Over the five years to October 2026, Microsoft stock rose 76.8% while UiPath fell 72.2%, even though both companies grew sales at similar paces over the last three years. The gap came mainly from profit and valuation: Microsoft's earnings per share rose 123.1% between 2021 and 2026, while UiPath moved from an operating loss equal to 51.9% of sales to an operating profit of 8.9%. Investors paid 48.5 times sales for UiPath at the end of June 2021 but about 4.3 times at the October 23, 2026 close, while Microsoft's multiple fell from 12.1 to about 11.7 times. The article also cites Fortinet, which rose 168% over the same five years, and notes UiPath's operating margin under standard accounting was 7.7% in fiscal Q2 2027, versus a loss of 5.6% of sales a year earlier.
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