ROKU vs TAL vs MSFT Stock Comparison

Roku, TAL Education and Microsoft Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ROKU Roku, Inc
$155.33 +1.7% 1M +56.9% 1Y
Market cap
$23.11B
P/E
65.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.21B
Div. yield
–
Operating Systems Technology
1 win
TAL TAL Education Group
$10.06 -15.5% 1M -17.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.81B
P/E
6.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.19B
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
MSFT Microsoft Corp
$531.01 +4.3% 1M -2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.93T
P/E
27.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$346.45B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cloud Platforms Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

TAL Education leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (TAL Education 5, Microsoft 3, Roku 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionROKUTALMSFTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.11B $5.81B $3.93T MSFT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 65.1x 6.4x 27.6x TAL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 55.1x 6.9x 26.0x TAL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.5% +32.4% +17.9% TAL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.8% 28.4% 41.2% MSFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 26.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +56.9% -17.8% -2.0% ROKU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.6%/yr +19.7%/yr +9.9%/yr TAL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.0% 44.2% 32.6% MSFT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 88/100 79/100 TAL

Percentile Scorecard

ROKUTALMSFT

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

AxisROKUTALMSFT
Valuation 68 #41 of 124 88 #5 of 33 60 #16 of 38
Growth 96 #5 of 113 100 #1 of 30 77 #9 of 36
Profitability 78 #25 of 109 85 #5 of 28 97 #2 of 34
Financial Health 79 #28 of 127 78 #9 of 37 84 #7 of 38
Shareholder Returns 69 #20 of 63 – 80 #5 of 21
Overall 78 88 79
  • ROKU ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • TAL ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • MSFT ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodROKUTALMSFTSPY
1 month +1.7%-15.5%+4.3% +0.9%
3 months +6.9%-7.5%+36.0% +5.9%
6 months +37.9%-7.3%+25.1% +8.5%
Year to date +43.2%-7.8%+9.8% +13.3%
1 year +56.9%-17.8%-2.0% +12.4%
3 years +175.7%+8.9%+61.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +40.2%+2.9%+17.2% +23.5%
5 years -49.1%+146.0%+60.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -12.6%+19.7%+9.9% +11.0%
10 years —-26.4%+786.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year —-3.0%+24.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureROKUTALMSFTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.0%44.2%32.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.7%40.7%30.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.380.620.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.42-0.40-0.06 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.8%-67.3%-37.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%-22.1%-2.3% -0.9%
52-week high $160.06$12.91$543.45 $779.14
52-week low $82.93$8.95$352.83 $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.

MultipleROKUTALMSFT
P/E now vs peer median 64.7xmedian 37.9x 6.3xmedian 14.9x 27.6xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 4.4x 1.9xmedian 1.2x 11.4xmedian 4.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 59.9xmedian 34.5x —median 9.3x 19.1xmedian 24.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.5xmedian 26.6x 8.4xmedian 14.5x 65.8xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 3.4x 1.5xmedian 1.8x 8.4xmedian 4.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.81median 1.24 0.06median 0.35 1.21median 0.38

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 monthsROKUTALMSFT
Revenue $5.21B $3.19B $346.45B
Gross profit $2.37B $1.79B $234.39B
Operating income $273.39M $398.90M $163.19B
Net income $355.21M $906.86M $142.63B
Free cash flow $709.91M $731.92M $59.96B
R&D $736.05M – $36.46B
EPS (diluted) $2.34 $1.57 $19.16
Cash & equivalents $2.00B $1.64B $20.28B
Total debt – – $35.48B
Shares (diluted) 151.90M 578.78M 7.45B
Enterprise value $13.55B -$7.17B $3.87T

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
MetricROKUTALMSFT
P/E 64.7x 6.3x 27.6x
P/FCF 32.5x 8.4x 65.8x
P/Operating cash flow 32.1x 8.4x 20.1x
P/S 4.4x 1.9x 11.4x
P/B 8.2x 1.5x 8.4x
P/Tangible book 8.3x 1.5x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA 59.9x – 19.1x
EV/EBIT 75.0x 8.3x 24.0x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 1.0x 11.3x
EV/FCF 28.9x 4.5x 65.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.5x 4.5x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.81 0.06 1.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricROKUTALMSFT
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.5% 32.4% 17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 43.9% 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.5% 37.4% 16.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 45.2% 15.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 275.3% 1,299% 20.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.4% 74.6% 20.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 677.5% 770.5% 36.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 106.1% 22.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 669.1% 824.0% 36.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.7% 110.4% 22.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 81.4% 46.7% 33.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 260.2% 60.3% 27.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 82.1% 46.7% -23.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.4% 60.3% -1.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricROKUTALMSFT
Gross margin 45.5% 56.0% 67.7%
EBITDA margin 6.6% – 59.3%
Operating margin 5.2% 12.5% 47.1%
Pretax margin 7.4% 28.0% 51.3%
Net margin 6.8% 28.4% 41.2%
FCF margin 13.6% 22.9% 17.3%
Operating cash flow margin 13.8% 22.9% 56.5%
Return on equity 12.9% 23.1% 31.2%
Return on assets 8.0% 14.3% 18.6%
Return on invested capital – – 26.5%
Return on capital employed 8.5% 9.6% 26.5%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 0.8x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 6.3% – 3.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricROKUTALMSFT
Debt / assets – – 4.6%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 38.3% 39.7% 39.6%
Equity / assets 61.7% 60.3% 60.4%
Interest coverage 129.4x – 50.6x
Current ratio 2.9x 1.7x 1.2x
Quick ratio 2.7x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash ratio 2.0x 1.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 9.43 2.37 9.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricROKUTALMSFT
Dividend yield – – 0.7%
Net buyback yield 1.1% – 0.5%
Shareholder yield 1.1% 0.0% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 45.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 9.5%
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.

ConsensusROKUTALMSFT
Forward P/E 55.1xFY2026 6.9xFY2026 26.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.82FY2026 $1.46FY2026 $20.39FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +378.0%FY2026 +47.5%FY2026 +18.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +42.6% -13.0% +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.37BFY2026 $3.66BFY2026 $402.39BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +21.6%FY2026 +21.3%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +23.0% +15.9% +12.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersROKUTALMSFT
Held by institutions 86.5% 41.2% 73.9%
Institutions holding 777 237 6,230
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +11.9% +3.3%
Institutions buying 435 116 3,434
Institutions selling 240 99 2,426
Buyers to sellers 1.81 1.17 1.42

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.

ROKUTALMSFT
ROKU 1.00 0.10 0.24
TAL 0.10 1.00 0.15
MSFT 0.24 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ROKU, TAL and MSFT?

Microsoft (MSFT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Roku (ROKU) $23.11B, TAL Education (TAL) $5.81B, Microsoft (MSFT) $3.93T.

Which stock is cheaper, ROKU, TAL and MSFT?

TAL Education (TAL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Roku (ROKU) 65.1x, TAL Education (TAL) 6.4x, Microsoft (MSFT) 27.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, TAL Education (TAL) is cheapest (Roku (ROKU) 55.1x, TAL Education (TAL) 6.9x, Microsoft (MSFT) 26.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

TAL Education (TAL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Roku (ROKU) +18.5%, TAL Education (TAL) +32.4%, Microsoft (MSFT) +17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Microsoft (MSFT) has the highest net margin (Roku (ROKU) 6.8%, TAL Education (TAL) 28.4%, Microsoft (MSFT) 41.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Roku (ROKU) returned the most: Roku (ROKU) +56.9%, TAL Education (TAL) -17.8%, Microsoft (MSFT) -2.0%. Over five years, TAL Education (TAL) compounded fastest (Roku (ROKU) -12.6%/yr, TAL Education (TAL) +19.7%/yr, Microsoft (MSFT) +9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Microsoft (MSFT) has been the steadiest (Roku (ROKU) 40.0%, TAL Education (TAL) 44.2%, Microsoft (MSFT) 32.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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