PERF vs SSYS vs PARA Stock Comparison

Perfect, Stratasys and Banzai International Prices as of Oct 22, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PERF Perfect Corp.
$2.00 +4.2% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$170.12M
P/E
35.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.07M
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
7 wins
SSYS Stratasys Ltd.
$6.97 -15.6% 1M -41.9% 1Y
Market cap
$600.19M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$547.27M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Perfect leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Perfect 7, Stratasys 2, Banzai International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPERFSSYSPARALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $170.12M $600.19M $1.46M SSYS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.3x -12.4x 0.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.6x 69.7x — PERF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.4% -3.1% +19.6% PARA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.1% -8.4% -228.7% PERF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.8% — -113.0% PERF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -67.9x — -0.3x PERF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.0% -41.9% -99.1% PERF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -25.6%/yr -91.6%/yr SSYS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.8% 47.8% 150.5% PERF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 45/100 37/100 PERF

Percentile Scorecard

PERFSSYSPARA

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

AxisPERFSSYSPARA
Valuation 69 #5 of 14 44 #38 of 67 25 #31 of 41
Growth 18 #10 of 12 26 #40 of 54 60 #16 of 38
Profitability 30 #8 of 11 29 #38 of 53 20 #29 of 36
Financial Health 86 #3 of 15 79 #18 of 82 43 #28 of 48
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 51 45 37
  • PERF ranked among 16 companies in Workplace Software
  • SSYS ranked among 82 companies in Machinery
  • PARA ranked among 51 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPERFSSYSPARASPY
1 month +4.2%-15.6%-41.4% -0.8%
3 months +4.2%-13.5%-80.7% +3.5%
6 months +22.0%-19.0%-95.0% +7.0%
Year to date +10.5%-19.7%-97.9% +12.2%
1 year +1.0%-41.9%-99.1% +13.0%
3 years -27.3%-32.0%-100.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year -10.1%-12.1%-98.4% +23.1%
5 years —-77.1%-100.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-25.6%-91.6% +11.0%
10 years —-65.0%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —-10.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasurePERFSSYSPARASPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.8%47.8%150.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.4%46.9%159.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.222.220.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.02-0.88-0.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.2%-83.4%-100.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.3%-41.5%-99.1% -1.8%
52-week high $2.09$11.91$44.80 $779.14
52-week low $1.30$6.80$0.41 $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.

MultiplePERFSSYSPARA
P/E now vs peer median 35.3xmedian 31.9x -12.4xmedian 22.6x 0.0xmedian 20.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.3x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 0.1xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 7.7x -11.7xmedian 13.4x -0.4xmedian 21.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 12.2x -25.8xmedian 20.5x -0.1xmedian 25.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.4x 0.1xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.33median 1.00 -28.49median 0.76 0.00median 2.04

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 monthsPERFSSYSPARA
Revenue $71.07M $547.27M $10.62M
Gross profit $56.66M $221.15M $8.63M
Operating income $1.26M -$83.46M -$18.88M
Net income $8.43M -$115.18M -$24.30M
Free cash flow $10.88M -$23.24M -$16.08M
R&D $14.93M $77.20M –
EPS (diluted) $0.06 $-0.56 $-14.94
Cash & equivalents $125.62M $92.53M $646.00K
Total debt $7.81M – $32.30M
Shares (diluted) 101.85M 82.30M 1.63M
Enterprise value -$417.85M -$349.63M -$437.46K

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
MetricPERFSSYSPARA
P/E 35.3x -12.4x 0.0x
P/FCF 15.6x -25.8x -0.1x
P/Operating cash flow 16.2x -131.0x -0.1x
P/S 2.4x 1.1x 0.1x
P/B 1.1x 0.7x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 0.8x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x -11.7x -0.4x
EV/EBIT 12.6x -4.6x -0.3x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.7x 0.6x
EV/FCF 1.5x -16.7x -0.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.5x -84.6x -0.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.33 -28.49 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSPARA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.4% -3.1% 19.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.4% -4.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.5% -12.3% 23.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.4% -6.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 157.8% -30.0% -14.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.4% -9.0% -23.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 37.7% -17.1% 30.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.9% -37.3% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -1.4% 59.7% 95.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 0.4% 37.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -32.0% -172.1% -8.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 61.1% -22.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -31.0% -116.2% -8.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.4% -22.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSPARA
Gross margin 79.7% 40.4% 81.2%
EBITDA margin 3.2% -6.1% -166.3%
Operating margin 1.8% -15.3% -177.7%
Pretax margin 10.0% -13.1% -227.9%
Net margin 8.1% -8.4% -228.7%
FCF margin 15.3% -4.2% -151.4%
Operating cash flow margin 14.8% -0.8% -151.4%
Return on equity 5.4% -14.0% -239.1%
Return on assets 4.3% -10.9% -77.4%
Return on invested capital 0.8% – -113.0%
Return on capital employed 0.8% -9.3% -141.2%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.0x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 4.3% 38.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSPARA
Debt / assets 4.0% – 17.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -67.9x – -0.3x
Debt / FCF 0.7x – -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 19.4% 22.0% 60.9%
Equity / assets 80.6% 78.0% 39.1%
Interest coverage 66.4x – -4.6x
Current ratio 4.6x 3.5x 0.1x
Quick ratio 4.6x 2.3x 0.1x
Cash ratio 4.4x 1.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.28 -1.02 -7.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSPARA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -430.8%
Shareholder yield – – -430.8%
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.

ConsensusPERFSSYSPARA
Forward P/E 28.6xFY2026 69.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.07FY2026 $0.10FY2026 $-8.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +40.0%FY2026 -33.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +14.3% +100.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $76.52MFY2026 $582.47MFY2026 $14.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +6.8% +53.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPERFSSYSPARA
Held by institutions – 50.8% 0.1%
Institutions holding – 150 1
Change in shares held, QoQ – +7.3% –
Institutions buying – 79 1
Institutions selling – 29 0
Buyers to sellers – 2.72 –

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.

PERFSSYSPARA
PERF 1.00 0.02 0.04
SSYS 0.02 1.00 0.06
PARA 0.04 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PERF, SSYS and PARA?

Stratasys (SSYS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Perfect (PERF) $170.12M, Stratasys (SSYS) $600.19M, Banzai International (PARA) $1.46M.

Which company is growing faster?

Banzai International (PARA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Perfect (PERF) +10.4%, Stratasys (SSYS) -3.1%, Banzai International (PARA) +19.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Perfect (PERF) has the highest net margin (Perfect (PERF) 8.1%, Stratasys (SSYS) -8.4%, Banzai International (PARA) -228.7%). On return on invested capital, Perfect (PERF) leads (Perfect (PERF) 0.8%, Banzai International (PARA) -113.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Perfect (PERF) returned the most: Perfect (PERF) +1.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) -41.9%, Banzai International (PARA) -99.1%. Over five years, Stratasys (SSYS) compounded fastest (Stratasys (SSYS) -25.6%/yr, Banzai International (PARA) -91.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Perfect (PERF) has been the steadiest (Perfect (PERF) 47.8%, Stratasys (SSYS) 47.8%, Banzai International (PARA) 150.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PERF, SSYS and PARA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Perfect (PERF) leads on 7. 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.