Braze, Inc. (BRZE) vs SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN)

Braze, Inc. and SoundHound AI, Inc. are both Software Application companies. Braze, Inc. and SoundHound AI, Inc. are of similar size ($2.8B and $2.8B). SoundHound AI, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 54.6% against 27.4%. Braze, Inc. has the higher net margin (−13.6% vs −67.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−34.7% vs −30.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Braze, Inc. leads on 11 and SoundHound AI, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
P/E n/m n/m 24.79
P/S 3.25 12.82 2.67
P/B 4.52 5.31 3.01
Price to free cash flow 33.80 n/m 16.59
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.40
EV/Sales 2.77 12.03 2.62
Earnings yield (4.23%) (5.45%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 2.96% (4.81%) 1.91%

Profitability

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
Gross margin 66.30% 42.29% 67.03%
Operating margin (13.36%) (68.55%) 0.00%
Net margin (13.55%) (67.10%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 9.61% (61.66%) 4.32%
Return on equity (18.86%) (32.08%) 0.00%
Return on assets (10.50%) (21.86%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (34.68%) (30.26%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.44% 54.58% 12.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (19.61%) 96.71% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 37.50% — 13.72%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
Debt to equity 0.02 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 1.27 3.91 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 4.85 (16.15) 0.06

Dividend

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 1.25%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric BRZE SOUN Software Application median
Market cap 2.81b 2.76b 396.11m

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