Research · refreshed nightly · July 28, 2026

Software Beating the Rule of 40 (July 2026)

Software passing the growth + margin bar.

The Rule of 40 is software's fitness test, and only 12 software names in our coverage currently beat it. CrowdStrike leads with an MGI of 70 on 32% revenue growth, followed by dLocal at 68, growing 38% a year with per-share growth faster still at 39%.

Passing the same bar does not make the members alike. Palantir at a $351B cap and Karooooo at roughly $1.5B sit in the same dozen, and mature engines like Intuit and Adobe qualify on discipline rather than speed. A median MGI of 60.5 reflects how selective this group is. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

25companies qualify
61median MGI
7joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by MGI
1
Zscaler, Inc.ZS🇺🇸
Revenue +33%/yr · +29%/yr per share · asset light
G 71V 64O 76Cap $22.5B
2
Adyen N.V.ADYEN.NL🇳🇱
Revenue +28%/yr · +27%/yr per share · asset light
G 69V 64O 74Cap $29.9B
3
Duolingo, Inc.DUOL🇺🇸
Revenue +34%/yr · +16%/yr per share · asset light
G 68V 65O 73Cap $5.4B
4
dLocalDLO🇺🇾
Revenue +38%/yr · +39%/yr per share · scale economics
G 68V 77O 79Cap $4.1B
5
The Descartes Systems Group Inc.DSG.CA🇨🇦
Revenue +13%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 67V 57O 70Cap $7.3B
6
Clear Secure, Inc.YOU🇺🇸
Revenue +30%/yr · +23%/yr per share · asset light
G 66V 62O 72Cap $7.1B
7
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
Revenue +43%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 66V 72O 74Cap $812.3M
8
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.CRWD🇺🇸
Revenue +32%/yr · +29%/yr per share · asset light
G 65V 44O 62Cap $183.4B
9
Paysign, Inc.PAYS🇺🇸
Revenue +25%/yr · +21%/yr per share · asset light
G 65V 64O 69Cap $497M
10
Adobe Inc.ADBE🇺🇸
Revenue +10%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 64V 71O 76Cap $99.0B
11
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR🇺🇸
Revenue +28%/yr · +20%/yr per share · asset light
G 61V 46O 59Cap $333.0B
12
Intuit Inc.INTU🇺🇸
Revenue +15%/yr · +15%/yr per share · asset light
G 61V 66O 68Cap $95.3B
13
Dave Inc.DAVE🇺🇸
Revenue +32%/yr · +3%/yr per share · asset light
G 61V 63O 65Cap $5.2B
14
Autodesk, Inc.ADSK🇺🇸
Revenue +12%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 60V 60O 65Cap $48.9B
15
InterDigital, Inc.IDCC🇺🇸
Revenue +14%/yr · +12%/yr per share · asset light
G 60V 61O 64Cap $7.2B
16
Boku, Inc.BOKU.GB🇬🇧
Revenue +18%/yr · +14%/yr per share · scale economics
G 60V 68O 64Cap $412.6M
17
Planisware SAPLNW.FR🇫🇷
Revenue +17%/yr · +16%/yr per share · asset light
G 60V 62O 64Cap $1.8B
18
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.PANW🇺🇸
Revenue +18%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 59V 47O 57Cap $258.6B
19
Skillcast Group plcSKL.GB🇬🇧
Revenue +16%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 59V 73O 64Cap $53.6M
20
Synopsys, Inc.SNPS🇺🇸
Revenue +16%/yr · +12%/yr per share · asset light
G 56V 51O 57Cap $83.4B
21
VusionVU.FR🇫🇷
Revenue +38%/yr · +37%/yr per share · scale economics
G 56V 56O 58Cap $2.5B
22
Salesforce, Inc.CRM🇺🇸
Revenue +11%/yr · +12%/yr per share · asset light
G 47V 63O 51Cap $143.4B
23
Expert.ai S.p.A.EXAI.IT🇮🇹
Revenue +9%/yr · -15%/yr per share · asset light
G 46V 57O 47Cap $246.6M
24
Qualys, Inc.QLYS🇺🇸
Revenue +11%/yr · +13%/yr per share · asset light
G 44V 58O 45Cap $4.7B
25
Xunlei LimitedXNET🇨🇳
Revenue +22%/yr · +24%/yr per share · scale economics
G 27V 66O 29Cap $361.2M

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