Oracle Corporation vs Shopify Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ORCL and SHOP diverge most: on debt / equity, ORCL reads 0.17 and SHOP reads 0.00; on current ratio, ORCL reads 1.12 and SHOP reads 6.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ORCL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SHOP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ORCL | SHOP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $140.68 | $122.50 |
| Market cap | $409.7B | $159.7B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.1% | — |
| P/E | 24.1 | — |
| P/B | 9.51 | — |
| P/S | 6.08 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +17.2% | +31.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 48.8% |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 12.1% |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 33.8% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 32.4% | 10.4% |
| FCF yield | -5.8% | — |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 6.20 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.33 | 7.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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