NOW vs MTLS vs BR Stock Comparison

ServiceNow, Materialise and Broadridge Financial Solutions Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$149.85 +14.0% 1M -20.1% 1Y
Market cap
$113.78B
P/E
78.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins
MTLS Materialise Nv
$6.78 -21.0% 1M +18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$429.42M
P/E
29.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$318.57M
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadridge Financial Solutions leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Broadridge Financial Solutions 5, ServiceNow 3, Materialise 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNOWMTLSBRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $113.78B $429.42M $20.65B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 78.7x 29.0x 18.4x BR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.9x 33.9x 17.2x BR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.8% +9.5% +8.5% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% 4.6% 15.0% BR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.2% 3.0% 16.7% BR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x -2.9x 1.8x MTLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -20.1% +18.9% -23.0% MTLS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.4%/yr -22.4%/yr -0.2%/yr NOW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.8% 48.4% 30.6% BR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 63/100 57/100 MTLS

Percentile Scorecard

NOWMTLSBR

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

AxisNOWMTLSBR
Valuation 33 #68 of 101 91 #10 of 101 69 #32 of 101
Growth 50 #49 of 97 82 #18 of 97 40 #59 of 97
Profitability 80 #20 of 94 58 #40 of 94 82 #18 of 94
Financial Health 53 #51 of 108 76 #27 of 108 44 #61 of 108
Shareholder Returns 38 #40 of 64 8 #59 of 64 49 #33 of 64
Overall 51 63 57
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • MTLS ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • BR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNOWMTLSBRSPY
1 month +14.0%-21.0%+8.6% +0.9%
3 months +29.4%+7.3%+11.1% +5.9%
6 months +68.6%+29.6%+10.1% +8.5%
Year to date -2.2%+22.2%-20.7% +13.3%
1 year -20.1%+18.9%-23.0% +12.4%
3 years +35.2%+27.2%+5.7% +88.1%
3 years, per year +10.6%+8.4%+1.9% +23.5%
5 years +7.4%-71.9%-0.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year +1.4%-22.4%-0.2% +11.0%
10 years +770.2%-3.0%+176.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year +24.2%-0.3%+10.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureNOWMTLSBRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.8%48.4%30.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.5%51.7%32.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.601.060.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.340.39-0.75 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.5%-84.7%-49.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.1%-22.5%-23.7% -0.9%
52-week high $187.58$8.75$232.02 $779.14
52-week low $83.00$4.80$135.44 $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.

MultipleNOWMTLSBR
P/E now vs peer median 107.3xmedian 27.6x 27.0xmedian 27.6x 18.3xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 2.7x 1.3xmedian 2.7x 2.7xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 46.0xmedian 17.4x 7.8xmedian 17.4x 14.3xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.7xmedian 15.8x 35.1xmedian 15.8x 15.8xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 3.2x 1.4xmedian 3.2x 7.1xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -31.41median 0.84 0.40median 0.84 0.84median 0.84

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 monthsNOWMTLSBR
Revenue $15.43B $318.57M $7.48B
Gross profit $11.28B $182.99M $2.38B
Operating income $1.49B $10.85M $1.30B
Net income $1.45B $14.82M $1.12B
Free cash flow $4.75B $11.39M $1.28B
R&D $3.47B $57.06M –
EPS (diluted) $1.39 $0.25 $9.60
Cash & equivalents $2.39B $174.11M $402.90M
Total debt $7.52B $67.15M $3.25B
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 59.07M 117.10M
Enterprise value $93.04B -$207.13M $19.28B

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
MetricNOWMTLSBR
P/E 107.3x 27.0x 18.3x
P/FCF 32.7x 35.1x 15.8x
P/Operating cash flow 29.2x 11.5x 15.0x
P/S 10.1x 1.3x 2.7x
P/B 11.9x 1.4x 7.1x
P/Tangible book 16.4x 1.5x 12.3x
EV/EBITDA 46.0x 7.8x 14.3x
EV/EBIT 106.1x 27.1x 17.7x
EV/Revenue 10.3x 0.9x 3.1x
EV/FCF 33.4x 25.8x 18.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.7x 8.4x 17.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -31.41 0.40 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNOWMTLSBR
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.8% 9.5% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.1% 5.6% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% 11.4% 11.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.2% 6.2% 10.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -14.9% 105.2% 9.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.1% 24.2% 11.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -16.5% 198.9% 33.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 67.8% 21.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -16.2% 199.8% 35.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 67.3% 21.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.2% 20.3% 14.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.8% 19.8% 17.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% 378.8% 13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.9% 45.2% 17.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNOWMTLSBR
Gross margin 73.1% 57.4% 31.8%
EBITDA margin 22.3% 11.8% 21.5%
Operating margin 9.7% 3.4% 17.4%
Pretax margin 13.1% 4.6% 19.3%
Net margin 9.4% 4.6% 15.0%
FCF margin 30.8% 3.6% 17.1%
Operating cash flow margin 34.6% 10.9% 18.0%
Return on equity 11.3% 5.1% 39.7%
Return on assets 4.6% 3.1% 12.7%
Return on invested capital 5.2% 3.0% 16.7%
Return on capital employed 7.5% 2.9% 17.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.7x 2.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 10.4% 0.2% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNOWMTLSBR
Debt / assets 23.6% 13.8% 36.4%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.2x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x -2.9x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 5.9x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 58.9% 40.4% 68.2%
Equity / assets 41.1% 59.6% 31.8%
Interest coverage 14.6x 10.2x –
Current ratio 0.7x 2.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 2.2x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.4x 1.7x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 5.77 2.52 4.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNOWMTLSBR
Dividend yield – – 2.3%
Net buyback yield 1.7% -25.2% 2.9%
Shareholder yield 1.7% -25.2% 5.1%
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.

ConsensusNOWMTLSBR
Forward P/E 38.9xFY2026 33.9xFY2026 17.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $3.85FY2026 $0.20FY2026 $10.32FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 +33.3%FY2026 +7.5%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +27.0% +45.0% +5.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.25BFY2026 $302.24MFY2026 $7.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 -0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +17.7% +17.6% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNOWMTLSBR
Held by institutions 81.6% 13.7% 92.3%
Institutions holding 2,224 59 1,014
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.1% +9.4% -1.2%
Institutions buying 1,285 23 487
Institutions selling 779 22 398
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.05 1.22

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.

NOWMTLSBR
NOW 1.00 0.22 0.56
MTLS 0.22 1.00 0.01
BR 0.56 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NOW, MTLS and BR?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: ServiceNow (NOW) $113.78B, Materialise (MTLS) $429.42M, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) $20.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, NOW, MTLS and BR?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ServiceNow (NOW) 78.7x, Materialise (MTLS) 29.0x, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 18.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) is cheapest (ServiceNow (NOW) 38.9x, Materialise (MTLS) 33.9x, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 17.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%, Materialise (MTLS) +9.5%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) has the highest net margin (ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Materialise (MTLS) 4.6%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) leads (ServiceNow (NOW) 5.2%, Materialise (MTLS) 3.0%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Materialise (MTLS) returned the most: ServiceNow (NOW) -20.1%, Materialise (MTLS) +18.9%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) -23.0%. Over five years, ServiceNow (NOW) compounded fastest (ServiceNow (NOW) +1.4%/yr, Materialise (MTLS) -22.4%/yr, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) -0.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) has been the steadiest (ServiceNow (NOW) 58.8%, Materialise (MTLS) 48.4%, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) 30.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NOW, MTLS and BR?

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