NOW vs RDCM vs PEGA Stock Comparison

ServiceNow, Radcom and Pegasystems Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$108.88 -20.0% 1M -38.7% 1Y
Market cap
$105.90B
P/E
73.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
2 wins
RDCM Radcom Ltd
$10.18 -2.2% 1M -22.7% 1Y
Market cap
$162.01M
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
5 wins
PEGA Pegasystems Inc
$34.36 -0.5% 1M -43.7% 1Y
Market cap
$5.49B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
0.00%
Business Process Automation Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Radcom leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Radcom 5, ServiceNow 2, Pegasystems 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNOWRDCMPEGALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $105.90B $162.01M $5.49B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 73.3x 18.3x 18.6x RDCM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.3x 27.5x 15.3x PEGA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.8% — +0.9% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% — 16.9% PEGA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.2% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -38.7% -22.7% -43.7% RDCM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.7%/yr -2.8%/yr -10.6%/yr RDCM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.6% 47.9% 52.4% RDCM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 89/100 67/100 RDCM

Percentile Scorecard

NOWRDCMPEGA

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

AxisNOWRDCMPEGA
Valuation 38 #62 of 99 97 #5 of 124 69 #31 of 99
Growth 46 #53 of 98 82 #21 of 114 54 #46 of 98
Profitability 75 #25 of 96 87 #15 of 111 88 #12 of 96
Financial Health 52 #54 of 111 91 #12 of 128 65 #40 of 111
Shareholder Returns 39 #41 of 67 – 58 #29 of 67
Overall 50 89 67
  • NOW ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • RDCM ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • PEGA ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNOWRDCMPEGASPY
1 month -20.0%-2.2%-0.5% -1.0%
3 months -7.1%+1.7%+8.0% -0.4%
6 months +22.3%-36.4%-5.5% +4.5%
Year to date -28.9%-22.2%-42.5% +12.4%
1 year -38.7%-22.7%-43.7% +13.6%
3 years -10.3%+32.0%+50.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year -3.6%+9.7%+14.7% +20.8%
5 years -21.3%-13.1%-42.8% +63.7%
5 years, per year -4.7%-2.8%-10.6% +10.4%
10 years +554.3%-42.5%+109.8% +267.7%
10 years, per year +20.7%-5.4%+7.7% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureNOWRDCMPEGASPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.6%47.9%52.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 76.3%52.4%57.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.740.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.58-0.47-0.83 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.5%-46.9%-74.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.7%-36.9%-45.1% -1.6%
52-week high $177.51$16.14$62.63 $779.14
52-week low $83.00$9.91$25.99 $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.

MultipleNOWRDCMPEGA
P/E now vs peer median 78.0xmedian 25.3x 18.7xmedian 41.0x 19.1xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 2.8x —median 4.4x 3.2xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.6xmedian 16.5x —median 28.9x 21.1xmedian 16.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 16.1x —median 23.9x 12.7xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 2.8x 1.4xmedian 3.1x 10.2xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median -22.82median 0.84 0.19median 1.36 0.17median 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 monthsNOWRDCMPEGA
Revenue $15.43B – $1.75B
Gross profit $11.28B – $1.33B
Operating income $1.49B – $173.01M
Net income $1.45B $9.48M $294.76M
Free cash flow $4.75B – $442.24M
R&D $3.47B – $321.38M
EPS (diluted) $1.39 $0.53 $1.75
Cash & equivalents $2.39B $12.61M $202.19M
Total debt $7.52B – –
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 16.84M 168.64M
Enterprise value $85.16B -$272.73M $5.18B

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
MetricNOWRDCMPEGA
P/E 78.0x 18.7x 19.1x
P/FCF 23.8x – 12.7x
P/Operating cash flow 21.2x – 12.1x
P/S 7.3x – 3.2x
P/B 8.6x 1.4x 10.2x
P/Tangible book 11.9x 1.4x 10.2x
EV/EBITDA 33.6x – 21.1x
EV/EBIT 77.7x 10.0x 30.7x
EV/Revenue 7.5x – 3.0x
EV/FCF 24.4x – 12.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.7x – 11.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -22.82 0.19 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNOWRDCMPEGA
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.8% – 0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.1% – 8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% – 1.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.2% – 10.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -14.9% – -42.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.1% – 84.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -16.5% -17.4% 6.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 96.3% 110.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -16.2% -24.1% 15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 97.8% 109.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.2% – 4.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.8% – 38.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% – 2.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.9% – 44.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNOWRDCMPEGA
Gross margin 73.1% – 75.9%
EBITDA margin 22.3% – 14.4%
Operating margin 9.7% – 9.9%
Pretax margin 13.1% – 10.4%
Net margin 9.4% – 16.9%
FCF margin 30.8% – 25.3%
Operating cash flow margin 34.6% – 26.5%
Return on equity 11.3% 8.0% 53.1%
Return on assets 4.6% 6.4% 21.7%
Return on invested capital 5.2% – –
Return on capital employed 7.5% 4.7% 25.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x – 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.7x – 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 10.4% – 8.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNOWRDCMPEGA
Debt / assets 23.6% – –
Debt / equity 0.6x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x – –
Debt / FCF 1.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 58.9% 19.9% 58.7%
Equity / assets 41.1% 80.1% 41.3%
Interest coverage 14.6x – 650.4x
Current ratio 0.7x 6.2x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.6x 6.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 5.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.41 – 6.62

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNOWRDCMPEGA
Dividend yield – – 0.6%
Net buyback yield 2.3% – 8.0%
Shareholder yield 2.3% – 8.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 6.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 57.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 26.8%

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.

ConsensusNOWRDCMPEGA
Forward P/E 28.3xFY2026 27.5xFY2026 15.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.85FY2026 $0.37FY2026 $2.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 -66.1%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.0% +24.3% +9.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.25BFY2026 $56.61MFY2026 $1.75BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 -20.8%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.7% +2.7% +8.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNOWRDCMPEGA
Held by institutions 81.6% 53.3% 57.4%
Institutions holding 2,228 54 435
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.1% +2.3% +2.9%
Institutions buying 1,287 29 243
Institutions selling 781 16 153
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.81 1.59

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.

NOWRDCMPEGA
NOW 1.00 0.10 0.61
RDCM 0.10 1.00 0.18
PEGA 0.61 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NOW, RDCM and PEGA?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: ServiceNow (NOW) $105.90B, Radcom (RDCM) $162.01M, Pegasystems (PEGA) $5.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, NOW, RDCM and PEGA?

Radcom (RDCM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ServiceNow (NOW) 73.3x, Radcom (RDCM) 18.3x, Pegasystems (PEGA) 18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pegasystems (PEGA) is cheapest (ServiceNow (NOW) 28.3x, Radcom (RDCM) 27.5x, Pegasystems (PEGA) 15.3x). 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%, Pegasystems (PEGA) +0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pegasystems (PEGA) has the highest net margin (ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 16.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Radcom (RDCM) returned the most: ServiceNow (NOW) -38.7%, Radcom (RDCM) -22.7%, Pegasystems (PEGA) -43.7%. Over five years, Radcom (RDCM) compounded fastest (ServiceNow (NOW) -4.7%/yr, Radcom (RDCM) -2.8%/yr, Pegasystems (PEGA) -10.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: ServiceNow (NOW) 0.00%, Radcom (RDCM) 0.00%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 0.00%. ServiceNow (NOW) and Radcom (RDCM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Radcom (RDCM) has been the steadiest (ServiceNow (NOW) 66.6%, Radcom (RDCM) 47.9%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 52.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NOW, RDCM and PEGA?

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