 29 #26 of 36 91 #4 of 36
Profitability 97 #2 of 34 88 #5 of 34 91 #4 of 34
Financial Health 83 #7 of 37 39 #23 of 37 61 #15 of 37
Shareholder Returns 84 #4 of 20 – 90 #3 of 20
Overall 80 55 81
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  • IBM ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • 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

PeriodMSFTIBMNTNXSPY
1 month +4.2%+17.4%+0.9% +0.7%
3 months +17.5%+16.5%+19.3% +3.7%
6 months +30.0%+11.8%+72.9% +7.1%
Year to date +9.6%-12.8%+36.8% +12.8%
1 year -2.1%-16.2%+3.8% +11.9%
3 years +57.2%+81.0%+101.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +16.3%+21.9%+26.3% +22.8%
5 years +59.9%+115.9%+106.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.8%+16.7%+15.6% +10.9%
10 years +785.5%+77.0%+184.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year +24.4%+5.9%+11.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMSFTIBMNTNXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.6%50.7%47.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.7%59.9%50.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.990.820.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.06-0.320.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.6%-37.4%-62.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.4%-21.6%-5.3% -1.2%
52-week high $543.45$329.23$74.63 $779.14
52-week low $352.83$205.96$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.

MultipleMSFTIBMNTNX
P/E now vs peer median 27.6xmedian 27.6x 21.8xmedian 27.6x 12.6xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 4.6x 3.5xmedian 4.6x 6.7xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.0xmedian 25.6x —median 25.6x 47.9xmedian 25.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 65.7xmedian 15.4x 15.0xmedian 15.4x 22.8xmedian 15.4x
P/B now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 4.1x 6.7xmedian 4.1x 27.2xmedian 4.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.21median 0.80 1.35median 0.80 0.11median 0.80

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 monthsMSFTIBMNTNX
Revenue $346.45B $69.87B $2.85B
Gross profit $234.39B $40.50B $2.48B
Operating income $163.19B – $273.97M
Net income $142.63B $11.17B $1.51B
Free cash flow $59.96B – $840.68M
R&D $36.46B – $790.89M
EPS (diluted) $19.16 $11.72 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $20.28B $9.23B $777.31M
Total debt $35.48B – –
Shares (diluted) 7.45B 953.30M 292.18M
Enterprise value $3.83T $242.18B $9.75B

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
MetricMSFTIBMNTNX
P/E 27.6x 21.8x 12.6x
P/FCF 65.7x 15.0x 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow 20.1x 15.4x 20.9x
P/S 11.4x 3.5x 6.7x
P/B 8.4x 6.7x 27.2x
P/Tangible book 8.7x 10.8x 27.3x
EV/EBITDA 19.0x – 47.9x
EV/EBIT 23.9x – 61.2x
EV/Revenue 11.3x 3.5x 5.9x
EV/FCF 65.2x – 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.0x 15.4x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.21 1.35 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMSFTIBMNTNX
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.9% 6.8% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 4.5% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.0% 7.1% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.6% 6.4% 17.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 20.0% – 58.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.2% – 49.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.0% 41.3% 700.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.8% 17.3% 0.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.3% 40.6% 694.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.8% 16.1% 113.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 33.2% 17.4% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.3% 5.6% 49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -23.1% – 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.8% – 59.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMSFTIBMNTNX
Gross margin 67.7% – 86.8%
EBITDA margin 59.3% – 12.3%
Operating margin 47.1% – 9.6%
Pretax margin 51.3% – 11.5%
Net margin 41.2% – 53.0%
FCF margin 17.3% – 29.5%
Operating cash flow margin 56.5% 22.7% 32.1%
Return on equity 31.2% 31.6% –
Return on assets 18.6% 7.3% 35.5%
Return on invested capital 26.5% – –
Return on capital employed 26.5% – 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.4x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.6% 2.8% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMSFTIBMNTNX
Debt / assets 4.6% – –
Debt / equity 0.1x – –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x – –
Debt / FCF 0.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 39.6% 76.6% 86.2%
Equity / assets 60.4% 23.4% 13.8%
Interest coverage 50.6x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 0.9x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x – 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x – 1.4x
Altman Z-score 9.47 – 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMSFTIBMNTNX
Dividend yield 0.7% 2.6% –
Net buyback yield 0.5% – 1.4%
Shareholder yield 1.2% 2.6% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 19.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 45.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.5% – –
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.

ConsensusMSFTIBMNTNX
Forward P/E 26.0xFY2027 19.7xFY2026 29.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $20.39FY2027 $13.14FY2026 $2.43FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +18.0%FY2027 +13.4%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.6% -1.8% +5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $402.39BFY2027 $66.37BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +21.3%FY2027 -1.7%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +12.9% +15.8% +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMSFTIBMNTNX
Held by institutions 73.9% 65.1% 98.7%
Institutions holding 6,231 3,636 560
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +3.5% +10.5%
Institutions buying 3,435 1,976 333
Institutions selling 2,426 1,227 174
Buyers to sellers 1.42 1.61 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.

MSFTIBMNTNX
MSFT 1.00 0.27 0.39
IBM 0.27 1.00 0.34
NTNX 0.39 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MSFT, IBM and NTNX?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Microsoft (MSFT) $3.89T, International Business Machines (IBM) $242.18B, Nutanix (NTNX) $18.06B.

Which stock is cheaper, MSFT, IBM and NTNX?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Microsoft (MSFT) 27.3x, International Business Machines (IBM) 21.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, International Business Machines (IBM) is cheapest (Microsoft (MSFT) 26.0x, International Business Machines (IBM) 19.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.1x). 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) +17.9%, International Business Machines (IBM) +6.8%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (Microsoft (MSFT) 41.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nutanix (NTNX) returned the most: Microsoft (MSFT) -2.1%, International Business Machines (IBM) -16.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) +3.8%. Over five years, International Business Machines (IBM) compounded fastest (Microsoft (MSFT) +9.8%/yr, International Business Machines (IBM) +16.7%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +15.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Microsoft (MSFT) 0.01%, International Business Machines (IBM) 0.00%, Nutanix (NTNX) 0.00%. International Business Machines (IBM) and Nutanix (NTNX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Microsoft (MSFT) 32.6%, International Business Machines (IBM) 50.7%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MSFT, IBM 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, Nutanix (NTNX) leads on 4. 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.