COF vs MA vs SHOP Stock Comparison

Capital One Financial, Mastercard and Shopify Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COF Capital One Financial Corp
$208.78 +6.2% 1M -4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$126.74B
P/E
12.1x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
2 wins
MA Mastercard Inc
$635.70 +12.8% 1M +14.6% 1Y
Market cap
$563.07B
P/E
30.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.29B
Div. yield
–
Payment Networks Financial Services
4 wins
SHOP Shopify Inc.
$166.89 +12.6% 1M -6.8% 1Y
Market cap
$203.21B
P/E
105.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.27B
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Mastercard leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Mastercard 4, Capital One Financial 2, Shopify 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOFMASHOPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $126.74B $563.07B $203.21B MA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.1x 30.6x 105.4x COF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.2x 30.3x 88.8x COF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +15.3% +32.5% SHOP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 14.5% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.5% +14.6% -6.8% MA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.7%/yr +13.6%/yr +2.6%/yr MA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.5% 22.9% 59.0% MA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 44/100 58/100 SHOP

Percentile Scorecard

COFMASHOP

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

AxisCOFMASHOP
Valuation 75 #90 of 361 9 #857 of 941 19 #135 of 166
Growth – 66 #213 of 615 63 #57 of 153
Profitability – 95 #29 of 586 78 #35 of 153
Financial Health – 43 #380 of 667 92 #15 of 179
Shareholder Returns 18 #275 of 335 6 #660 of 704 38 #57 of 91
Overall – 44 58
  • COF ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • MA ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • SHOP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCOFMASHOPSPY
1 month +6.2%+12.8%+12.6% +0.7%
3 months -0.7%+10.1%+36.3% +3.7%
6 months +9.1%+26.4%+37.8% +7.1%
Year to date -13.9%+11.4%+3.7% +12.8%
1 year -4.5%+14.6%-6.8% +11.9%
3 years +107.7%+70.7%+255.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year +27.6%+19.5%+52.7% +22.8%
5 years +38.2%+89.5%+13.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +6.7%+13.6%+2.6% +10.9%
10 years +179.8%+494.7%+3,990.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.8%+19.5%+44.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOFMASHOPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.5%22.9%59.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0%22.5%59.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.300.251.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.140.64-0.11 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.9%-28.6%-84.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.1%0.0%-6.9% -1.2%
52-week high $257.94$635.70$179.22 $779.14
52-week low $176.10$471.55$95.40 $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.

MultipleCOFMASHOP
P/E now vs peer median 12.3xmedian 12.2x 30.6xmedian 13.0x 112.1xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 3.4x 15.3xmedian 3.2x 16.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.3x —median 7.7x 112.8xmedian 12.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 10.8x 29.4xmedian 10.7x 91.9xmedian 10.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.2x 82.1xmedian 1.2x 17.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.49median 1.34 —median 0.90 —median 0.39

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 monthsCOFMASHOP
Revenue – $36.29B $13.27B
Gross profit – – $6.34B
Operating income – $21.27B $1.84B
Net income – $16.96B $1.93B
Free cash flow – – $2.35B
R&D – – $1.65B
EPS (diluted) $16.91 – $1.49
Cash & equivalents – $10.15B $1.66B
Shares (diluted) 621.10M 883.00M 1.30B
Enterprise value $126.74B $563.07B $180.40B

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
MetricCOFMASHOP
P/E 12.3x 30.6x 112.1x
P/FCF 4.1x 29.4x 91.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 32.8x 90.9x
P/S 1.9x 15.3x 16.3x
P/B 1.2x 82.1x 17.0x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 534.3x 17.1x
EV/EBITDA – – 112.8x
EV/EBIT – – 114.5x
EV/Revenue – 15.3x 15.9x
EV/FCF – – 89.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 32.8x 88.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.49 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOFMASHOP
Revenue growth (1Y) – 15.3% 32.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 28.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 18.6% 48.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 15.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 19.0% -17.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 15.8% –
EPS growth (1Y) 889.3% – -17.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.3% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -3.5% 29.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 15.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 29.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOFMASHOP
Gross margin – – 47.8%
EBITDA margin – – 14.1%
Operating margin – – 13.9%
Pretax margin – – 17.6%
Net margin – – 14.5%
FCF margin – – 17.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 46.5% 17.9%
Return on equity – 274.6% 15.3%
Return on assets – 29.3% 13.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – 14.4%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.8% 3.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOFMASHOP
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 83.7% 88.4% 12.3%
Equity / assets 16.3% 11.6% 87.7%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 1.0x 5.4x
Quick ratio – – 3.7x
Cash ratio – – 3.4x
Altman Z-score – – 74.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOFMASHOP
Dividend yield 1.5% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield – – 0.8%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 0.5% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCOFMASHOP
Forward P/E 10.2xFY2026 30.3xFY2026 88.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.41FY2026 $20.99FY2026 $1.88FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 +23.4%FY2026 +32.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.8% +14.7% +26.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $66.23BFY2026 $38.99BFY2026 $15.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.0%FY2026 +18.9%FY2026 +37.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% +0.4% +14.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOFMASHOP
Held by institutions 86.5% 87.5% 68.9%
Institutions holding 2,112 3,585 1,705
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.7% +0.6% +3.6%
Institutions buying 1,050 1,590 788
Institutions selling 758 1,527 652
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.04 1.21

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.

COFMASHOP
COF 1.00 0.45 0.36
MA 0.45 1.00 0.31
SHOP 0.36 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COF, MA and SHOP?

Mastercard (MA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Capital One Financial (COF) $126.74B, Mastercard (MA) $563.07B, Shopify (SHOP) $203.21B.

Which stock is cheaper, COF, MA and SHOP?

Capital One Financial (COF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Capital One Financial (COF) 12.1x, Mastercard (MA) 30.6x, Shopify (SHOP) 105.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Capital One Financial (COF) is cheapest (Capital One Financial (COF) 10.2x, Mastercard (MA) 30.3x, Shopify (SHOP) 88.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Shopify (SHOP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mastercard (MA) +15.3%, Shopify (SHOP) +32.5%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mastercard (MA) returned the most: Capital One Financial (COF) -4.5%, Mastercard (MA) +14.6%, Shopify (SHOP) -6.8%. Over five years, Mastercard (MA) compounded fastest (Capital One Financial (COF) +6.7%/yr, Mastercard (MA) +13.6%/yr, Shopify (SHOP) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mastercard (MA) has been the steadiest (Capital One Financial (COF) 31.5%, Mastercard (MA) 22.9%, Shopify (SHOP) 59.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COF, MA and SHOP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mastercard (MA) leads on 4. 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.