CASS vs PYPL vs CPAY Stock Comparison

Cass Information Systems, PayPal Holdings and Corpay Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$49.17B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
5 wins
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$399.69 +0.4% 1M +40.5% 1Y
Market cap
$26.05B
P/E
22.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

PayPal Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (PayPal Holdings 5, Corpay 3, Cass Information Systems 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCASSPYPLCPAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $695.03M $49.17B $26.05B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.9x 10.0x 22.8x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.9x 9.9x 15.3x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.8% +5.7% +20.4% CPAY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.5% 14.4% 22.7% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.9% 15.9% 10.7% PYPL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 0.3x 2.8x CASS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.1% -21.2% +40.5% CASS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.0%/yr -25.2%/yr +8.8%/yr CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.6% 44.0% 36.5% CASS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 70/100 60/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

CASSPYPLCPAY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCASSPYPLCPAY
Valuation 81 #20 of 99 92 #9 of 99 57 #43 of 99
Growth 61 #37 of 94 63 #35 of 94 59 #39 of 94
Profitability 76 #22 of 90 88 #12 of 90 90 #10 of 90
Financial Health 58 #45 of 105 39 #65 of 105 21 #83 of 105
Shareholder Returns 58 #26 of 61 67 #21 of 61 73 #17 of 61
Overall 67 70 60
  • CASS ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCASSPYPLCPAYSPY
1 month +1.8%-0.1%+0.4% -0.8%
3 months +0.6%-1.9%+5.3% +3.5%
6 months +16.3%+10.5%+27.8% +7.0%
Year to date +32.7%-5.8%+32.8% +12.2%
1 year +41.1%-21.2%+40.5% +13.0%
3 years +48.3%+9.1%+80.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +14.1%+3.0%+21.7% +23.1%
5 years +33.5%-76.6%+52.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +6.0%-25.2%+8.8% +11.0%
10 years +33.8%+29.9%+132.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.0%+2.7%+8.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCASSPYPLCPAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.6%44.0%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.2%48.4%34.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.291.010.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.82-0.481.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.8%-83.5%-37.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.9%-24.7%-6.0% -1.8%
52-week high $58.54$73.02$425.23 $779.14
52-week low $39.15$39.08$255.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCASSPYPLCPAY
P/E now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 20.6x 9.8xmedian 20.6x 23.0xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 5.2xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 15.4x 7.2xmedian 15.4x 12.7xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 16.4x 7.2xmedian 16.4x 16.0xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.9x 2.4xmedian 1.9x 7.3xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 3.02median 1.05 0.66median 1.05 1.98median 1.05

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCASSPYPLCPAY
Revenue $198.99M $34.13B $5.02B
Operating income – $5.95B $2.20B
Net income $36.71M $4.90B $1.15B
Free cash flow $42.02M $6.59B $1.64B
R&D – $3.25B –
EPS (diluted) $2.81 $5.56 $17.20
Cash & equivalents $132.84M $8.31B $3.16B
Total debt – $13.40B $39.11B
Shares (diluted) 13.07M 882.00M 66.33M
Enterprise value $466.56M $7.39B $15.93B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCASSPYPLCPAY
P/E 19.2x 9.8x 23.0x
P/FCF 16.8x 7.2x 16.0x
P/Operating cash flow 14.5x 6.3x 14.2x
P/S 3.5x 1.4x 5.2x
P/B 2.9x 2.4x 7.3x
P/Tangible book 2.9x 2.4x 39.3x
EV/EBITDA 8.1x 7.2x 12.7x
EV/EBIT 9.0x 8.3x 15.3x
EV/Revenue 2.8x 1.5x 6.7x
EV/FCF 13.3x 7.5x 20.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.4x 6.6x 18.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.02 0.66 1.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCASSPYPLCPAY
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.8% 5.7% 20.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.9% 6.1% 11.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1.4% 17.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 9.8% 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 44.8% 4.8% 9.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 6.4% 7.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 49.8% 16.1% 17.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 15.0% 11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.0% 23.2% -12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 20.1% 0.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.2% 24.5% -15.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.6% 21.7% -0.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCASSPYPLCPAY
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 34.6% 20.2% 53.0%
Operating margin – 17.4% 43.7%
Pretax margin 22.9% 17.2% 33.3%
Net margin 18.5% 14.4% 22.7%
FCF margin 21.1% 19.3% 32.6%
Operating cash flow margin 24.5% 21.9% 36.8%
Return on equity 15.1% 24.6% 32.2%
Return on assets 1.5% 6.0% 4.2%
Return on invested capital 13.9% 15.9% 10.7%
Return on capital employed – 17.9% 20.9%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.4x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.5x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 2.9% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCASSPYPLCPAY
Debt / assets 3.2% 16.2% 37.6%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.7x 3.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 0.3x 2.8x
Debt / FCF 1.9x 2.0x 6.5x
Liabilities / assets 90.3% 76.0% 87.3%
Equity / assets 9.7% 24.0% 12.7%
Interest coverage 3.9x – 5.0x
Current ratio – 1.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.4x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.89 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCASSPYPLCPAY
Dividend yield 2.3% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 3.0% 12.7% 6.5%
Shareholder yield 5.3% 13.7% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 44.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 39.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.5% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCASSPYPLCPAY
Forward P/E 17.9xFY2026 9.9xFY2026 15.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.07FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $26.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.8%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +22.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% -3.1% +17.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $199.33MFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $5.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.5%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +5.1% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCASSPYPLCPAY
Held by institutions 61.4% 74.2% 97.9%
Institutions holding 172 1,378 732
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.4% +0.8% +0.8%
Institutions buying 102 521 389
Institutions selling 43 671 240
Buyers to sellers 2.37 0.78 1.62

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CASSPYPLCPAY
CASS 1.00 0.21 0.33
PYPL 0.21 1.00 0.32
CPAY 0.33 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CASS, PYPL and CPAY?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cass Information Systems (CASS) $695.03M, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $49.17B, Corpay (CPAY) $26.05B.

Which stock is cheaper, CASS, PYPL and CPAY?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cass Information Systems (CASS) 18.9x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.0x, Corpay (CPAY) 22.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Cass Information Systems (CASS) 17.9x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.9x, Corpay (CPAY) 15.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corpay (CPAY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cass Information Systems (CASS) +8.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Cass Information Systems (CASS) 18.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%). On return on invested capital, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) leads (Cass Information Systems (CASS) 13.9%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%, Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cass Information Systems (CASS) returned the most: Cass Information Systems (CASS) +41.1%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%, Corpay (CPAY) +40.5%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Cass Information Systems (CASS) +6.0%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr, Corpay (CPAY) +8.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cass Information Systems (CASS) 0.02%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 0.00%, Corpay (CPAY) 0.00%. PayPal Holdings (PYPL) and Corpay (CPAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cass Information Systems (CASS) has been the steadiest (Cass Information Systems (CASS) 22.6%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%, Corpay (CPAY) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CASS, PYPL and CPAY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.