Nice (NICE) vs NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NIQ)

Nice and NIQ Global Intelligence plc are both Software Application companies. Nice is the larger, with a market value of $6.6B against $5.4B — 1.2× the size. NIQ Global Intelligence plc has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nice trades at 16.2×. NIQ Global Intelligence plc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.4% against 8.14%. Nice has the higher net margin (13.9% vs −8.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 1.25%). Across the 19 metrics below, Nice leads on 15 and NIQ Global Intelligence plc on 4.

Valuation

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
P/E 16.18 n/m 24.79
P/S 2.16 1.20 2.67
P/B 1.71 4.58 3.01
Price to free cash flow 11.79 19.81 16.59
EV/EBITDA 8.88 11.09 14.40
EV/Sales 2.34 1.91 2.62
Earnings yield 6.18% (6.84%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 8.48% 5.05% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
Gross margin 65.12% 55.40% 67.03%
Operating margin 18.50% 1.95% 0.00%
Net margin 13.86% (8.01%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 18.29% 6.05% 4.32%
Return on equity 0.00% (45.19%) 0.00%
Return on assets 8.16% (5.17%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.37% 1.25% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.14% 10.42% 12.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 43.05% 59.15% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.31% — 13.72%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.53% — 0.00%

Health

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
Debt to equity 0.00 3.09 0.02
Current ratio 1.33 1.09 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (0.49) 4.04 0.06

Dividend

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
Dividend yield 0.01% — 1.25%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric NICE NIQ Software Application median
Market cap 6.64b 5.41b 396.11m

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