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ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) vs Qualys, Inc. (QLYS)

ACI Worldwide, Inc. and Qualys, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Qualys, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.9B against $6.0B — 1.1× the size. Qualys, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 34.7× against 36.1×. Qualys, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.4% against 1.93%. Qualys, Inc. has the higher net margin (29.4% vs 9.46%) and the higher return on invested capital (111.1% vs 7.87%). Across the 22 metrics below, Qualys, Inc. leads on 14 and ACI Worldwide, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
P/E 36.15 34.69 24.43
P/S 3.39 10.02 2.81
P/B 4.00 12.52 2.88
Price to free cash flow 18.01 23.15 17.94
EV/EBITDA 14.68 26.28 14.51
EV/Sales 3.73 9.41 2.91
Earnings yield 2.77% 2.88% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 5.55% 4.32% 0.49%

Profitability

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 47.01% 83.33% 57.45%
Operating margin 14.92% 34.36% 0.00%
Net margin 9.46% 29.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 18.80% 44.66% 0.00%
Return on equity 11.23% 38.59% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.31% 19.92% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.87% 111.08% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.93% 10.35% 14.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.09% 16.99% 18.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.34% 13.01% 16.15%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.55% 16.71% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.55 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 1.56 1.38 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA 1.42 (1.91) 0.05

Dividend

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.06%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric ACIW QLYS Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 6.01b 6.91b 661.51m

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