| DIRECT COMPETITOR COMPARISON | |
| SY | IBM | MSFT | ORCL | Industry | | Market Cap: | 3.30B | 165.12B | 259.45B | 110.74B | 185.66M | | Employees: | 3,995 | 410,097 | 93,000 | 86,000 | 422 | | Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): | 3.30% | -6.90% | -14.20% | -5.20% | 21.90% | | Revenue (ttm): | 1.14B | 95.53B | 56.30B | 22.98B | 97.02M | | Gross Margin (ttm): | 71.22% | 45.61% | 78.42% | 80.44% | 69.79% | | EBITDA (ttm): | 326.29M | 23.54B | 21.81B | 10.76B | 10.55M | | Oper Margins (ttm): | 23.21% | 19.35% | 34.57% | 38.17% | 7.53% | | Net Income (ttm): | 158.70M | 13.04B | 13.77B | 5.64B | N/A | | EPS (ttm): | 1.913 | 9.740 | 1.539 | 1.109 | 0.03 | | P/E (ttm): | 21.16 | 12.91 | 18.99 | 19.92 | 22.38 | | PEG (5 yr expected): | 1.19 | 1.35 | 1.47 | 1.13 | 1.32 | | P/S (ttm): | 2.95 | 1.75 | 4.70 | 4.93 | 2.61 |
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| IBM = International Business Machines Corp. | | MSFT = Microsoft Corporation | | ORCL = Oracle Corp. | | Industry = Application Software | |
| SOFTWARE COMPANIES RANKED BY SALES | |
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| Company | Symbol | Price | Change | Market Cap | P/E | | Microsoft Corporation | MSFT | 29.22 | -1.91% | 259.45B | 18.99 | | IBM Software | Private - View Profile | | Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.09 | -2.26% | 110.74B | 19.92 | | SAP AG | SAP | 47.76 | -1.91% | 56.79B | N/A | | CA, Inc. | CA | 22.00 | -1.48% | 11.48B | 16.68 |
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