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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) vs Gen Digital Inc. (GEN)

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and Gen Digital Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Gen Digital Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $18.2B against $15.1B — 1.2× the size. Gen Digital Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 17.7×. Gen Digital Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.9% against 2.70%. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has the higher net margin (31.7% vs 23.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 13.3%). Across the 22 metrics below, Gen Digital Inc. leads on 13 and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
P/E 17.66 15.26 24.43
P/S 5.45 3.48 2.81
P/B 5.69 6.64 2.88
Price to free cash flow 13.33 10.25 17.94
EV/EBITDA 17.48 9.62 14.51
EV/Sales 5.38 4.92 2.91
Earnings yield 5.66% 6.55% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 7.50% 9.75% 0.49%

Profitability

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 87.19% 77.41% 57.45%
Operating margin 28.31% 41.81% 0.00%
Net margin 31.74% 23.07% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 40.86% 33.97% 0.00%
Return on equity 30.61% 46.40% 0.00%
Return on assets 13.32% 7.63% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 19.82% 13.31% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.70% 16.88% 14.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.95% 52.43% 18.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.71% 14.41% 16.15%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.54% 11.92% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.75 2.96 0.02
Current ratio 1.60 0.37 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (1.14) 2.98 0.05

Dividend

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — 1.64% 1.06%
Payout ratio — 0.25 0.29

Size

Metric CHKP GEN Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 15.13b 18.15b 661.51m

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