NET vs ERIC vs ALAR Stock Comparison

Cloudflare, Ericsson Lm Telephone and Alarum Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NET Cloudflare, Inc.
$332.09 -4.8% 1M +52.4% 1Y
Market cap
$117.14B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.51B
Div. yield
–
Content Delivery Networks Technology
3 wins
ERIC Ericsson Lm Telephone Co
$10.89 +14.3% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$36.58B
P/E
17.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.56B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins
ALAR Alarum Technologies Ltd.
$1.41 -20.8% 1M -90.1% 1Y
Market cap
$9.75M
P/E
0.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.33M
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure 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.

QuestionNETERICALARLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $117.14B $36.58B $9.75M NET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -567.9x 17.9x 0.1x ALAR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 255.5x 16.8x 20.1x ERIC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.5% -38.5% +48.2% ALAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.2% 8.3% 145.1% ALAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -12.4% 20.0% 1.4% ERIC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 252.9x -0.6x — ERIC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% -0.03% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +52.4% +15.2% -90.1% NET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.2%/yr -0.2%/yr -34.1%/yr NET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.1% 36.5% 113.8% ERIC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 59/100 79/100 ALAR

Percentile Scorecard

NETERICALAR

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

AxisNETERICALAR
Valuation 16 #32 of 38 88 #14 of 111 100 #1 of 124
Growth 66 #13 of 36 46 #59 of 108 65 #40 of 113
Profitability 46 #19 of 34 86 #15 of 104 79 #24 of 110
Financial Health 60 #16 of 38 40 #70 of 115 73 #35 of 129
Shareholder Returns 65 #8 of 21 38 #51 of 81 –
Overall 50 59 79
  • NET ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ERIC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • 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

PeriodNETERICALARSPY
1 month -4.8%+14.3%-20.8% -0.8%
3 months +25.0%+12.6%-24.6% +3.5%
6 months +56.4%-1.5%-78.8% +7.0%
Year to date +68.4%+12.8%-83.6% +12.2%
1 year +52.4%+15.2%-90.1% +13.0%
3 years +500.0%+149.8%-54.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +81.8%+35.7%-23.1% +23.1%
5 years +85.9%-1.0%-87.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +13.2%-0.2%-34.1% +11.0%
10 years —+116.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+8.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNETERICALARSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.1%36.5%113.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.3%36.7%131.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.601.031.65 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.780.42-0.79 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-65.8%-97.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.0%-20.7%-91.3% -1.8%
52-week high $360.95$13.74$16.25 $779.14
52-week low $160.19$9.15$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.

MultipleNETERICALAR
P/E now vs peer median -570.5xmedian 29.6x 17.8xmedian 32.0x 0.1xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median 42.6xmedian 4.2x 1.5xmedian 2.8x 0.2xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9,176xmedian 24.2x 9.1xmedian 19.4x —median 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 307.1xmedian 15.1x 9.8xmedian 29.0x —median 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 66.0xmedian 3.9x 3.3xmedian 2.9x 0.3xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median -131.34median 0.38 0.41median 1.13 0.00median 1.27

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 monthsNETERICALAR
Revenue $2.51B $24.56B $45.33M
Gross profit $1.82B $11.51B $26.25M
Operating income -$354.38M $2.90B $683.00K
Net income -$206.28M $2.04B $1.15M
Free cash flow $348.41M $3.76B –
R&D $573.30M $5.22B $8.46M
EPS (diluted) $-0.58 $0.61 $50.66
Cash & equivalents $1.66B $5.11B $14.06M
Total debt $1.29B $3.73B $3.23M
Shares (diluted) 354.33M 3.34B 1.30M
Enterprise value $100.67B $14.19B -$45.86M

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
MetricNETERICALAR
P/E -570.5x 17.8x 0.1x
P/FCF 307.1x 9.8x –
P/Operating cash flow 168.9x 10.7x –
P/S 42.6x 1.5x 0.2x
P/B 66.0x 3.3x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 68.5x 3.3x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA -9,176x 9.1x –
EV/EBIT -293.8x 11.9x -5.2x
EV/Revenue 41.4x 1.4x -0.1x
EV/FCF 298.9x 9.2x –
EV/Operating cash flow 164.4x 10.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -131.34 0.41 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNETERICALAR
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.5% -38.5% 48.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.6% -2.0% 30.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.3% 3.7% 18.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 4.0% 30.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -90.5% -18.4% -84.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -21.0% 55.0% 27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -76.2% -18.7% -75.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 43.4% -44.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -72.8% -17.7% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 43.1% 109.7%
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
MetricNETERICALAR
Gross margin 72.6% 46.8% 57.9%
EBITDA margin -0.5% 15.4% –
Operating margin -14.1% 11.8% 1.5%
Pretax margin -7.9% 11.2% 3.8%
Net margin -8.2% 8.3% 145.1%
FCF margin 13.9% 15.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 25.2% 14.0% –
Return on equity -13.1% 18.7% 3.5%
Return on assets -3.3% 6.8% 2.5%
Return on invested capital -12.4% 20.0% 1.4%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 17.8% 1.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.8x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x 1.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 20.2% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNETERICALAR
Debt / assets 20.0% 12.4% 1.8%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 252.9x -0.6x –
Debt / FCF 3.7x 1.0x –
Liabilities / assets 75.0% 63.1% 25.6%
Equity / assets 25.0% 36.9% 74.4%
Interest coverage -30.9x – –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.2x 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.8x 0.8x 2.6x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.4x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 13.53 – -0.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNETERICALAR
Dividend yield – 2.8% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% -2.2% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 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.

ConsensusNETERICALAR
Forward P/E 255.5xFY2026 16.8xFY2026 20.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.30FY2026 $0.65FY2026 $0.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +39.8%FY2026 -30.9%FY2026 +600.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.3% -1.5% +100.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.02BFY2026 $24.14BFY2026 $47.86MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.0%FY2026 -8.1%FY2026 +17.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% +0.7% +41.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNETERICALAR
Held by institutions 88.2% 9.5% 4.2%
Institutions holding 1,219 388 25
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +0.4% +182.7%
Institutions buying 704 219 16
Institutions selling 378 110 4
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.99 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.

NETERICALAR
NET 1.00 0.13 0.16
ERIC 0.13 1.00 0.02
ALAR 0.16 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NET, ERIC and ALAR?

Cloudflare (NET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cloudflare (NET) $117.14B, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) $36.58B, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) $9.75M.

Which stock is cheaper, NET, ERIC and ALAR?

Alarum Technologies (ALAR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cloudflare (NET) -567.9x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 17.9x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 0.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) is cheapest (Cloudflare (NET) 255.5x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 16.8x, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 20.1x). 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%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -38.5%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) +48.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cloudflare (NET) returned the most: Cloudflare (NET) +52.4%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +15.2%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -90.1%. Over five years, Cloudflare (NET) compounded fastest (Cloudflare (NET) +13.2%/yr, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -0.2%/yr, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) -34.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) has been the steadiest (Cloudflare (NET) 67.1%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 36.5%, Alarum Technologies (ALAR) 113.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NET, ERIC 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 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.