NOW vs PATH vs MTLS Stock Comparison

ServiceNow, UiPath and Materialise Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$158.99 +12.9% 1M -15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$162.99B
P/E
97.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.73B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins
PATH UiPath, Inc.
$14.14 +8.4% 1M -8.4% 1Y
Market cap
$7.45B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.72B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
MTLS Materialise Nv
$8.63 +8.0% 1M +41.9% 1Y
Market cap
$512.11M
P/E
33.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$318.18M
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

UiPath leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (UiPath 4, ServiceNow 3, Materialise 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNOWPATHMTLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $162.99B $7.45B $512.11M NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 97.6x 20.6x 33.3x PATH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.3x 18.6x 43.2x PATH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.2% +15.0% +10.2% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.3% 21.0% 4.8% PATH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x — -2.5x MTLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.4% -8.4% +41.9% MTLS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.0%/yr -22.6%/yr -17.2%/yr NOW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.7% 65.0% 42.1% MTLS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 76/100 65/100 PATH

Percentile Scorecard

NOWPATHMTLS

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

AxisNOWPATHMTLS
Valuation 27 #74 of 101 77 #24 of 101 87 #14 of 101
Growth 58 #41 of 97 87 #14 of 97 88 #13 of 97
Profitability 81 #19 of 94 72 #27 of 94 58 #40 of 94
Financial Health 51 #54 of 109 88 #14 of 109 82 #20 of 109
Shareholder Returns 35 #42 of 64 54 #30 of 64 8 #59 of 64
Overall 50 76 65
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • PATH ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • MTLS ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNOWPATHMTLSSPY
1 month +12.9%+8.4%+8.0% -1.0%
3 months +61.0%+30.4%+31.8% +2.9%
6 months +76.3%+36.4%+65.6% +6.4%
Year to date +3.8%-13.7%+55.5% +11.4%
1 year -15.4%-8.4%+41.9% +13.1%
3 years +43.4%-11.6%+71.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +12.8%-4.0%+19.7% +21.5%
5 years +15.8%-72.2%-61.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.0%-22.6%-17.2% +10.9%
10 years +893.1%—+8.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +25.8%—+0.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNOWPATHMTLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.7%65.0%42.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.5%66.0%38.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.621.111.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.26-0.131.00 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.5%-83.7%-84.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.0%-26.7%-1.4% -2.5%
52-week high $189.26$19.29$8.75 $779.14
52-week low $83.00$9.38$4.80 $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.

MultipleNOWPATHMTLS
P/E now vs peer median 98.2xmedian 29.9x 20.3xmedian 29.9x 33.1xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 2.8x 3.7xmedian 2.8x 1.6xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 48.9xmedian 17.4x 17.4xmedian 17.4x 10.5xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 16.9x 17.8xmedian 16.9x 31.6xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 3.1x 3.3xmedian 3.1x 1.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 18.89median 0.86 0.33median 0.86 0.11median 0.86

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 monthsNOWPATHMTLS
Revenue $14.73B $1.72B $318.18M
Gross profit $11.02B $1.42B $182.10M
Operating income $1.68B $152.95M $12.25M
Net income $1.67B $361.92M $15.39M
Free cash flow $4.58B $362.96M $16.15M
R&D $3.26B $368.32M $55.71M
EPS (diluted) $1.61 $0.69 $0.26
Cash & equivalents $2.50B $607.41M $152.75M
Total debt $7.52B – $211.18M
Shares (diluted) 1.03B 523.01M 59.07M
Enterprise value $141.45B $1.98B -$105.20M

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
MetricNOWPATHMTLS
P/E 98.2x 20.3x 33.1x
P/FCF 35.9x 17.8x 31.6x
P/Operating cash flow 31.0x 17.3x 14.2x
P/S 11.2x 3.7x 1.6x
P/B 13.1x 3.3x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 18.8x 3.5x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 48.9x 17.4x 10.5x
EV/EBIT 99.6x 33.8x 33.5x
EV/Revenue 11.4x 3.0x 1.3x
EV/FCF 36.5x 14.2x 25.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.5x 13.8x 11.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 18.89 0.33 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNOWPATHMTLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.2% 15.0% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.5% 14.4% 6.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.4% 14.6% 11.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.5% 13.8% 7.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.9% 430.0% 73.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 49.1% 38.3% 62.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 0.5% 1,695% 150.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 59.2% 330.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.7% 1,763% 151.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 61.2% 310.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.0% 11.5% 46.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.2% 27.9% 32.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.0% 17.2% 340.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.7% 29.3% 53.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNOWPATHMTLS
Gross margin 74.8% 82.6% 57.2%
EBITDA margin 23.2% 17.2% 12.3%
Operating margin 11.4% 8.9% 3.9%
Pretax margin 15.9% 12.3% 4.9%
Net margin 11.3% 21.0% 4.8%
FCF margin 31.1% 21.1% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 36.0% 21.7% 11.3%
Return on equity 13.8% 18.8% 5.3%
Return on assets 6.0% 12.5% 3.2%
Return on invested capital – – 3.5%
Return on capital employed 10.6% 7.3% 3.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.2x 1.0x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 12.3% 13.6% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNOWPATHMTLS
Debt / assets 23.7% – 11.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x – -2.5x
Debt / FCF 1.6x – 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 60.5% 33.0% 38.6%
Equity / assets 39.5% 67.0% 61.4%
Interest coverage – – 27.6x
Current ratio 0.7x 2.4x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.6x 2.1x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.4x 1.6x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 5.92 4.47 2.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNOWPATHMTLS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 1.9% 3.9% -21.0%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 3.9% -21.0%
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.

ConsensusNOWPATHMTLS
Forward P/E 41.3xFY2026 18.6xFY2026 43.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.85FY2026 $0.76FY2026 $0.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 +33.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.3% +14.5% +45.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.24BFY2026 $1.87BFY2026 $303.50MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.7% -3.3% +16.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNOWPATHMTLS
Held by institutions 81.6% 79.0% 13.7%
Institutions holding 2,224 525 59
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.1% +14.3% +9.4%
Institutions buying 1,285 276 23
Institutions selling 779 169 22
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.63 1.05

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.

NOWPATHMTLS
NOW 1.00 0.64 0.23
PATH 0.64 1.00 0.20
MTLS 0.23 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NOW, PATH and MTLS?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: ServiceNow (NOW) $162.99B, UiPath (PATH) $7.45B, Materialise (MTLS) $512.11M.

Which stock is cheaper, NOW, PATH and MTLS?

UiPath (PATH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ServiceNow (NOW) 97.6x, UiPath (PATH) 20.6x, Materialise (MTLS) 33.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, UiPath (PATH) is cheapest (ServiceNow (NOW) 41.3x, UiPath (PATH) 18.6x, Materialise (MTLS) 43.2x). 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) +22.2%, UiPath (PATH) +15.0%, Materialise (MTLS) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

UiPath (PATH) has the highest net margin (ServiceNow (NOW) 11.3%, UiPath (PATH) 21.0%, Materialise (MTLS) 4.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Materialise (MTLS) returned the most: ServiceNow (NOW) -15.4%, UiPath (PATH) -8.4%, Materialise (MTLS) +41.9%. Over five years, ServiceNow (NOW) compounded fastest (ServiceNow (NOW) +3.0%/yr, UiPath (PATH) -22.6%/yr, Materialise (MTLS) -17.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Materialise (MTLS) has been the steadiest (ServiceNow (NOW) 58.7%, UiPath (PATH) 65.0%, Materialise (MTLS) 42.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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