Cognyte Software Ltd. (CGNT) vs Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. (HQ)

Cognyte Software Ltd. and Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $809.6M against $642.5M — 1.3× the size. Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −0.01%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 9.28%). Across the 12 metrics below, Cognyte Software Ltd. leads on 10 and Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. on 2.

Valuation

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
P/E n/m n/m 28.02
P/S 1.49 n/m 3.07
P/B 2.87 18.69 3.36
Price to free cash flow 18.84 n/m 17.12
EV/EBITDA 18.15 n/m 14.91
EV/Sales 1.27 n/m 3.03
Earnings yield 0.00% (85.79%) 0.13%
Free cash flow yield 5.31% (1.45%) 1.15%

Profitability

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 72.96% — 61.23%
Operating margin 4.13% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (0.01%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 7.93% 0.00% 1.67%
Return on equity (0.03%) (1,057.18%) 0.59%
Return on assets (0.01%) (170.78%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.28% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.99% — 13.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 94.12% (2,075.05%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.04%) — 15.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.06
Current ratio 1.34 33.84 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (4.63) (0.54) 0.08

Dividend

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.53%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric CGNT HQ Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 642.45m 809.58m 835.96m

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