ROKU vs MSFT vs XPER Stock Comparison

Roku, Microsoft and Xperi Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ROKU Roku, Inc
$158.58 +3.3% 1M +61.4% 1Y
Market cap
$23.28B
P/E
65.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.21B
Div. yield
–
Operating Systems Technology
2 wins
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$524.51 +4.8% 1M +0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.96T
P/E
29.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$331.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
7 wins
XPER Xperi Inc.
$5.19 -5.8% 1M -21.5% 1Y
Market cap
$251.06M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$456.84M
Div. yield
–
Operating Systems Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionROKUMSFTXPERLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.28B $3.96T $251.06M MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 65.5x 29.6x -7.7x MSFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 56.4x 25.7x 5.7x XPER
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.5% +17.8% -3.9% ROKU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.8% 40.3% -7.1% MSFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.7% -2.5% MSFT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.2x -1.4x XPER
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.4% +0.8% -21.5% ROKU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.2%/yr +11.2%/yr — MSFT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.1% 32.7% 40.9% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 79/100 63/100 MSFT

Percentile Scorecard

ROKUMSFTXPER

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

AxisROKUMSFTXPER
Valuation 69 #39 of 124 54 #18 of 38 84 #21 of 124
Growth 96 #5 of 113 77 #9 of 36 54 #53 of 113
Profitability 77 #26 of 110 97 #2 of 34 61 #44 of 110
Financial Health 79 #28 of 129 84 #7 of 38 52 #62 of 129
Shareholder Returns 67 #23 of 68 81 #5 of 22 –
Overall 78 79 63
  • ROKU ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • XPER ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodROKUMSFTXPERSPY
1 month +3.3%+4.8%-5.8% -1.0%
3 months +11.7%+37.4%-31.3% +2.9%
6 months +37.6%+23.5%-21.6% +6.4%
Year to date +46.2%+8.5%-11.4% +11.4%
1 year +61.4%+0.8%-21.5% +13.1%
3 years +158.2%+58.7%-39.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +37.2%+16.7%-15.5% +21.5%
5 years -50.7%+69.7%— +67.7%
5 years, per year -13.2%+11.2%— +10.9%
10 years —+779.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+24.3%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureROKUMSFTXPERSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.1%32.7%40.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.1%30.9%42.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.381.001.20 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.530.02-0.52 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.0%-37.6%-80.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.9%-3.5%-39.8% -2.5%
52-week high $160.06$543.45$8.62 $779.14
52-week low $82.93$352.83$4.98 $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.

MultipleROKUMSFTXPER
P/E now vs peer median 66.1xmedian 37.4x 29.1xmedian 29.1x -7.7xmedian 37.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 4.4x 11.7xmedian 4.5x 0.6xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 61.3xmedian 35.0x 19.4xmedian 21.5x 5.6xmedian 35.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.1xmedian 27.2x 58.2xmedian 17.3x 89.6xmedian 27.2x
P/B now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 3.4x 8.8xmedian 3.9x 0.6xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.85median 1.27 1.28median 0.33 -0.12median 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 monthsROKUMSFTXPER
Revenue $5.21B $331.84B $456.84M
Gross profit $2.37B $225.47B $326.39M
Operating income $273.39M $155.24B -$11.09M
Net income $355.21M $133.75B -$32.52M
Free cash flow $709.91M $66.99B $2.82M
R&D $736.05M $35.56B $114.61M
EPS (diluted) $2.34 $17.95 $-0.67
Cash & equivalents $2.00B $20.94B $90.59M
Total debt – $164.03B $160.00M
Shares (diluted) 151.90M 7.45B 48.42M
Enterprise value $13.72B $3.88T -$103.56M

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
MetricROKUMSFTXPER
P/E 66.1x 29.1x -7.7x
P/FCF 33.1x 58.2x 89.6x
P/Operating cash flow 32.7x 21.3x 30.9x
P/S 4.5x 11.7x 0.6x
P/B 8.3x 8.8x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 8.5x 9.2x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 61.3x 19.4x 5.6x
EV/EBIT 76.7x 24.9x -18.2x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 11.6x 0.4x
EV/FCF 29.5x 57.6x 71.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.2x 21.1x 24.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.85 1.28 -0.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricROKUMSFTXPER
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.5% 17.8% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 16.1% -3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.5% 16.3% -8.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 15.6% -5.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 275.3% 20.8% 81.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.4% 20.6% 75.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 677.5% 31.3% -425.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 22.7% 65.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 669.1% 31.6% -724.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.7% 22.8% 66.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 81.4% 34.4% 152.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 260.2% 27.8% 29.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 82.1% -6.5% 114.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.4% 4.0% 27.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricROKUMSFTXPER
Gross margin 45.5% 67.9% 71.4%
EBITDA margin 6.6% 59.9% 7.9%
Operating margin 5.2% 46.8% -2.4%
Pretax margin 7.4% 50.0% -2.2%
Net margin 6.8% 40.3% -7.1%
FCF margin 13.6% 20.2% 0.6%
Operating cash flow margin 13.8% 55.1% 1.8%
Return on equity 12.9% 31.2% -7.9%
Return on assets 8.0% 18.4% -5.3%
Return on invested capital – 26.7% -2.5%
Return on capital employed 8.5% 27.8% -2.2%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.4x -0.3x
Stock comp / revenue 6.3% 3.7% 7.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricROKUMSFTXPER
Debt / assets – 5.3% 6.5%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.2x -1.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.6x 14.2x
Liabilities / assets 38.3% 41.7% 32.6%
Equity / assets 61.7% 58.3% 67.4%
Interest coverage 129.4x 50.9x -3.9x
Current ratio 2.9x 1.2x 2.5x
Quick ratio 2.7x 0.9x 2.1x
Cash ratio 2.0x 0.5x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 9.60 9.18 -0.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricROKUMSFTXPER
Dividend yield – 0.7% –
Net buyback yield 1.0% 0.5% –
Shareholder yield 1.0% 1.2% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.1% –

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.

ConsensusROKUMSFTXPER
Forward P/E 56.4xFY2026 25.7xFY2027 5.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.81FY2026 $20.38FY2027 $0.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +376.3%FY2026 +17.9%FY2027 +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +43.4% +11.5% +39.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.37BFY2026 $402.02BFY2027 $430.71MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +21.1%FY2027 -3.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.0% +12.7% +18.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersROKUMSFTXPER
Held by institutions 76.9% 73.9% 92.4%
Institutions holding 777 6,227 155
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +3.3% +7.1%
Institutions buying 435 3,432 96
Institutions selling 240 2,425 36
Buyers to sellers 1.81 1.42 2.67

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.

ROKUMSFTXPER
ROKU 1.00 0.24 0.43
MSFT 0.24 1.00 0.19
XPER 0.43 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ROKU, MSFT and XPER?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Roku (ROKU) $23.28B, Microsoft (MSFT) $3.96T, Xperi (XPER) $251.06M.

Which stock is cheaper, ROKU, MSFT and XPER?

Microsoft (MSFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Roku (ROKU) 65.5x, Microsoft (MSFT) 29.6x, Xperi (XPER) -7.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Xperi (XPER) is cheapest (Roku (ROKU) 56.4x, Microsoft (MSFT) 25.7x, Xperi (XPER) 5.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Roku (ROKU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Roku (ROKU) +18.5%, Microsoft (MSFT) +17.8%, Xperi (XPER) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Microsoft (MSFT) has the highest net margin (Roku (ROKU) 6.8%, Microsoft (MSFT) 40.3%, Xperi (XPER) -7.1%). On return on invested capital, Microsoft (MSFT) leads (Microsoft (MSFT) 26.7%, Xperi (XPER) -2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Roku (ROKU) returned the most: Roku (ROKU) +61.4%, Microsoft (MSFT) +0.8%, Xperi (XPER) -21.5%. Over five years, Microsoft (MSFT) compounded fastest (Roku (ROKU) -13.2%/yr, Microsoft (MSFT) +11.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Roku (ROKU) 0.00%, Microsoft (MSFT) 0.01%, Xperi (XPER) 0.00%. Roku (ROKU) and Xperi (XPER) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Roku (ROKU) 40.1%, Microsoft (MSFT) 32.7%, Xperi (XPER) 40.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ROKU, MSFT and XPER?

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