Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-04
20-quarter listed-company comparison

Software - Infrastructure Stocks

Software - Infrastructure: Oracle Corporation owns the largest revenue base; CoreWeave, Inc. has the fastest current growth.

01 · the industry itself · before any single company

How has Software - Infrastructure moved against S&P 500?

The line below covers up to 5.2 years and opens on the 5Y view; the buttons cut it shorter. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 35% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 14% on average over the last four reported quarters. It has been ahead of S&P 500 on a rolling three-month view for 15 weeks running.

LEADER · ahead 15wPrice and the fundamentals both up62 of 114 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months10 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more

RS ↑15w · 81/113 >200d (+15) · 62/114 lead (−7) · EPS 80/112↑

20020262025202420232022 331348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100162Mar 22Sep 22Mar 23Sep 23Mar 24Sep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 27 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 101, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 34 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 103, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 34 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 118, against 100 at the start · up 18.0% on a year ago · 32 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 116, against 100 at the start · up 13.4% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 117, against 100 at the start · up 12.8% on a year ago · 34 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 120, against 100 at the start · up 12.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 120, against 100 at the start · up 18.7% on a year ago · 33 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 127, against 100 at the start · up 18.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 127, against 100 at the start · up 21.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 133, against 100 at the start · up 17.2% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 135, against 100 at the start · up 11.7% on a year ago · 33 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 157, against 100 at the start · up 16.7% on a year ago · 32 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 151, against 100 at the start · up 12.1% on a year ago · 33 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 159, against 100 at the start · up 12.9% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 162, against 100 at the start · up 14.5% on a year ago · 33 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two162 · Mar 26No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
20020262025202420232022 331348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100162Mar 22Mar 23Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 27 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 101, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 34 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 103, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 34 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 118, against 100 at the start · up 18.0% on a year ago · 32 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 116, against 100 at the start · up 13.4% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 117, against 100 at the start · up 12.8% on a year ago · 34 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 120, against 100 at the start · up 12.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 120, against 100 at the start · up 18.7% on a year ago · 33 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 127, against 100 at the start · up 18.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 127, against 100 at the start · up 21.3% on a year ago · 33 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 133, against 100 at the start · up 17.2% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 135, against 100 at the start · up 11.7% on a year ago · 33 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 157, against 100 at the start · up 16.7% on a year ago · 32 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 151, against 100 at the start · up 12.1% on a year ago · 33 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 159, against 100 at the start · up 12.9% on a year ago · 33 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 162, against 100 at the start · up 14.5% on a year ago · 33 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two162No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
Software - Infrastructure, equal-weighted, based at 200 S&P 500, same base, same start trailing 12-month earnings per share rising falling

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 114 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.

02 · sector relative strength, before individual stocks

Is Software - Infrastructure outperforming S&P 500?

Software - Infrastructure has outperformed S&P 500 by 4.1% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 12.2%. 18 of 27 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +40.1%.

+12.2%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+4.1%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
18/27Stocks leading S&P 500
9/27Stocks leading sector

Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.

The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.

Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.

Bottom line

Software - Infrastructure has outperformed S&P 500 by 4.1% over 52 weeks and 12.2% over 13 weeks. 18 of 27 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 9 of 27 beat the sector itself. Oracle Corporation leads with revenue of $67,358 million, based on 22 of 28 comparable companies through Jun 2026.

Companies
28
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$5.8T
Microsoft Corporation
Revenue growing
21/22
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
18/27
positive Mansfield relative strength
Comparing 5 of 28
03 · research priority, made explicit

4-Factor Sector Score

An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.

Growth & earnings · 35%Capital efficiency · 25%Valuation · 20%Relative strength · 20%
Fortinet, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 57.8% evidence confidence.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
How this score is built, and what the marks mean

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step curve the sector itself is placed on — basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep — read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is widening or shrinking. It describes where the PRICE stands, not the earnings trajectory and not a recommendation, and it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

CompanyScorePrice stageGrowth & earnings/35Capital efficiency/25Valuation/20Relative strength/20
1Fortinet, Inc.FTNT 67.2/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence LEADER 21.4/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 1.9 pp 45% evidence 17.8/25 ROCE 11.6% · OPM 31.4% 76% evidence 9.4/20 P/E 54.1× · PEG — 15% evidence 18.6/20 RS sector 39.5% · RS bench 54.1% · 1Y 126.2%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.4 + 17.8 + 9.4 + 18.6 = 67.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
2NetApp, Inc.NTAP 65.4/100Favorable setup85% evidence LEADER 19.4/35 Revenue 5.4% · PAT 7.6% · OPM change 7.2 pp 95% evidence 16.1/25 ROCE 8.3% · OPM 27.3% 76% evidence 11.9/20 P/E 17.1× · PEG 1.43 65% evidence 18.0/20 RS sector 27.3% · RS bench 40.7% · 1Y 79.3%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.4 + 16.1 + 11.9 + 18 = 65.4 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
3Corpay, Inc.CPAY 62.9/100Mixed-positive evidence81% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.9/35 Revenue 18.2% · PAT 16.1% · OPM change 7.9 pp 83% evidence 15.2/25 ROCE 5.8% · OPM 50.4% 76% evidence 14.3/20 P/E 17.4× · PEG 1.01 65% evidence 11.5/20 RS sector -0.1% · RS bench 11.2% · 1Y 31.4%5 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.9 + 15.2 + 14.3 + 11.5 = 62.9 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
4VeriSign, Inc.VRSN 60.5/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BASING 22.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 1.1 pp 45% evidence 21.6/25 ROCE 1141.8% · OPM 68.5% 76% evidence 10.6/20 P/E 27.3× · PEG — 15% evidence 6.1/20 RS sector -7.4% · RS bench 2.9% · 1Y 10%4 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 22.2 + 21.6 + 10.6 + 6.1 = 60.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
5Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR 60.0/100Mixed-positive evidence71% evidence TURNING 29.3/35 Revenue 67.7% · PAT 100% · OPM change 26.3 pp 83% evidence 15.9/25 ROCE 10.3% · OPM 46.2% 76% evidence 8.9/20 P/E 164.4× · PEG — 15% evidence 5.9/20 RS sector -15.6% · RS bench -6.3% · 1Y -13.1%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 29.3 + 15.9 + 8.9 + 5.9 = 60 · Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -15.6% and the one-year return is -13.1%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
6CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.CRWD 55.7/100Mixed-positive evidence67% evidence LEADER 22.2/35 Revenue 23.2% · PAT — · OPM change 8.6 pp 71% evidence 6.5/25 ROCE -0.5% · OPM -2.2% 76% evidence 8.5/20 P/E 582.1× · PEG — 15% evidence 18.5/20 RS sector 32.3% · RS bench 46% · 1Y 99%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 22.2 + 6.5 + 8.5 + 18.5 = 55.7 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
7Okta, Inc.OKTA 54.4/100Mixed-positive evidence75% evidence BREAKING OUT 18.1/35 Revenue 11.8% · PAT 90% · OPM change 1.6 pp 95% evidence 8.2/25 ROCE 0.8% · OPM 7.3% 76% evidence 9.5/20 P/E 53.4× · PEG — 15% evidence 18.6/20 RS sector 27.6% · RS bench 40.8% · 1Y 61.6%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.1 + 8.2 + 9.5 + 18.6 = 54.4 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
8F5, Inc.FFIV 53.7/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence LEADER 16.7/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.4 pp 45% evidence 14.2/25 ROCE 4.4% · OPM 22.1% 76% evidence 10.5/20 P/E 33.1× · PEG — 15% evidence 12.3/20 RS sector 6.8% · RS bench 18.3% · 1Y 28.1%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.7 + 14.2 + 10.5 + 12.3 = 53.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
9Toast, Inc.TOST 53.2/100Mixed-positive evidence71% evidence TURNING 25.0/35 Revenue 23.4% · PAT 100% · OPM change 3.5 pp 83% evidence 10.7/25 ROCE 5.9% · OPM 6.7% 76% evidence 9.9/20 P/E 40.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.6/20 RS sector -15.1% · RS bench -6% · 1Y -21.5%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 25 + 10.7 + 9.9 + 7.6 = 53.2 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
10GoDaddy Inc.GDDY 52.0/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence ASLEEP 21.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 3.8 pp 45% evidence 15.3/25 ROCE 6.8% · OPM 24.5% 76% evidence 11.4/20 P/E 12.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 4.1/20 RS sector -33% · RS bench -26% · 1Y -33.2%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.2 + 15.3 + 11.4 + 4.1 = 52 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
11Microsoft CorporationMSFT 51.5/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 16.7/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.6 pp 45% evidence 16.2/25 ROCE 7.6% · OPM 46.3% 76% evidence 10.8/20 P/E 20.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.8/20 RS sector -11.2% · RS bench -1.5% · 1Y -5.6%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.7 + 16.2 + 10.8 + 7.8 = 51.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
12DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.DOCN 51.2/100Mixed-positive evidence71% evidence FADING 16.8/35 Revenue 17.7% · PAT 100% · OPM change -3.7 pp 83% evidence 10.7/25 ROCE 2.2% · OPM 14.2% 76% evidence 10.4/20 P/E 37.5× · PEG — 15% evidence 13.3/20 RS sector 35.2% · RS bench 50.5% · 1Y 290%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.8 + 10.7 + 10.4 + 13.3 = 51.2 · Decision use: Price leads the evidence: RS versus the benchmark is 50.5%, but earnings trajectory is weak. Wait for revenue and profit confirmation.
13Nutanix, Inc.NTNX 50.6/100Mixed-positive evidence75% evidence BREAKING OUT 19.0/35 Revenue -1.9% · PAT 100% · OPM change 5.2 pp 95% evidence 11.0/25 ROCE 3.7% · OPM 19.3% 76% evidence 9.8/20 P/E 43× · PEG — 15% evidence 10.8/20 RS sector -6.3% · RS bench 2.9% · 1Y -14.1%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19 + 11 + 9.8 + 10.8 = 50.6 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
14Rubrik, Inc.RBRK 50.1/100Mixed-positive evidence64% evidence BREAKING OUT 25.7/35 Revenue 45.9% · PAT — · OPM change 19.8 pp 71% evidence 3.1/25 ROCE -5.3% · OPM -13.6% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 11.3/20 RS sector -5.3% · RS bench 4.2% · 1Y -7.3%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 25.7 + 3.1 + 10 + 11.3 = 50.1 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
15Samsara Inc.IOT 49.3/100Mixed-negative evidence67% evidence BREAKING OUT 24.5/35 Revenue 29.6% · PAT — · OPM change 10.6 pp 71% evidence 7.1/25 ROCE 0.5% · OPM 1.5% 76% evidence 8.6/20 P/E 304.9× · PEG — 15% evidence 9.1/20 RS sector -9.4% · RS bench 0.2% · 1Y 14.4%7 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 24.5 + 7.1 + 8.6 + 9.1 = 49.3 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
16Gen Digital Inc.GEN 48.8/100Mixed-negative evidence74% evidence BREAKING OUT 17.4/35 Revenue 27.1% · PAT 51.3% · OPM change -6.4 pp 62% evidence 15.8/25 ROCE 6.3% · OPM 62.6% 76% evidence 7.1/20 P/E 12× · PEG 2.71 65% evidence 8.5/20 RS sector -9.5% · RS bench 0.1% · 1Y -7.2%9 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.4 + 15.8 + 7.1 + 8.5 = 48.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
17Cloudflare, Inc.NET 48.8/100Mixed-negative evidence61% evidence BREAKING OUT 18.0/35 Revenue 31.6% · PAT — · OPM change 1.4 pp 62% evidence 3.5/25 ROCE -1.9% · OPM -9.7% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 17.3/20 RS sector 14.6% · RS bench 26.9% · 1Y 47.3%8 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18 + 3.5 + 10 + 17.3 = 48.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
18Twilio Inc.TWLO 47.7/100Mixed-negative evidence64% evidence FADING 18.5/35 Revenue 15.6% · PAT — · OPM change 5.7 pp 62% evidence 8.5/25 ROCE 1.2% · OPM 7.7% 76% evidence 8.8/20 P/E 196.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 11.9/20 RS sector 10.6% · RS bench 22.8% · 1Y 96.7%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.5 + 8.5 + 8.8 + 11.9 = 47.7 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
19Akamai Technologies, Inc.AKAM 45.7/100Mixed-negative evidence81% evidence FADING 10.0/35 Revenue 6.1% · PAT -4% · OPM change -4.5 pp 83% evidence 11.6/25 ROCE 1.2% · OPM 10.7% 76% evidence 15.2/20 P/E 38.7× · PEG 0.7 65% evidence 8.9/20 RS sector -0.7% · RS bench 10.8% · 1Y 74.9%8 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 10 + 11.6 + 15.2 + 8.9 = 45.7 · Decision use: Cheap but unconfirmed: require improving earnings before treating the valuation as an opportunity.
20MongoDB, Inc.MDB 44.8/100Mixed-negative evidence64% evidence BREAKING OUT 20.9/35 Revenue 23.7% · PAT — · OPM change 6.2 pp 71% evidence 5.0/25 ROCE -0.8% · OPM -3.6% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 8.9/20 RS sector -6.3% · RS bench 4.2% · 1Y 81.7%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 20.9 + 5 + 10 + 8.9 = 44.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
21Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.CHKP 43.3/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 13.9/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -3 pp 45% evidence 14.2/25 ROCE 3.8% · OPM 27.7% 76% evidence 11.2/20 P/E 13.5× · PEG — 15% evidence 4.0/20 RS sector -39.5% · RS bench -32.8% · 1Y -32.4%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.9 + 14.2 + 11.2 + 4 = 43.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
22Oracle CorporationORCL 42.2/100Mixed-negative evidence85% evidence ASLEEP 16.1/35 Revenue 17.4% · PAT 37.3% · OPM change -0.1 pp 95% evidence 13.1/25 ROCE 3.4% · OPM 32% 76% evidence 12.4/20 P/E 38.7× · PEG 1.13 65% evidence 0.6/20 RS sector -39.7% · RS bench -33.5% · 1Y -41.7%5 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.1 + 13.1 + 12.4 + 0.6 = 42.2 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
23Palo Alto Networks, Inc.PANW 40.1/100Mixed-negative evidence85% evidence LEADER 7.9/35 Revenue 19.5% · PAT -31.9% · OPM change -15.7 pp 95% evidence 6.8/25 ROCE -0.7% · OPM -6.1% 76% evidence 5.5/20 P/E 147× · PEG 2.62 65% evidence 19.9/20 RS sector 40.1% · RS bench 54.3% · 1Y 119.3%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 7.9 + 6.8 + 5.5 + 19.9 = 40.1 · Decision use: Price leads the evidence: RS versus the benchmark is 54.3%, but earnings trajectory is weak. Wait for revenue and profit confirmation.
24Zscaler, Inc.ZS 35.8/100Mixed-negative evidence64% evidence FADING 16.4/35 Revenue 24.6% · PAT — · OPM change 0.2 pp 71% evidence 4.5/25 ROCE -0.9% · OPM -3.5% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 4.9/20 RS sector -35.7% · RS bench -29.3% · 1Y -39.5%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.4 + 4.5 + 10 + 4.9 = 35.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
25CoreWeave, Inc.CRWV 33.9/100Adverse evidence61% evidence ASLEEP 16.0/35 Revenue 100% · PAT — · OPM change -4.2 pp 62% evidence 5.4/25 ROCE -0.5% · OPM -6.9% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 2.5/20 RS sector -23.5% · RS bench -15.1% · 1Y -29.1%6 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16 + 5.4 + 10 + 2.5 = 33.9 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
26Block, Inc.XYZ 31.0/100Adverse evidence71% evidence BREAKING OUT 5.2/35 Revenue 2.3% · PAT -68.8% · OPM change -8.5 pp 83% evidence 6.5/25 ROCE -0.6% · OPM -2.8% 76% evidence 9.6/20 P/E 47× · PEG — 15% evidence 9.7/20 RS sector -1.2% · RS bench 9.4% · 1Y 15.3%9 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 5.2 + 6.5 + 9.6 + 9.7 = 31 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
27Synopsys, Inc.SNPS 30.4/100Adverse evidence85% evidence ASLEEP 10.3/35 Revenue 39.5% · PAT -41.8% · OPM change -18.2 pp 95% evidence 9.8/25 ROCE 0.4% · OPM 5.3% 76% evidence 8.4/20 P/E 111.7× · PEG 1.75 65% evidence 1.9/20 RS sector -29.2% · RS bench -21.4% · 1Y -34.8%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 10.3 + 9.8 + 8.4 + 1.9 = 30.4 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
28Cerebras Systems Inc.CBRS 49.8/100Thin evidence · provisional41% evidence 25.6/35 Revenue 86.1% · PAT — · OPM change 20.8 pp 62% evidence 4.2/25 ROCE -0.9% · OPM -7.8% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 10.0/20 RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y — 0% evidence
Exact sum: 25.6 + 4.2 + 10 + 10 = 49.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
Showing 10 of 28 companies
04 · what price has already done

Market action

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Software - Infrastructure at +290%. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +54.3%. 18 of 27 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-08-04.

Price and relative strength

Every company, the sector's own index and S&P 500 all start level on the left edge of the window, so only the distance between the lines counts — the highest line has risen the most since then, and the chart at the top of this page is drawn the same way. It opens on one year; the buttons beside it stretch that to three or five.

05 · compare level, then change

Revenue Scale & Growth Durability

Oracle Corporation has the highest Revenue among the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies compared here, at $67,358 million. Block, Inc. is next at $24,478 million. CoreWeave, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies. Its Revenue series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.

What the numbers say: Oracle Corporation is the scale leader at $67,358 million, 175.2% ahead of Block, Inc.. CoreWeave, Inc.'s growth is stored at the ≥100% scoring cap; the uncapped TTM change is 130% from a $6,228 million base, with 10 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.

LeaderOracle Corporation · $67,358 million
Gap175.2% versus #2 · Block, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage22/28 companies · 526 observations

Investor read: Oracle Corporation is the scale benchmark; CoreWeave, Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.

This conclusion weakens if: Oracle Corporation's growth falls below CoreWeave, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Oracle Corporation ORCL$67.4B
2Block, Inc. XYZ$24.5B
4Synopsys, Inc. SNPS$8.7B
5NetApp, Inc. NTAP$6.9B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV100%
4Rubrik, Inc. RBRK46%
Revenue · company comparison
22/28 level · 22/28 change

On every company-comparison chart on this page: solid lines show level, dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected, and a missing report breaks the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

In every all-company table on this page, each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above them use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyRevenueRevenue growthReported
Microsoft Corporation MSFT$82.9B18%Jun 2026
Oracle Corporation ORCL$19.2B21%Jun 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ$6.1B4.9%Mar 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW$3.0B31%Jun 2026
Synopsys, Inc. SNPS$2.3B42%Jun 2026
CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV$2.1B112%Mar 2026
NetApp, Inc. NTAP$1.9B12%Jun 2026
Fortinet, Inc. FTNT$1.9B20%Jun 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR$1.6B85%Mar 2026
Toast, Inc. TOST$1.6B22%Mar 2026
Twilio Inc. TWLO$1.4B20%Mar 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD$1.4B26%Jun 2026
Gen Digital Inc. GEN$1.3B23%Jun 2026
GoDaddy Inc. GDDY$1.3B6.1%Jun 2026
Corpay, Inc. CPAY$1.3B25%Mar 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM$1.1B5.8%Mar 2026
Zscaler, Inc. ZS$850M25%Jun 2026
F5, Inc. FFIV$812M11%Jun 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA$765M11%Jun 2026
MongoDB, Inc. MDB$688M25%Jun 2026
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP$668M4.7%Jun 2026
Cloudflare, Inc. NET$640M34%Mar 2026
Samsara Inc. IOT$479M31%Jun 2026
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN$429M6.7%Jun 2026
Rubrik, Inc. RBRK$387M39%Jun 2026
Nutanix, Inc. NTNX$365M5.8%Jun 2026
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN$258M22%Mar 2026
Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS$193M93%Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Revenue · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

$3.8B
$4.1B
$4.0B
$4.4B
$4.5B
$4.7B
$5.0B
$5.5B
$5.6B
$5.8B
$6.0B
$6.2B
$6.0B
$6.0B
$5.8B
$6.1B
$6.1B
$6.3B
$6.1B

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

$3M
$6M
$35M
$35M
$67M
$70M
$72M
$82M
$100M
$103M
$136M
$171M
$193M

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

$172M
$194M
$212M
$235M
$254M
$275M
$290M
$308M
$336M
$362M
$379M
$401M
$430M
$460M
$479M
$512M
$562M
$615M
$640M

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

$116M
$189M
$395M
$584M
$747M
$982M
$1.2B
$1.4B
$1.6B
$2.1B

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

$338M
$380M
$431M
$488M
$535M
$581M
$637M
$693M
$732M
$786M
$845M
$921M
$964M
$1.0B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.2B
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.4B

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

$867M
$964M
$955M
$1.0B
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.3B
$1.3B
$1.3B
$1.4B
$1.4B
$1.4B
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.9B
$1.9B

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

$45.3B
$51.7B
$49.4B
$51.9B
$50.1B
$52.7B
$52.9B
$56.2B
$56.5B
$62.0B
$61.9B
$64.7B
$65.6B
$69.6B
$70.1B
$76.4B
$77.7B
$81.3B
$82.9B

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.4B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.9B

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

$9.7B
$10.4B
$10.5B
$11.8B
$11.4B
$12.3B
$12.4B
$13.8B
$12.5B
$12.9B
$13.3B
$14.3B
$13.3B
$14.1B
$14.1B
$15.9B
$14.9B
$16.1B
$17.2B
$19.2B

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

$392M
$433M
$446M
$473M
$478M
$509M
$525M
$533M
$558M
$608M
$634M
$678M
$726M
$828M
$884M
$1.0B
$1.2B
$1.4B
$1.6B

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

$1.2B
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.4B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$2.0B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$2.0B
$2.2B
$2.1B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.5B
$2.5B
$2.6B
$3.0B

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

$1.1B
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.3B
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.4B
$1.3B
$1.4B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$2.3B
$2.4B
$2.3B

Revenue growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

-5.9%
17%
14%
26%
26%
24%
24%
19%
11%
6.4%
4.5%
-3.1%
-1.7%
2.3%
3.6%
4.9%

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

2,133%
1,067%
106%
134%
49%
47%
89%
109%
93%

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

55%
48%
42%
37%
31%
32%
32%
31%
30%
28%
27%
26%
28%
31%
34%
34%

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

544%
420%
207%
134%
110%
112%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

58%
53%
48%
42%
37%
35%
33%
33%
32%
29%
25%
20%
21%
22%
23%
26%

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

29%
33%
33%
32%
26%
16%
10%
7.2%
11%
13%
17%
14%
14%
14%
15%
20%

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

12%
11%
2.0%
7.1%
8.3%
13%
18%
17%
15%
16%
12%
13%
18%
18%
17%
18%

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

9.2%
6.2%
-5.5%
-5.9%
-10%
-6.1%
5.2%
5.5%
7.6%
6.2%
2.2%
3.8%
1.2%
2.8%
4.4%
12%

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

18%
18%
18%
17%
8.8%
5.4%
7.1%
3.3%
6.9%
8.6%
6.4%
11%
12%
14%
22%
21%

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

26%
22%
18%
18%
13%
17%
19%
21%
27%
30%
36%
39%
48%
63%
70%
85%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

27%
25%
26%
24%
26%
20%
19%
15%
12%
14%
14%
15%
16%
16%
15%
31%

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

18%
11%
7.2%
-1.3%
8.5%
14%
11%
15%
13%
12%
-3.7%
10%
14%
38%
66%
42%
06 · compare level, then change

Operating Economics & Margin Trend

VeriSign, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies compared here, at 68.5%. Gen Digital Inc. is next at 62.6%. Palantir Technologies Inc. has the highest Margin change at +26.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 28 of 28 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: VeriSign, Inc. leads opm at 68.5%; Palantir Technologies Inc. leads margin change at +26.3 percentage points.

LeaderVeriSign, Inc. · 68.5%
Gap9.4% versus #2 · Gen Digital Inc.
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage28/28 companies · 525 observations

Investor read: VeriSign, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
Margin changefastest expanders
2Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS+20.8 pp
3Rubrik, Inc. RBRK+19.8 pp
4Samsara Inc. IOT+10.6 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
28/28 level · 28/28 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyOPMMargin changeReported
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN69%+1.1 ppJun 2026
Gen Digital Inc. GEN63%−6.4 ppJun 2026
Corpay, Inc. CPAY50%+7.9 ppMar 2026
Microsoft Corporation MSFT46%+0.6 ppJun 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR46%+26.3 ppMar 2026
Oracle Corporation ORCL32%−0.1 ppJun 2026
Fortinet, Inc. FTNT31%+1.9 ppJun 2026
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP28%−3.0 ppJun 2026
NetApp, Inc. NTAP27%+7.2 ppJun 2026
GoDaddy Inc. GDDY25%+3.8 ppJun 2026
F5, Inc. FFIV22%+0.4 ppJun 2026
Nutanix, Inc. NTNX19%+5.2 ppJun 2026
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN14%−3.7 ppMar 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM11%−4.5 ppMar 2026
Twilio Inc. TWLO7.7%+5.7 ppMar 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA7.3%+1.6 ppJun 2026
Toast, Inc. TOST6.7%+3.5 ppMar 2026
Synopsys, Inc. SNPS5.3%−18.2 ppJun 2026
Samsara Inc. IOT1.5%+10.6 ppJun 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD-2.2%+8.6 ppJun 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ-2.8%−8.5 ppMar 2026
Zscaler, Inc. ZS-3.5%+0.2 ppJun 2026
MongoDB, Inc. MDB-3.6%+6.2 ppJun 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW-6.1%−15.7 ppJun 2026
CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV-6.9%−4.2 ppMar 2026
Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS-7.8%+20.8 ppMar 2026
Cloudflare, Inc. NET-9.7%+1.4 ppMar 2026
Rubrik, Inc. RBRK-14%+19.8 ppJun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

OPM · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

0.6%
-1.3%
-5.7%
-4.9%
-1.1%
-2.9%
-0.1%
-2.4%
-0.2%
-2.3%
4.2%
5.0%
5.4%
0.2%
5.7%
8.0%
6.7%
7.8%
-2.8%

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

-490%
-59%
-92%
-27%
-34%
-27%
-49%
-29%
-55%
-20%
-20%
-7.8%

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

-15%
-21%
-19%
-28%
-18%
-19%
-16%
-18%
-12%
-12%
-14%
-8.7%
-7.2%
-7.5%
-11%
-13%
-6.7%
-8.0%
-9.7%

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

-1.2%
8.9%
20%
20%
15%
-2.7%
1.6%
3.8%
-5.7%
-6.9%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

-14%
-11%
-5.5%
-4.9%
-9.0%
-9.7%
-9.6%
-2.8%
-2.1%
0.4%
3.5%
0.8%
1.4%
-5.5%
-7.5%
-11%
-9.7%
-5.6%
-0.5%
-2.2%

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

19%
22%
16%
19%
23%
28%
22%
22%
23%
27%
24%
31%
31%
35%
30%
28%
32%
33%
31%

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

45%
43%
41%
40%
43%
39%
42%
43%
48%
44%
45%
43%
47%
46%
46%
45%
49%
47%
46%

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

17%
19%
20%
17%
16%
17%
11%
20%
12%
20%
23%
22%
18%
21%
22%
20%
20%
23%
25%
27%

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

35%
-8.0%
36%
38%
23%
25%
26%
30%
27%
28%
28%
33%
30%
30%
31%
32%
29%
30%
32%
32%

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

-23%
-14%
-8.8%
-8.8%
-13%
-3.5%
0.8%
1.9%
7.2%
11%
13%
16%
16%
1.3%
20%
27%
33%
41%
46%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

-5.0%
-6.6%
-5.6%
-3.4%
1.0%
1.0%
2.4%
4.6%
13%
12%
2.7%
8.9%
11%
13%
11%
9.6%
20%
13%
15%
-6.1%

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

19%
17%
27%
28%
19%
17%
19%
23%
22%
29%
23%
23%
24%
19%
17%
24%
9.5%
5.4%
8.4%
5.3%

Margin change · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

−7.6 pp
−1.7 pp
−1.6 pp
+5.6 pp
+2.5 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.6 pp
+4.3 pp
+7.4 pp
+5.6 pp
+2.5 pp
+1.5 pp
+3.0 pp
+1.3 pp
+7.6 pp
−8.5 pp

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

+1,776.4 pp
+455.6 pp
+32.0 pp
+42.9 pp
−1.5 pp
−21.2 pp
+7.3 pp
+29.7 pp
+20.8 pp

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

−8.6 pp
−2.7 pp
+2.7 pp
+2.6 pp
+9.3 pp
+6.4 pp
+6.7 pp
+1.9 pp
+9.5 pp
+4.5 pp
+4.3 pp
+3.3 pp
−4.4 pp
+0.5 pp
−0.5 pp
+1.4 pp

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

+16.3 pp
−11.6 pp
−18.1 pp
−16.3 pp
−20.8 pp
−4.2 pp

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

+5.0 pp
+0.9 pp
−4.1 pp
+2.1 pp
+6.9 pp
+10.1 pp
+13.1 pp
+3.6 pp
+3.5 pp
−5.9 pp
−11.0 pp
−11.6 pp
−11.1 pp
−0.1 pp
+7.0 pp
+8.6 pp

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

+0.6 pp
+3.9 pp
+5.6 pp
+5.9 pp
+2.6 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.7 pp
+2.0 pp
+8.9 pp
+8.5 pp
+7.4 pp
+5.8 pp
−2.4 pp
+0.5 pp
−1.8 pp
+1.9 pp

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

−1.8 pp
−1.8 pp
−4.3 pp
+1.0 pp
+3.6 pp
+4.7 pp
+4.9 pp
+2.3 pp
−0.1 pp
−1.0 pp
+1.9 pp
+1.1 pp
+1.8 pp
+2.3 pp
+1.6 pp
+0.6 pp

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

−1.1 pp
−1.8 pp
−8.6 pp
+2.1 pp
−3.6 pp
+2.5 pp
+11.5 pp
+2.4 pp
+5.9 pp
+1.3 pp
−0.7 pp
−1.8 pp
+1.5 pp
+2.6 pp
+3.2 pp
+7.2 pp

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

−12.3 pp
+33.0 pp
−10.1 pp
−8.1 pp
+3.6 pp
+3.0 pp
+1.9 pp
+2.9 pp
+3.5 pp
+2.0 pp
+2.6 pp
−0.7 pp
−1.3 pp
−0.5 pp
+1.0 pp
−0.1 pp

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

+30.1 pp
+10.4 pp
+10.1 pp
+9.6 pp
+10.7 pp
+20.2 pp
+14.3 pp
+12.0 pp
+13.6 pp
+8.4 pp
−9.5 pp
+7.1 pp
+11.3 pp
+17.7 pp
+39.6 pp
+26.3 pp

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

+6.0 pp
+7.6 pp
+8.0 pp
+8.0 pp
+12.0 pp
+10.5 pp
+0.3 pp
+4.3 pp
−2.1 pp
+1.9 pp
+8.0 pp
+0.7 pp
+8.7 pp
−0.9 pp
+4.6 pp
−15.7 pp

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

−0.4 pp
+0.4 pp
−8.5 pp
−5.2 pp
+3.5 pp
+12.0 pp
+4.5 pp
−0.4 pp
+1.4 pp
−9.9 pp
−6.0 pp
+0.7 pp
−14.1 pp
−13.6 pp
−8.9 pp
−18.2 pp
07 · compare level, then change

Profit Scale & Acceleration

Oracle Corporation has the highest Net profit among the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies compared here, at $17,087 million. Palantir Technologies Inc. is next at $2,294 million. DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: Oracle Corporation leads with $17,087 million of TTM profit, 644.9% above Palantir Technologies Inc.. DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (119.4% uncapped) growth from a $237 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.

LeaderOracle Corporation · $17,087 million
Gap644.9% versus #2 · Palantir Technologies Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage22/28 companies · 526 observations

Investor read: Oracle Corporation sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Oracle Corporation ORCL$17.1B
3NetApp, Inc. NTAP$1.3B
4Corpay, Inc. CPAY$1.2B
Profit growthfastest growers
2Nutanix, Inc. NTNX100%
4Toast, Inc. TOST100%
5Okta, Inc. OKTA90%
Net profit · company comparison
22/28 level · 12/28 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyNet profitProfit growthReported
Microsoft Corporation MSFT$31.8B23%Jun 2026
Oracle Corporation ORCL$4.3B26%Jun 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR$876M302%Mar 2026
Fortinet, Inc. FTNT$534M20%Jun 2026
Gen Digital Inc. GEN$512M35%Jun 2026
NetApp, Inc. NTAP$404M19%Jun 2026
Corpay, Inc. CPAY$354M45%Mar 2026
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN$215M8.0%Jun 2026
GoDaddy Inc. GDDY$215M-2.3%Jun 2026
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP$192M0.5%Jun 2026
F5, Inc. FFIV$148M1.4%Jun 2026
Toast, Inc. TOST$126M125%Mar 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM$106M-14%Mar 2026
Twilio Inc. TWLO$90M350%Mar 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA$74M19%Jun 2026
Nutanix, Inc. NTNX$72M14%Jun 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD$46M-266%Jun 2026
Samsara Inc. IOT$45MJun 2026
Synopsys, Inc. SNPS$17M-95%Jun 2026
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN$16M-58%Mar 2026
MongoDB, Inc. MDB$4M0.0%Jun 2026
Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS$-14MMar 2026
Zscaler, Inc. ZS$-14M-121%Jun 2026
Cloudflare, Inc. NET$-23MMar 2026
Rubrik, Inc. RBRK$-42MJun 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW$-177M-168%Jun 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ$-309M-263%Mar 2026
CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV$-740MMar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Net profit · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

$-3M
$-81M
$-207M
$-209M
$-19M
$-118M
$96M
$-105M
$-94M
$82M
$471M
$190M
$281M
$1.9B
$189M
$538M
$462M
$116M
$-309M

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

$-52M
$-26M
$-18M
$-31M
$-16M
$-51M
$-309M
$-106M
$-24M
$310M
$-22M
$-26M
$-14M

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

$-107M
$-78M
$-41M
$-64M
$-43M
$-46M
$-38M
$-94M
$-24M
$-28M
$-36M
$-15M
$-15M
$-13M
$-38M
$-50M
$-1M
$-12M
$-23M

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

$-171M
$-129M
$-323M
$-360M
$-102M
$-315M
$-291M
$-110M
$-452M
$-740M

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

$-57M
$-50M
$-42M
$-30M
$-48M
$-55M
$-49M
$0M
$8M
$27M
$55M
$46M
$47M
$-17M
$-87M
$-105M
$-78M
$-34M
$41M
$46M

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

$160M
$194M
$130M
$165M
$225M
$269M
$226M
$261M
$318M
$301M
$293M
$368M
$535M
$521M
$444M
$440M
$474M
$506M
$534M

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

$20.5B
$18.8B
$16.7B
$16.7B
$17.6B
$16.4B
$18.3B
$20.1B
$22.3B
$21.9B
$21.9B
$22.0B
$24.7B
$24.1B
$25.8B
$27.2B
$27.7B
$38.5B
$31.8B

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

$202M
$224M
$252M
$259M
$214M
$750M
$65M
$245M
$149M
$233M
$313M
$291M
$248M
$299M
$299M
$340M
$233M
$305M
$334M
$404M

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

$2.5B
$-1.2B
$2.3B
$3.2B
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.9B
$3.3B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.4B
$3.1B
$2.9B
$3.2B
$2.9B
$3.4B
$2.9B
$6.1B
$3.7B
$4.3B

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

$-102M
$-156M
$-101M
$-179M
$-124M
$33M
$19M
$28M
$73M
$97M
$106M
$136M
$149M
$77M
$218M
$329M
$477M
$612M
$876M

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

$-119M
$-104M
$-94M
$-73M
$3M
$20M
$84M
$108M
$228M
$194M
$1.7B
$279M
$358M
$351M
$267M
$262M
$254M
$334M
$432M
$-177M

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

$198M
$201M
$313M
$294M
$220M
$152M
$269M
$273M
$333M
$343M
$435M
$296M
$423M
$261M
$297M
$345M
$242M
$448M
$65M
$17M

Profit growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 23 companies with a series here. The remaining 11 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

-202%
391%
2,248%
-60%
183%
64%
-94%
-263%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

488%
-163%
-258%
-328%
-266%

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

20%
41%
39%
74%
58%
41%
12%
30%
41%
68%
73%
52%
20%
-11%
-2.9%
20%

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

1.7%
-14%
-12%
9.4%
20%
27%
33%
20%
9.7%
11%
10%
18%
24%
12%
60%
23%

MongoDB, Inc. · MDB

0.0%

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

5.9%
235%
-74%
-5.4%
-30%
-69%
382%
19%
66%
28%
-4.5%
17%
-6.1%
2.0%
12%
19%

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

-37%
-18%
4.1%
56%
44%
27%
-5.3%
21%
26%
22%
9.0%
-0.1%
95%
27%
26%

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

194%
458%
386%
104%
-21%
106%
142%
220%
695%
302%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

7,500%
870%
1,980%
158%
57%
81%
-85%
-6.1%
-29%
-4.8%
62%
-168%

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

11%
-24%
-14%
-7.1%
51%
126%
62%
8.4%
27%
-24%
-32%
17%
-43%
72%
-78%
-95%

Twilio Inc. · TWLO

350%

VeriSign, Inc. · VRSN

13%
8.3%
-45%
13%
11%
11%
47%
8.4%
7.0%
6.4%
-28%
2.6%
4.0%
6.0%
7.3%
8.0%
08 · compare level, then change

Return On Capital Employed

VeriSign, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies compared here, at 1141.8%. Fortinet, Inc. is next at 11.6%. The same company also holds the highest ROCE change, at +1020.3 percentage points. 28 of 28 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026. Its ROCE series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.

What the numbers say: VeriSign, Inc. leads ROCE at 1141.8%, 1130.2 percentage points above Fortinet, Inc.. VeriSign, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +1020.3 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.

LeaderVeriSign, Inc. · 1141.8%
Gap98.4× versus #2 · Fortinet, Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage28/28 companies · 514 observations

Investor read: VeriSign, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1VeriSign, Inc. VRSN1,142%
4NetApp, Inc. NTAP8.3%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1VeriSign, Inc. VRSN+1,020.3 pp
2Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS+71.9 pp
3Rubrik, Inc. RBRK+14.5 pp
5Samsara Inc. IOT+3.2 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
28/28 level · 28/28 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyROCEROCE changeReported
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN1,142%+1,020.3 ppJun 2026
Fortinet, Inc. FTNT12%+2.6 ppJun 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR10%+6.7 ppMar 2026
NetApp, Inc. NTAP8.3%+2.5 ppJun 2026
Microsoft Corporation MSFT7.6%−0.3 ppJun 2026
GoDaddy Inc. GDDY6.8%+1.6 ppJun 2026
Gen Digital Inc. GEN6.3%+0.3 ppJun 2026
Toast, Inc. TOST5.9%+3.1 ppMar 2026
Corpay, Inc. CPAY5.8%+1.3 ppMar 2026
F5, Inc. FFIV4.4%−0.2 ppJun 2026
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP3.8%−1.5 ppJun 2026
Nutanix, Inc. NTNX3.7%+0.8 ppJun 2026
Oracle Corporation ORCL3.4%−0.8 ppJun 2026
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN2.2%−0.5 ppMar 2026
Twilio Inc. TWLO1.2%+1.0 ppMar 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM1.2%−0.6 ppMar 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA0.8%+0.3 ppJun 2026
Samsara Inc. IOT0.5%+3.2 ppJun 2026
Synopsys, Inc. SNPS0.4%−2.1 ppJun 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD-0.5%+2.0 ppJun 2026
CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV-0.5%−0.1 ppMar 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ-0.6%−1.9 ppMar 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW-0.7%−2.4 ppJun 2026
MongoDB, Inc. MDB-0.8%+1.1 ppJun 2026
Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS-0.9%+71.9 ppMar 2026
Zscaler, Inc. ZS-0.9%+0.2 ppJun 2026
Cloudflare, Inc. NET-1.9%+0.2 ppMar 2026
Rubrik, Inc. RBRK-5.3%+14.5 ppJun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

ROCE · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

0.4%
-0.8%
-1.6%
-1.4%
-0.3%
-0.9%
0.0%
-0.6%
0.0%
-0.6%
1.1%
1.3%
1.3%
0.0%
1.3%
1.9%
1.5%
1.7%
-0.6%

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

0.0%
0.0%
-9.6%
-15%
-37%
-76%
-3.4%
-4.4%
-0.9%

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

-1.6%
-2.5%
-2.4%
-3.8%
-2.2%
-2.4%
-2.2%
-2.7%
-1.8%
-2.0%
-2.5%
-1.6%
-1.4%
-1.5%
-2.1%
-1.9%
-1.3%
-1.6%
-1.9%

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

0.0%
-0.1%
1.7%
1.3%
-0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
-0.4%
-0.5%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

-2.6%
-1.2%
-1.1%
-2.1%
-2.4%
-2.4%
-0.7%
-0.5%
0.1%
0.9%
0.2%
0.4%
-1.3%
-1.7%
-2.5%
-2.2%
-1.2%
-0.1%
-0.5%

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

5.8%
7.4%
4.6%
6.3%
8.4%
11%
8.2%
8.4%
9.5%
12%
8.6%
11%
11%
12%
9.5%
9.0%
12%
11%
11%
12%

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

8.3%
8.9%
8.1%
8.0%
8.2%
7.5%
8.0%
8.4%
9.1%
8.5%
8.4%
8.0%
8.4%
8.2%
7.9%
7.9%
8.4%
8.0%
7.6%
7.6%

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

5.1%
5.5%
4.9%
4.2%
4.5%
2.8%
5.0%
3.0%
5.2%
6.1%
6.0%
5.2%
6.9%
7.0%
5.8%
5.7%
7.4%
7.8%
8.3%

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

-0.9%
4.1%
4.6%
2.7%
3.2%
3.3%
4.1%
3.2%
3.4%
3.4%
4.2%
3.6%
3.7%
3.6%
4.2%
3.4%
3.3%
3.2%
3.4%

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

-4.4%
-2.5%
-1.6%
-1.7%
-2.4%
-0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
1.3%
2.0%
2.3%
2.7%
2.7%
0.2%
3.6%
5.1%
6.7%
8.8%
10%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

-1.8%
-1.8%
-1.0%
0.3%
0.4%
1.0%
1.8%
4.7%
3.7%
0.7%
2.2%
2.5%
2.8%
2.0%
1.7%
3.6%
2.1%
2.6%
-0.7%

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

3.1%
5.7%
5.7%
3.6%
3.3%
3.9%
4.2%
4.3%
6.1%
4.8%
4.3%
4.4%
3.5%
2.7%
2.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.8%
0.4%

ROCE change · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 28 companies with a series here. The remaining 16 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

−0.7 pp
−0.1 pp
+1.6 pp
+0.8 pp
+0.3 pp
+0.3 pp
+1.1 pp
+1.9 pp
+1.3 pp
+0.6 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.6 pp
+0.2 pp
+1.7 pp
−1.9 pp

Cerebras Systems Inc. · CBRS

−9.6 pp
−15.0 pp
−27.1 pp
−61.3 pp
+33.3 pp
+71.9 pp

Cloudflare, Inc. · NET

−0.6 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.2 pp
+1.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.4 pp
−0.3 pp
+1.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.4 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.2 pp

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV

+1.7 pp
+1.4 pp
−1.4 pp
−1.7 pp
−0.1 pp

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

+0.2 pp
−1.2 pp
+0.4 pp
+1.6 pp
+2.5 pp
+3.3 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.9 pp
−1.4 pp
−2.6 pp
−2.7 pp
−2.6 pp
+0.1 pp
+1.6 pp
+2.0 pp

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

+2.6 pp
+3.2 pp
+3.6 pp
+2.1 pp
+1.1 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.4 pp
+2.1 pp
+1.2 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.9 pp
−1.5 pp
+0.8 pp
−1.1 pp
+1.1 pp
+2.6 pp

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

−0.1 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.9 pp
+1.0 pp
+0.4 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.7 pp
−0.3 pp
−0.5 pp
−0.1 pp
0.0 pp
−0.2 pp
−0.3 pp
−0.3 pp

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

−0.6 pp
−2.7 pp
+0.1 pp
−1.2 pp
+0.7 pp
+3.3 pp
+1.0 pp
+2.2 pp
+1.7 pp
+0.9 pp
−0.2 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.8 pp
+2.5 pp

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

+4.1 pp
−0.8 pp
−0.5 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.3 pp
+0.2 pp
0.0 pp
−0.2 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.8 pp

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

+2.0 pp
+1.8 pp
+1.7 pp
+2.0 pp
+3.7 pp
+2.7 pp
+2.2 pp
+2.4 pp
+1.4 pp
−1.8 pp
+1.3 pp
+2.4 pp
+4.0 pp
+8.6 pp
+6.7 pp

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

+2.2 pp
+2.8 pp
+2.8 pp
+4.4 pp
+3.3 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.4 pp
−2.2 pp
−0.9 pp
+1.3 pp
−0.5 pp
+1.1 pp
−0.7 pp
+0.6 pp
−2.4 pp

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

+0.2 pp
−1.8 pp
−1.5 pp
+0.7 pp
+2.8 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.1 pp
−2.6 pp
−2.1 pp
−1.8 pp
−3.8 pp
−3.1 pp
−1.9 pp
−2.1 pp
09 · compare level, then change

Valuation Against Growth & Quality

Akamai Technologies, Inc. has the lowest PEG among the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies compared here, at 0.7×. Corpay, Inc. is next at 1.01×. Gen Digital Inc. has the lowest P/E at 12×, so level and change sit with different companies. 7 of 28 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Akamai Technologies, Inc. has the lowest comparable PEG at 0.7×, 30.7% below Corpay, Inc.. Only 7 of 28 companies have earnings and growth steady enough for the ratio to mean anything, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.

LeaderAkamai Technologies, Inc. · 0.7×
Gap30.7% versus #2 · Corpay, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage7/28 companies · 98 observations

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.
PEGlowest PEG
2Corpay, Inc. CPAY1.0
4NetApp, Inc. NTAP1.4
P/Elowest P/E
2GoDaddy Inc. GDDY12.6
4NetApp, Inc. NTAP17.1
5Corpay, Inc. CPAY17.4
Valuation · company comparison
7/28 level · 22/28 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyPEGP/EReported
Fortinet, Inc. FTNT4.854.1Jun 2026
Gen Digital Inc. GEN2.712.0Jun 2026
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN2.627.3Jun 2026
Synopsys, Inc. SNPS1.8111.7Jun 2026
F5, Inc. FFIV1.533.1Jun 2026
NetApp, Inc. NTAP1.417.1Jun 2026
Oracle Corporation ORCL1.138.7Jun 2026
Corpay, Inc. CPAY1.017.4Mar 2026
Microsoft Corporation MSFT0.720.8Jun 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM0.738.7Mar 2026
GoDaddy Inc. GDDY0.612.6Jun 2026
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP0.513.5Jun 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR164.4Mar 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW147.0Jun 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD582.1Jun 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ47.0Mar 2026
Twilio Inc. TWLO196.6Mar 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA53.4Jun 2026
Samsara Inc. IOT304.9Jun 2026
Toast, Inc. TOST40.8Mar 2026
Nutanix, Inc. NTNX43.0Jun 2026
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN37.5Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

PEG · reported quarter history

Akamai Technologies, Inc. · AKAM

4.2
0.9
0.7

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. · CHKP

2.5
1.3
1.1
1.7
2.3
4.5
5.7
4.7
0.9
0.7
0.5

Corpay, Inc. · CPAY

0.9
3.1
3.9
3.4
3.2
1.8
2.2
4.1
4.0
3.2
3.9
2.6
1.0

F5, Inc. · FFIV

1.0
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.5

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

0.9
0.7
1.1
1.7
1.3
1.1
0.8
0.7
0.9
1.5
4.4
4.8

Gen Digital Inc. · GEN

2.7

GoDaddy Inc. · GDDY

2.1
3.2
0.6

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

2.7
1.5
1.5
1.7
2.1
2.8
2.4
2.4
2.3
1.1
0.7

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

0.3
0.4
1.0
0.7
1.8
3.6
1.5
1.4

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

1.3
0.6
2.4
1.2
1.5
2.4
3.5
3.1
2.3
4.6
1.3
0.9
1.1

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

2.3
1.2
1.1
1.3
0.8
1.0
1.8

VeriSign, Inc. · VRSN

1.0
0.9
0.9
1.0
2.7
2.6

P/E · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 22 companies with a series here. The remaining 10 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Block, Inc. · XYZ

224.2
489.4
3,867.5
120.8
54.7
37.7
18.6
13.2
14.5
14.5
31.0
47.0

Corpay, Inc. · CPAY

27.0
22.4
23.5
18.1
14.5
14.8
16.8
20.3
20.0
21.4
23.0
19.4
22.3
24.2
24.5
22.5
19.6
20.0
17.4

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. · CRWD

975.0
552.0
336.2
582.1

Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT

89.0
98.5
89.9
69.9
54.0
46.1
54.9
56.8
40.5
40.1
44.7
35.7
39.2
41.8
39.6
42.1
34.6
32.8
31.6
54.1

Microsoft Corporation · MSFT

31.5
35.8
32.2
26.6
25.1
26.7
31.2
35.2
30.6
34.0
36.4
37.9
35.5
33.9
29.0
36.5
36.8
30.3
22.0
20.8

NetApp, Inc. · NTAP

21.7
19.5
17.9
17.1
10.5
11.3
10.9
14.0
22.3
20.0
21.9
24.6
22.0
23.3
15.6
18.5
20.3
16.3
17.1

Oracle Corporation · ORCL

26.3
29.1
29.8
35.3
26.0
28.8
34.5
35.8
32.1
29.5
31.6
36.4
45.2
39.0
38.1
52.3
38.0
26.1
38.7

Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR

266.7
190.8
191.8
149.0
186.0
398.1
367.0
454.4
434.3
282.1
164.4

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · PANW

2,266.3
289.6
195.3
138.1
53.0
42.4
44.6
47.0
104.2
106.8
108.5
139.4
97.8
147.0

Synopsys, Inc. · SNPS

69.3
53.7
44.6
55.8
46.5
58.4
62.6
67.7
59.3
58.7
57.7
57.9
17.7
38.5
52.9
58.8
56.5
72.2
111.7

Twilio Inc. · TWLO

1,036.3
244.1
677.3
196.6

VeriSign, Inc. · VRSN

37.8
36.3
31.3
22.8
23.1
32.9
32.4
33.4
28.9
26.1
23.3
21.3
22.1
25.9
31.0
34.5
32.6
27.6
27.4
27.3
10 · before the conclusion, check the blind spots

What can make this comparison misleading?

This Software - Infrastructure comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 28 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.

Keep these limits visible

  • A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
  • A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
  • The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
  • An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
11 · evidence and freshness

How was this comparison built?

This comparison is built from the reported filings of 28 Software - Infrastructure companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-08-04. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.

FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-08-04 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes and PEG are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
12 · questions investors ask, short speakable answers

Software - Infrastructure company comparison FAQs

These 22 answers restate the Software - Infrastructure comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 28 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-08-04. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.

Is the Software - Infrastructure sector outperforming S&P 500?

Software - Infrastructure has outperformed S&P 500 by 4.1% over 52 weeks and 12.2% over 13 weeks. 18 of 27 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 9 of 27 beat the sector itself.

Which Software - Infrastructure company is largest by revenue?

Oracle Corporation leads with revenue of $67,358 million, based on 22 of 28 comparable companies through Jun 2026.

Which Software - Infrastructure company is growing fastest?

CoreWeave, Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 22 of 28 comparable companies.

Which Software - Infrastructure company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?

Fortinet, Inc. ranks first at 67.2/100 with 57.8% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.

Which Software - Infrastructure company has the lowest comparable PEG?

Akamai Technologies, Inc. has the lowest comparable PEG at 0.7, among 7 of 28 companies whose earnings and growth are steady enough for the ratio to mean anything.

How much history does this Software - Infrastructure comparison include?

The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, returns and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.

How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?

The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.

Which Software - Infrastructure company is the biggest?

Oracle Corporation is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $67,358 million, ahead of Block, Inc. at $24,478 million. That covers 22 of 28 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.

Which Software - Infrastructure company has the best profit margins?

VeriSign, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 68.5%, from 28 of 28 comparable companies. Palantir Technologies Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +26.3 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.

Which Software - Infrastructure company makes the most profit?

Oracle Corporation earns the most, at $17,087 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 22 of 28 comparable companies. DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.

Which Software - Infrastructure company earns the highest return on capital?

VeriSign, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 1141.8%, across 28 of 28 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.

Which Software - Infrastructure stock is the cheapest?

On PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Akamai Technologies, Inc. screens cheapest at 0.7×. Only 7 of 28 companies have earnings and growth steady enough for the ratio to mean anything, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.

Is the Software - Infrastructure sector beating the market?

Software - Infrastructure has outperformed S&P 500 by 4.1% over the last 52 weeks and 12.2% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 18 of 27 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.

Which Software - Infrastructure stock has the strongest price momentum?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.

Which Software - Infrastructure company scores highest for research priority?

Fortinet, Inc. scores 67.2 out of 100 with 57.8% evidence confidence, from 21.4 points on growth and earnings, 17.8 on capital efficiency, 9.4 on valuation and 18.6 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.

How many Software - Infrastructure companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?

It compares 28 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

What is the total market cap of the Software - Infrastructure sector?

The 28 Software - Infrastructure companies on this page carry $5,818,068 million of combined market value. Microsoft Corporation is the largest at $3,659,383 million, about 63% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-08-04.

What is the Software - Infrastructure sector's P/E ratio?

The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 28 Software - Infrastructure companies on this page is 40.8×, measured on the 22 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-08-04.

How is the Software - Infrastructure sector performing?

18 of the 27 covered Software - Infrastructure companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 4.1% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-08-04.

How many Software - Infrastructure stocks are listed in the US?

This comparison covers 28 listed Software - Infrastructure companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

Why are some values on this page blank?

A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.

Is this investment advice?

No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.

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