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RingCentral, Inc. Class ARNGCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

US cloud communications company providing business phone, video meetings and contact center software (UCaaS/CCaaS).

Momentum leader 89
Mkt cap
$6.09B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$145M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+6.4 pp
WACC 9.3%
Hurdle
-1 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
109 days
23 Feb 2027
Close · USD$72.07
1D-3.0%
1W-11.5%
1M-8.0%
3M+12.4%
6M+57.9%
YTD+149.6%
1Y+163.9%
ATR %6.2%
Beta1.14
52w lowhigh26.6% off high

What RingCentral does

US cloud communications company providing business phone, video meetings and contact center software (UCaaS/CCaaS).

Charges a monthly subscription per user, mostly on multi-year contracts. Many customers come through telecom partners such as AT&T and Avaya, which resell the service under their own names. The business phone product carries the company, with contact-centre software the newer line.

Products and services

  • Cloud phone/UCaaS (RingEX)
  • Contact center (RingCX)
  • Video meetings

Customers

  • Enterprises
  • Small/mid-size businesses

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Software (UCaaS/CCaaS)
  • Cloud business phone, video & contact…
  • Enterprises, SMBs replacing on-prem…

What could go right

  • Cloud UCaaS/CCaaS migration from legacy PBX
  • AI-driven contact center cross-sell

What could go wrong

  • Microsoft Teams Phone bundling competition
  • UCaaS market pricing pressure

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base). Once phone/contact-center systems are migrated to the cloud platform, switching providers is disruptive to operations.

Headquarters: Belmont, California, US · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 7,378

Named competitors

RingCentral at a glance

Size RingCentral (RNG) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $6.09B, the 1052nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $72.07 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 57.9%, against +8.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.6%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 17.2%).

Valuation It trades at 13.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.3× (3rd cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.4 points above its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $2.70B at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% on a year earlier — 1.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 8.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015020011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026RNG 162Peer median 112
Six months, rebased to 100: RingCentral against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

RingCentral financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.62B$2.52B$2.40B$2.20B$1.99B
Revenue growth—+5%+9%+11%—
Gross profit$1.90B$1.80B$1.70B$1.54B$1.35B
EBITDA$469M$386M$259M$76.0M-$99.3M
Net income$657M$43.4M-$58.3M-$165M-$879M
Free cash flow$603M$523M$398M$324M$105M
Capital expenditure$95.6M$87.2M$83.1M$75.7M$90.4M
Total debt$1.25B$1.49B$1.78B$1.79B$1.68B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

RingCentral competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-10%0%+10%+20%OTEXDLB9626ACIW600570NIQ600845TOI0020NAVN3293KVYODOCSCVLTVRNSQLYS002558002517RNG6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. RingCentral is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×50×100×OTEXDLBACIW600570600845TOINAVN3293KVYOSECT-BVRNS002558002517RNGRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. RingCentral is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%OTEXDLB9626ACIW600570NIQ600845TOI3293KVYODOCSCVLTSECT-BVRNSQLYS002558OCTV002517RNGGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. RingCentral is the large dot.

RingCentral competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (RNG vs ZM vs MSFT vs EGHT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
RingCentral RNG$6.09B+58%+5%9%13.3×15.2%
Zoom Communications ZM$26.2B-18%+5%24%14.7×5.8%
Microsoft MSFT$3.94T+28%+18%47%25.5×17.2%
8x8 EGHT$308M-22%+4%4%5.9×12.4%
Five9 FIVN$2.10B+27%+9%6%8.1×17.9%

How RingCentral compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

RingCentral against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRNGPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.0%+5.7%lowest of 21
6-month return+57.9%+8.8%3rd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.6%-29.1%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+5.5%+12.6%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin8.6%17.2%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E13.3×21.3×3rd cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)15.2%8.6%7th most demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+16.3%+15.5%10th highest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-1.1 pp-6.0 pp9th most demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.4 pp+3.2 pp7th highest of 18
EV / EBITDA15.4×14.8×5th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA2.4×-0.6×3rd most indebted of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
RingCentral RNGUnited States$6.09B+58%+5%9%13.3×15.2%+16.3%
Open Text OTEX.TOCanada$6.07B+9%+1%23%6.4×-6.2%+10.8%
Dolby Laboratories DLBUnited States$6.07B+11%+1%19%14.3×10.0%+3.0%
Bilibili 9626.HKHong Kong$6.06B-36%+11%4%14.2×7.3%+19.5%
ACI Worldwide ACIWUnited States$6.06B+32%+7%19%22.9×11.8%+6.3%
Hundsun Technologies 600570.SSChina$6.05B-20%-5%9%30.1×34.8%+7.0%
NIQ Global Intelligence NIQUnited States$6.02B+5%+9%8%17.1×10.9%+14.6%
Shanghai Baosight Software 600845.SSChina$5.97B-24%+11%10%30.3×6.9%+1.4%
Topicus.com TOI.VCanada$6.25B+9%+28%15%21.3×0.7%+26.5%
SenseTime 0020.HKHong Kong$6.25B-44%+31%-51%n/an/an/a
Navan NAVNUnited States$6.25B+36%+35%-25%76.3×n/an/a
International Games System 3293.TWOTaiwan$6.27B0%+15%59%14.4×-4.0%+21.2%
Klaviyo KVYOUnited States$5.90B+36%+29%-2%19.7×7.0%+37.7%
Doximity DOCSUnited States$5.79B+25%+11%31%23.3×16.3%+25.5%
Commvault Systems CVLTUnited States$6.48B+51%+14%10%27.6×26.9%+10.3%
Sectra SECT-B.STSweden$6.53B+27%+14%20%85.0×29.0%+16.8%
Varonis Systems VRNSUnited States$5.63B+71%+18%-25%138.0×23.0%+16.3%
Qualys QLYSUnited States$6.59B+102%+11%35%23.7×4.7%+13.1%
Giant Network 002558.SZChina$5.61B-35%+105%48%10.0×-2.1%+17.9%
Octave Intelligence OCTVUnited States$5.60Bn/a+1%20%14.7×17.0%+1.3%
Kingnet Network 002517.SZChina$5.47B-4%+62%29%13.7×6.3%+28.1%

RingCentral backlog

RingCentral reported $2.70B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% from a year earlier and flat from the previous quarter. That is 1.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.00.

Questions

Who are RingCentral's main competitors?
Named competitors: Zoom Communications (ZM), Microsoft Teams Phone (MSFT), 8x8 (EGHT), Five9 (FIVN). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Open Text (OTEX.TO), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Bilibili (9626.HK), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Hundsun Technologies (600570.SS), NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ).
Is RingCentral expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.3× against a peer median of 21.3×, 3rd cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has RingCentral stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +57.9% against +8.8% for the median peer; over one year +163.9%.
What is RingCentral's backlog?
RingCentral's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $2.70B at 30 Sep 2026, +4% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.