Samsara Inc. (IOT) vs Zscaler, Inc. (ZS)

Samsara Inc. and Zscaler, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Zscaler, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $33.4B against $24.8B — 1.3× the size. Zscaler, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Samsara Inc. trades at 255×. Samsara Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 29.5% against 25.4%. Samsara Inc. has the higher net margin (4.90% vs −1.88%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.57% vs −10.2%). Across the 20 metrics below, Samsara Inc. leads on 10 and Zscaler, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
P/E 255.29 n/m 28.52
P/S 13.20 10.14 3.13
P/B 15.22 13.09 3.18
Price to free cash flow 95.44 43.73 17.17
EV/EBITDA 478.58 123.34 15.10
EV/Sales 12.75 9.96 3.19
Earnings yield 0.39% (0.18%) 0.10%
Free cash flow yield 1.05% 2.29% 1.10%

Profitability

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 76.38% 76.80% 61.00%
Operating margin 1.05% (3.98%) 0.00%
Net margin 4.90% (1.88%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 13.83% 23.24% 1.67%
Return on equity 6.43% (2.87%) 0.60%
Return on assets 3.64% (0.88%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.57% (10.15%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 29.50% 25.42% 13.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 94.32% (44.44%) 27.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 45.30% 37.87% 15.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.65 0.05
Current ratio 1.62 1.70 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 29.44 (6.57) 0.08

Dividend

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.22%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric IOT ZS Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 24.82b 33.35b 845.81m

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