InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC) vs Nice (NICE)

InterDigital, Inc. and Nice are both Software Application companies. InterDigital, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.5B against $6.7B — 1.3× the size. Nice trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 27.2×. Nice grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.14% against −11.7%. InterDigital, Inc. has the higher net margin (38.3% vs 13.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (45.0% vs 10.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, InterDigital, Inc. leads on 11 and Nice on 11.

Valuation

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
P/E 27.22 16.12 25.41
P/S 10.46 2.15 2.73
P/B 6.86 1.70 2.57
Price to free cash flow 22.22 11.75 17.58
EV/EBITDA 17.76 8.85 15.36
EV/Sales 9.54 2.33 2.59
Earnings yield 3.67% 6.20% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 4.50% 8.51% 2.24%

Profitability

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
Gross margin 100.00% 65.12% 67.03%
Operating margin 43.77% 18.50% 0.00%
Net margin 38.32% 13.86% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 62.98% 18.29% 5.01%
Return on equity 26.40% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 14.47% 8.16% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 45.04% 10.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.66%) 8.14% 12.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.24%) 43.05% 32.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.36% 12.31% 14.21%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 55.45% 25.53% 0.00%

Health

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 1.74 1.33 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (1.43) (0.49) 0.08

Dividend

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
Dividend yield 0.89% — 0.95%
Payout ratio 0.33 — 0.29

Size

Metric IDCC NICE Software Application median
Market cap 8.47b 6.72b 357.77m

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