Okta, Inc. (OKTA) vs Zscaler, Inc. (ZS)

Okta, Inc. and Zscaler, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Zscaler, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $33.2B against $29.9B — 1.1× the size. Zscaler, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Okta, Inc. trades at 102×. Zscaler, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.4% against 11.2%. Okta, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.63% vs −1.88%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.10% vs −10.2%). Across the 20 metrics below, Okta, Inc. leads on 16 and Zscaler, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
P/E 101.66 n/m 24.43
P/S 9.74 9.80 2.81
P/B 4.29 12.65 2.88
Price to free cash flow 31.26 42.25 17.94
EV/EBITDA 57.38 119.10 14.51
EV/Sales 9.22 9.61 2.91
Earnings yield 0.98% (0.19%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.20% 2.37% 0.49%

Profitability

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 78.13% 76.80% 57.45%
Operating margin 7.55% (3.98%) 0.00%
Net margin 9.63% (1.88%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 31.17% 23.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 4.31% (2.87%) 0.00%
Return on assets 3.17% (0.88%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.10% (10.15%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.22% 25.42% 14.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2,083.33% (44.44%) 18.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.44% 37.87% 16.15%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.65 0.02
Current ratio 1.53 1.70 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (5.43) (6.57) 0.05

Dividend

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.06%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric OKTA ZS Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 29.92b 33.24b 661.51m

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