CPAY vs FOUR vs SEZL Stock Comparison

Corpay, Shift4 Payments and Sezzle Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$395.89 -0.1% 1M +38.6% 1Y
Market cap
$26.09B
P/E
22.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.
$38.14 +2.9% 1M -49.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.10B
P/E
70.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.78B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
1 win
SEZL Sezzle Inc.
$130.02 +20.1% 1M +80.3% 1Y
Market cap
$4.50B
P/E
27.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$531.93M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sezzle leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sezzle 6, Corpay 4, Shift4 Payments 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPAYFOURSEZLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.09B $3.10B $4.50B CPAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.9x 70.8x 27.9x CPAY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.1x 6.9x 23.5x FOUR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.4% +32.4% +43.1% SEZL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.7% 0.9% 30.3% SEZL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% 4.9% 49.6% SEZL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 4.5x 0.2x SEZL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +38.6% -49.2% +80.3% SEZL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.9%/yr -9.6%/yr — CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.5% 66.2% 89.0% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 66/100 76/100 SEZL

Percentile Scorecard

CPAYFOURSEZL

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

AxisCPAYFOURSEZL
Valuation 57 #43 of 99 89 #12 of 99 62 #38 of 99
Growth 59 #39 of 94 70 #29 of 94 97 #4 of 94
Profitability 90 #10 of 90 69 #29 of 90 98 #3 of 90
Financial Health 23 #81 of 105 20 #84 of 105 77 #25 of 105
Shareholder Returns 74 #16 of 59 85 #10 of 59 47 #32 of 59
Overall 61 66 76
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FOUR ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • SEZL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCPAYFOURSEZLSPY
1 month -0.1%+2.9%+20.1% +0.9%
3 months +0.8%-31.9%-14.9% +5.9%
6 months +29.0%-15.4%+69.9% +8.5%
Year to date +31.6%-39.4%+104.9% +13.3%
1 year +38.6%-49.2%+80.3% +12.4%
3 years +78.4%-12.5%+9,460.3% +88.1%
3 years, per year +21.3%-4.4%+357.7% +23.5%
5 years +60.0%-39.6%— +68.2%
5 years, per year +9.9%-9.6%— +11.0%
10 years +127.6%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +8.6%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCPAYFOURSEZLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.5%66.2%89.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%70.2%95.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.811.442.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.06-0.740.90 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.3%-71.7%-89.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.9%-49.2%-31.0% -0.9%
52-week high $425.23$75.15$188.55 $779.14
52-week low $255.00$35.57$50.97 $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.

MultipleCPAYFOURSEZL
P/E now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 19.6x 69.0xmedian 19.6x 27.1xmedian 19.6x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 2.3x 8.2xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 17.5x 10.8xmedian 17.5x 20.4xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 15.9x 13.7xmedian 15.9x 15.9xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 2.0x 3.4xmedian 2.0x 18.8xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 1.01 -2.02median 1.01 0.16median 1.01

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 monthsCPAYFOURSEZL
Revenue $5.02B $4.78B $531.93M
Gross profit – $1.72B –
Operating income $2.20B $387.50M $214.81M
Net income $1.15B $122.40M $161.43M
Free cash flow $1.64B $433.00M $274.61M
EPS (diluted) $17.20 $0.55 $4.65
Cash & equivalents $3.16B $356.00M $79.76M
Total debt $39.11B $4.51B $121.52M
Shares (diluted) 66.33M 79.64M 34.72M
Enterprise value $15.97B -$203.44M $4.13B

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
MetricCPAYFOURSEZL
P/E 22.7x 69.0x 27.1x
P/FCF 15.9x 13.7x 15.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x 10.0x 15.9x
P/S 5.2x 1.2x 8.2x
P/B 7.2x 3.4x 18.8x
P/Tangible book 38.9x -5.1x 18.8x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 10.8x 20.4x
EV/EBIT 15.2x 26.0x 20.6x
EV/Revenue 6.7x 2.1x 8.3x
EV/FCF 20.4x 23.3x 16.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.1x 17.0x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 -2.02 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPAYFOURSEZL
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.4% 32.4% 43.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.5% 28.2% 56.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 55.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 42.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.9% 41.2% 56.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 45.3% 119.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.4% -55.2% 54.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -4.9% 174.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.0% -77.1% 57.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.6% -34.2% 172.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -12.7% 16.0% 64.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 16.4% 284.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -15.0% 8.8% 63.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 13.3% 286.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPAYFOURSEZL
Gross margin – 35.9% –
EBITDA margin 53.0% 19.5% 40.8%
Operating margin 43.7% 8.1% 40.4%
Pretax margin 33.3% 3.2% 37.8%
Net margin 22.7% 0.9% 30.3%
FCF margin 32.6% 9.1% 51.6%
Operating cash flow margin 36.8% 12.4% 51.8%
Return on equity 32.2% 7.0% 75.1%
Return on assets 4.2% 1.4% 35.4%
Return on invested capital 10.7% 4.9% 49.6%
Return on capital employed 20.9% 5.5% 60.7%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 4.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 1.8% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPAYFOURSEZL
Debt / assets 37.6% 51.9% 26.6%
Debt / equity 3.0x 2.6x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 4.5x 0.2x
Debt / FCF 6.5x 10.4x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 87.3% 80.1% 49.0%
Equity / assets 12.7% 19.9% 51.0%
Interest coverage 5.0x 1.5x 15.5x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.2x 4.0x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 1.59 1.15 15.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPAYFOURSEZL
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 6.6% 10.6% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 6.6% 10.6% 1.5%
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.

ConsensusCPAYFOURSEZL
Forward P/E 15.1xFY2026 6.9xFY2026 23.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.14FY2026 $5.50FY2026 $5.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +22.3%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026 +54.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.2% +8.7% +26.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.64BFY2026 $2.44BFY2026 $625.83MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.3%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026 +39.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +6.6% +17.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPAYFOURSEZL
Held by institutions 97.9% 87.4% 44.1%
Institutions holding 732 358 323
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% -2.3% +11.3%
Institutions buying 389 187 215
Institutions selling 240 142 79
Buyers to sellers 1.62 1.32 2.72

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.

CPAYFOURSEZL
CPAY 1.00 0.35 0.24
FOUR 0.35 1.00 0.22
SEZL 0.24 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPAY, FOUR and SEZL?

Corpay (CPAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corpay (CPAY) $26.09B, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) $3.10B, Sezzle (SEZL) $4.50B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPAY, FOUR and SEZL?

Corpay (CPAY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Corpay (CPAY) 22.9x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 70.8x, Sezzle (SEZL) 27.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) is cheapest (Corpay (CPAY) 15.1x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 6.9x, Sezzle (SEZL) 23.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sezzle (SEZL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) +32.4%, Sezzle (SEZL) +43.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sezzle (SEZL) has the highest net margin (Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 0.9%, Sezzle (SEZL) 30.3%). On return on invested capital, Sezzle (SEZL) leads (Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 4.9%, Sezzle (SEZL) 49.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sezzle (SEZL) returned the most: Corpay (CPAY) +38.6%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -49.2%, Sezzle (SEZL) +80.3%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Corpay (CPAY) +9.9%/yr, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -9.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Corpay (CPAY) 36.5%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 66.2%, Sezzle (SEZL) 89.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CPAY, FOUR and SEZL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sezzle (SEZL) leads on 6. 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.