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GrowthRevenue $2.5B TTM4-quarter TTM
Close · Oct 16, 2026296.30P/E — · EV $104.4B
EV / revenue41.5×EV / gross profit 57.2×
Rule of 4049growth +34% + FCF +15%
+90% above 5y medianEV / revenue vs. its own five years
Board median EV / revenue10.2×five-year median 11.8× · −14%
Median Rule of 405321 of 24 above the line
Median revenue growth18%a year ago 15% · accelerating
Median SBC / revenue11%FCF margin 30% → 16% ex-SBC
Lights on1 of 3prices Oct 16, 2026 · TTM through Aug 31, 2026

Against the line

growth + FCF margin, in points
line 40score 49
growth 34 ptFCF margin 15 pt

Growth +34% plus FCF margin +15% is 49 points, 9 above the line at 40. Counting the stock as an expense: 28 points.

Where it has traded

quarter-end EV / revenue · 20 quarters · Sep 30, 2021 → Jun 30, 2026
10×25×40×55×70×2021202220232024202520262021-09-30 · 59.2× (close 112.65 · TTM revenue 0.59B)2021-12-31 · 63.4× (close 131.50 · TTM revenue 0.66B)2022-03-31 · 52.8× (close 119.70 · TTM revenue 0.73B)2022-06-30 · 17.4× (close 43.75 · TTM revenue 0.81B)2022-09-30 · 20.1× (close 55.31 · TTM revenue 0.89B)2022-12-31 · 15.1× (close 45.21 · TTM revenue 0.98B)2023-03-31 · 19.2× (close 61.66 · TTM revenue 1.05B)2023-06-30 · 19.2× (close 65.37 · TTM revenue 1.13B)2023-09-30 · 17.3× (close 63.04 · TTM revenue 1.21B)2023-12-31 · 21.4× (close 83.26 · TTM revenue 1.30B)2024-03-31 · 23.5× (close 96.83 · TTM revenue 1.39B)2024-06-30 · 18.9× (close 82.83 · TTM revenue 1.48B)2024-09-30 · 17.4× (close 80.89 · TTM revenue 1.57B)2024-12-31 · 21.9× (close 107.68 · TTM revenue 1.67B)2025-03-31 · 21.8× (close 112.69 · TTM revenue 1.77B)2025-06-30 · 35.9× (close 195.83 · TTM revenue 1.88B)2025-09-30 · 36.2× (close 214.59 · TTM revenue 2.01B)2025-12-31 · 31.7× (close 197.15 · TTM revenue 2.17B)2026-03-31 · 31.0× (close 206.34 · TTM revenue 2.33B)2026-06-30 · 34.3× (close 245.28 · TTM revenue 2.51B)p75 35×med 22×p25 19×now 41.5×
Five-year median 21.9×, middle half 19.1–34.7×, range 15.1–63.4×. Now 41.5×: +90% above its own median, higher than 85% of those quarters.Each quarter at its own close, shares and balance sheet · the band is the 25th–75th percentile

What the cash flow really is

TTM through Jun 30, 2026 · $B
012Revenue: 2.5 $B2.5RevenueCost of revenue: −0.7 $B−0.7Cost ofrevenueGross profit: 1.8 $B1.8GrossprofitR&D: −0.6 $B−0.6R&DSales & G&A: −1.5 $B−1.5Sales &G&AOther operating: −0.2 $B−0.2OtheroperatingOperating income: −0.4 $B−0.4OperatingincomeAdd back SBC: 0.5 $B0.5Add backSBCD&A & working cap.: 0.5 $B0.5D&A &working cap.Operating cash flow: 0.7 $B0.7Operatingcash flowCapex: −0.3 $B−0.3CapexFCF: 0.4 $B0.4FCFLess SBC: −0.5 $B−0.5LessSBCFCF ex-SBC: −0.1 $B−0.1FCFex-SBC
FCF 0.38B − SBC 0.51B = -0.13B ex-SBC · operating income -0.35B is the GAAP figure after SBC

Against its scale group

NET (blue) vs. the other Growth companies on the board (3), grey
Revenue growth+34% vs. +15%
Gross margin73% vs. 80%
FCF margin+15% vs. +39%
SBC / revenue20% vs. 18%
Rule of 4049 vs. 54
EV / revenue41.5× vs. 12.0×

Group averages are the plain mean of the other companies in the same scale group with a usable window.

Quarter by quarter

8 quarters · Sep 30, 2024 → Jun 30, 2026 · a gap is a dropped quarter
Revenue, $B0.70
Growth YoY, quarter+36%
FCF margin, quarter+8%
SBC / revenue, quarter23%