NET vs ALAR vs ERIC Stock Comparison

Cloudflare, Alarum Technologies and Ericsson Lm Telephone Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NET Cloudflare, Inc.
$327.84 -6.0% 1M +45.6% 1Y
Market cap
$105.62B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.51B
Div. yield
–
Content Delivery Networks Technology
3 wins
ALAR Alarum Technologies Ltd.
$1.39 -21.9% 1M -90.9% 1Y
Market cap
$9.61M
P/E
0.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.33M
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
4 wins
ERIC Ericsson Lm Telephone Co
$11.08 +16.3% 1M +17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$37.35B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.56B
Div. yield
2.80%
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Alarum Technologies leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Alarum Technologies 4, Ericsson Lm Telephone 4, Cloudflare 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNETALARERICLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $105.62B $9.61M $37.35B NET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -563.2x 0.1x 18.1x ALAR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 252.2x 19.9x 17.0x ERIC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.5% +48.2% -38.5% ALAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.2% 145.1% 8.3% ALAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -12.4% 1.4% 20.0% ERIC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 252.9x — -0.6x ERIC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 2.80% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.6% -90.9% +17.5% NET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.2%/yr -34.0%/yr +0.1%/yr NET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.0% 113.6% 36.5% ERIC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 79/100 61/100 ALAR

Percentile Scorecard

NETALARERIC

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

AxisNETALARERIC
Valuation 22 #30 of 38 99 #2 of 124 87 #15 of 112
Growth 66 #13 of 36 65 #40 of 113 47 #58 of 109
Profitability 46 #19 of 34 80 #23 of 109 86 #15 of 104
Financial Health 60 #16 of 38 73 #35 of 127 38 #72 of 116
Shareholder Returns 65 #8 of 21 – 48 #43 of 81
Overall 51 79 61
  • NET ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ALAR ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ERIC ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNETALARERICSPY
1 month -6.0%-21.9%+16.3% -0.2%
3 months +24.1%-22.3%+11.1% +3.9%
6 months +57.2%-79.1%-1.9% +8.2%
Year to date +66.3%-83.8%+14.8% +12.9%
1 year +45.6%-90.9%+17.5% +12.3%
3 years +492.3%-55.2%+154.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +81.0%-23.5%+36.5% +23.3%
5 years +78.1%-87.5%+0.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +12.2%-34.0%+0.1% +10.9%
10 years ——+124.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+8.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNETALARERICSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.0%113.6%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.1%130.7%36.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.591.641.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.68-0.800.48 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-97.4%-65.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.2%-91.4%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $360.95$16.25$13.74 $779.14
52-week low $160.19$1.18$9.15 $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.

MultipleNETALARERIC
P/E now vs peer median -563.2xmedian 29.5x 0.1xmedian 38.6x 18.1xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 42.0xmedian 4.5x 0.2xmedian 4.4x 1.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9,055xmedian 23.9x —median 34.5x 9.3xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 303.2xmedian 15.0x —median 29.4x 9.9xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 65.2xmedian 4.3x 0.3xmedian 3.3x 3.4xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -129.66median 0.38 0.00median 1.28 0.42median 1.17

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 monthsNETALARERIC
Revenue $2.51B $45.33M $24.56B
Gross profit $1.82B $26.25M $11.51B
Operating income -$354.38M $683.00K $2.90B
Net income -$206.28M $1.15M $2.04B
Free cash flow $348.41M – $3.76B
R&D $573.30M $8.46M $5.22B
EPS (diluted) $-0.58 $50.66 $0.61
Cash & equivalents $1.66B $14.06M $5.11B
Total debt $1.29B $3.23M $3.73B
Shares (diluted) 354.33M 1.30M 3.34B
Enterprise value $89.15B -$46.00M $14.97B

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
MetricNETALARERIC
P/E -563.2x 0.1x 18.1x
P/FCF 303.2x – 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 166.7x – 10.8x
P/S 42.0x 0.2x 1.5x
P/B 65.2x 0.3x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 67.6x 0.3x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA -9,055x – 9.3x
EV/EBIT -289.9x -5.4x 12.2x
EV/Revenue 40.9x -0.1x 1.4x
EV/FCF 294.9x – 9.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 162.2x – 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -129.66 0.00 0.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNETALARERIC
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.5% 48.2% -38.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.6% 30.6% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.3% 18.5% 3.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 30.5% 4.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -90.5% -84.7% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -21.0% 27.5% 55.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -76.2% -75.8% -18.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% -44.3% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -72.8% 22.6% -17.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 109.7% 43.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 32.6% – 4.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.9% – 44.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 67.1% – 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.1% – 34.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNETALARERIC
Gross margin 72.6% 57.9% 46.8%
EBITDA margin -0.5% – 15.4%
Operating margin -14.1% 1.5% 11.8%
Pretax margin -7.9% 3.8% 11.2%
Net margin -8.2% 145.1% 8.3%
FCF margin 13.9% – 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin 25.2% – 14.0%
Return on equity -13.1% 3.5% 18.7%
Return on assets -3.3% 2.5% 6.8%
Return on invested capital -12.4% 1.4% 20.0%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 1.9% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 20.2% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNETALARERIC
Debt / assets 20.0% 1.8% 12.4%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 252.9x – -0.6x
Debt / FCF 3.7x – 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 75.0% 25.6% 63.1%
Equity / assets 25.0% 74.4% 36.9%
Interest coverage -30.9x – –
Current ratio 1.8x 2.6x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.8x 2.6x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.6x 1.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 13.36 -1.00 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNETALARERIC
Dividend yield – – 2.8%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – -2.2%
Shareholder yield -0.1% – 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 50.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -13.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -7.7%

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.

ConsensusNETALARERIC
Forward P/E 252.2xFY2026 19.9xFY2026 17.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.30FY2026 $0.07FY2026 $0.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +39.8%FY2026 +600.0%FY2026 -30.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.3% +100.0% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.02BFY2026 $47.86MFY2026 $24.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.0%FY2026 +17.4%FY2026 -8.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% +41.0% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNETALARERIC
Held by institutions 88.2% 4.2% 9.5%
Institutions holding 1,220 25 388
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +182.7% +0.4%
Institutions buying 704 16 219
Institutions selling 379 4 110
Buyers to sellers 1.86 4.00 1.99

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.

NETALARERIC
NET 1.00 0.17 0.13
ALAR 0.17 1.00 0.02
ERIC 0.13 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NET, ALAR and ERIC?

Cloudflare (NET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cloudflare (NET) $105.62B, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) $9.61M, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) $37.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, NET, ALAR and ERIC?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cloudflare (NET) -563.2x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 0.1x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 18.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) is cheapest (Cloudflare (NET) 252.2x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 19.9x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 17.0x). 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%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) +48.2%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -38.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) has the highest net margin (Cloudflare (NET) -8.2%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 145.1%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 8.3%). On return on invested capital, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) leads (Cloudflare (NET) -12.4%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 1.4%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 20.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cloudflare (NET) returned the most: Cloudflare (NET) +45.6%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -90.9%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +17.5%. Over five years, Cloudflare (NET) compounded fastest (Cloudflare (NET) +12.2%/yr, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -34.0%/yr, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 2.80%. Cloudflare (NET) and Alarum Technologies (ALAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) has been the steadiest (Cloudflare (NET) 67.0%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 113.6%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.