NET vs AKAM vs ALAR Stock Comparison

Cloudflare, Akamai Technologies and Alarum Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NET Cloudflare, Inc.
$310.33 -11.9% 1M +36.5% 1Y
Market cap
$99.98B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.51B
Div. yield
–
Content Delivery Networks Technology
3 wins
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc
$99.38 -8.4% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$14.27B
P/E
35.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.32B
Div. yield
–
Content Delivery Networks Technology
3 wins
ALAR Alarum Technologies Ltd.
$1.36 -22.3% 1M -91.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.40M
P/E
0.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.33M
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Alarum Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Alarum Technologies 5, Cloudflare 3, Akamai Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNETAKAMALARLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $99.98B $14.27B $9.40M NET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -533.1x 35.0x 0.1x ALAR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 238.7x 15.7x 19.4x AKAM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.5% +5.9% +48.2% ALAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.2% 9.5% 145.1% ALAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -12.4% — 1.4% ALAR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 252.9x -1.4x — AKAM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.5% +36.1% -91.4% NET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.8%/yr -1.2%/yr -34.4%/yr NET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.1% 61.3% 113.5% AKAM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 63/100 79/100 ALAR

Percentile Scorecard

NETAKAMALAR

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

AxisNETAKAMALAR
Valuation 19 #31 of 38 84 #7 of 38 99 #2 of 124
Growth 66 #13 of 36 14 #31 of 36 63 #43 of 113
Profitability 46 #19 of 34 79 #8 of 34 81 #22 of 109
Financial Health 58 #16 of 37 78 #9 of 37 72 #36 of 127
Shareholder Returns 68 #7 of 20 58 #9 of 20 –
Overall 51 63 79
  • NET ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • AKAM ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ALAR ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNETAKAMALARSPY
1 month -11.9%-8.4%-22.3% +0.7%
3 months +9.6%-12.6%-18.6% +3.7%
6 months +51.4%-3.5%-79.5% +7.1%
Year to date +57.4%+13.9%-84.1% +12.8%
1 year +36.5%+36.1%-91.4% +11.9%
3 years +455.4%-3.1%-58.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +77.2%-1.0%-25.2% +22.8%
5 years +59.4%-5.8%-87.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.8%-1.2%-34.4% +10.9%
10 years —+42.2%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+3.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNETAKAMALARSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.1%61.3%113.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.0%58.2%130.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.591.401.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.540.59-0.81 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-46.8%-97.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.0%-38.3%-91.6% -1.2%
52-week high $360.95$161.14$16.25 $779.14
52-week low $160.19$71.97$1.18 $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.

MultipleNETAKAMALAR
P/E now vs peer median -533.1xmedian 27.6x 35.0xmedian 27.6x 0.1xmedian 39.0x
P/S now vs peer median 39.8xmedian 4.6x 3.3xmedian 4.6x 0.2xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -8,558xmedian 25.6x 10.6xmedian 25.6x —median 32.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 287.0xmedian 15.4x 14.9xmedian 15.4x —median 27.4x
P/B now vs peer median 61.7xmedian 4.1x 3.0xmedian 4.1x 0.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -122.73median 0.80 -7.02median 0.80 0.00median 1.23

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 monthsNETAKAMALAR
Revenue $2.51B $4.32B $45.33M
Gross profit $1.82B $2.48B $26.25M
Operating income -$354.38M $455.68M $683.00K
Net income -$206.28M $410.97M $1.15M
Free cash flow $348.41M $956.10M –
R&D $573.30M $554.57M $8.46M
EPS (diluted) $-0.58 $2.67 $50.66
Cash & equivalents $1.66B $1.48B $14.06M
Total debt $1.29B $1.71B $3.23M
Shares (diluted) 354.33M 153.69M 1.30M
Enterprise value $83.51B $7.68B -$46.20M

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
MetricNETAKAMALAR
P/E -533.1x 35.0x 0.1x
P/FCF 287.0x 14.9x –
P/Operating cash flow 157.8x 9.9x –
P/S 39.8x 3.3x 0.2x
P/B 61.7x 3.0x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 64.0x 3.4x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA -8,558x 10.6x –
EV/EBIT -274.0x 27.7x -5.7x
EV/Revenue 38.7x 2.9x -0.1x
EV/FCF 278.7x 13.2x –
EV/Operating cash flow 153.3x 8.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -122.73 -7.02 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNETAKAMALAR
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.5% 5.9% 48.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.6% 5.7% 30.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.3% 2.9% 18.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 3.8% 30.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -90.5% -13.2% -84.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -21.0% -9.0% 27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -76.2% -3.2% -75.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% -4.9% -44.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -72.8% -8.5% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3% -5.0% 109.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 32.6% 0.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.9% 3.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 67.1% 16.6% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.1% 0.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNETAKAMALAR
Gross margin 72.6% 57.5% 57.9%
EBITDA margin -0.5% 27.6% –
Operating margin -14.1% 10.5% 1.5%
Pretax margin -7.9% 11.5% 3.8%
Net margin -8.2% 9.5% 145.1%
FCF margin 13.9% 22.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 25.2% 33.5% –
Return on equity -13.1% 8.5% 3.5%
Return on assets -3.3% 3.1% 2.5%
Return on invested capital -12.4% – 1.4%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 4.3% 1.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x 3.5x –
Stock comp / revenue 20.2% 11.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNETAKAMALAR
Debt / assets 20.0% 11.3% 1.8%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.4x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 252.9x -1.4x –
Debt / FCF 3.7x 1.8x –
Liabilities / assets 75.0% 68.5% 25.6%
Equity / assets 25.0% 31.5% 74.4%
Interest coverage -30.9x 13.7x –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.6x 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.5x 2.6x
Cash ratio 1.6x 1.2x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 12.66 1.70 -1.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNETAKAMALAR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -0.8% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% -0.8% –
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.

ConsensusNETAKAMALAR
Forward P/E 238.7xFY2026 15.7xFY2026 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.30FY2026 $6.31FY2026 $0.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +39.8%FY2026 -11.4%FY2026 +600.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.3% -0.2% +100.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.02BFY2026 $4.28BFY2026 $47.86MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.0%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026 +17.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% +27.3% +41.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNETAKAMALAR
Held by institutions 88.2% 100.0% 4.2%
Institutions holding 1,221 802 25
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +3.5% +182.7%
Institutions buying 705 430 16
Institutions selling 379 283 4
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.52 4.00

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.

NETAKAMALAR
NET 1.00 0.27 0.16
AKAM 0.27 1.00 0.10
ALAR 0.16 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NET, AKAM and ALAR?

Cloudflare (NET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cloudflare (NET) $99.98B, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) $14.27B, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) $9.40M.

Which stock is cheaper, NET, AKAM and ALAR?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cloudflare (NET) -533.1x, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) 35.0x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 0.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) is cheapest (Cloudflare (NET) 238.7x, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) 15.7x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 19.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cloudflare (NET) +33.5%, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) +5.9%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) +48.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) has the highest net margin (Cloudflare (NET) -8.2%, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) 9.5%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 145.1%). On return on invested capital, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) leads (Cloudflare (NET) -12.4%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 1.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cloudflare (NET) returned the most: Cloudflare (NET) +36.5%, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) +36.1%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -91.4%. Over five years, Cloudflare (NET) compounded fastest (Cloudflare (NET) +9.8%/yr, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) -1.2%/yr, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -34.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) has been the steadiest (Cloudflare (NET) 67.1%, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) 61.3%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 113.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NET, AKAM and ALAR?

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