CPAY vs PYPL vs DLO Stock Comparison

Corpay, PayPal Holdings and dLocal Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$408.52 +3.3% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$26.17B
P/E
22.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$57.02 +8.6% 1M -18.1% 1Y
Market cap
$48.14B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
DLO dLocal Ltd
$15.06 +7.1% 1M -0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.19B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.36B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

PayPal Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (PayPal Holdings 4, Corpay 4, dLocal 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPAYPYPLDLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.17B $48.14B $4.19B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.9x 9.8x 20.6x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.6x 10.3x 17.7x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.4% +5.7% +57.0% DLO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.7% 14.4% 15.0% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% 15.9% 33.4% DLO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 0.3x — PYPL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +43.6% -18.1% -0.9% CPAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.1%/yr -25.0%/yr -20.5%/yr CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.4% 43.7% 44.0% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 69/100 72/100 DLO

Percentile Scorecard

CPAYPYPLDLO

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

AxisCPAYPYPLDLO
Valuation 56 #44 of 98 91 #10 of 98 78 #22 of 98
Growth 59 #39 of 94 63 #35 of 94 83 #17 of 94
Profitability 90 #10 of 90 88 #12 of 90 91 #9 of 90
Financial Health 21 #83 of 105 39 #65 of 105 66 #36 of 105
Shareholder Returns 77 #15 of 62 67 #21 of 62 41 #37 of 62
Overall 61 69 72
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • DLO ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCPAYPYPLDLOSPY
1 month +3.3%+8.6%+7.1% -1.0%
3 months +10.3%+1.5%+3.9% +2.9%
6 months +30.6%+13.0%+9.4% +6.4%
Year to date +35.8%-2.3%+6.5% +11.4%
1 year +43.6%-18.1%-0.9% +13.1%
3 years +69.7%+5.1%-19.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +19.3%+1.7%-7.1% +21.5%
5 years +47.3%-76.3%-68.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +8.1%-25.0%-20.5% +10.9%
10 years +135.2%+29.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +8.9%+2.6%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCPAYPYPLDLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.4%43.7%44.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%48.4%44.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.821.031.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.20-0.41-0.02 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-84.2%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.9%-21.9%-4.6% -2.5%
52-week high $425.23$73.02$15.78 $779.14
52-week low $255.00$39.08$11.01 $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.

MultipleCPAYPYPLDLO
P/E now vs peer median 23.5xmedian 21.5x 10.2xmedian 21.5x 21.5xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 2.2x 1.4xmedian 2.2x 3.3xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.9xmedian 15.7x 7.4xmedian 15.7x —median 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 16.4x 7.5xmedian 16.4x 10.4xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 1.9x 2.5xmedian 1.9x 8.2xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.03median 1.06 0.68median 1.06 1.26median 1.06

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 monthsCPAYPYPLDLO
Revenue $5.02B $34.13B $1.36B
Gross profit – – $464.83M
Operating income $2.20B $5.95B $235.24M
Net income $1.15B $4.90B $204.14M
Free cash flow $1.64B $6.59B $427.30M
R&D – $3.25B $41.98M
EPS (diluted) $17.20 $5.56 $0.68
Cash & equivalents $3.16B $8.31B $794.94M
Total debt $39.11B $13.40B $466.81M
Shares (diluted) 66.33M 882.00M 301.74M
Enterprise value $16.06B $6.36B $888.09M

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
MetricCPAYPYPLDLO
P/E 23.5x 10.2x 21.5x
P/FCF 16.4x 7.5x 10.4x
P/Operating cash flow 14.5x 6.6x 10.4x
P/S 5.3x 1.4x 3.3x
P/B 7.5x 2.5x 8.2x
P/Tangible book 40.1x 2.5x 10.0x
EV/EBITDA 12.9x 7.4x –
EV/EBIT 15.6x 8.6x 15.7x
EV/Revenue 6.8x 1.5x 2.7x
EV/FCF 20.9x 7.8x 8.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.6x 6.9x 8.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.03 0.68 1.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLDLO
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.4% 5.7% 57.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.5% 6.1% 36.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 34.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 24.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.9% 1.4% 27.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 9.8% 16.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.4% 4.8% 39.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 6.4% 15.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.0% 16.1% 41.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 15.0% 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -12.7% 23.2% 234.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 20.1% 16.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -15.0% 24.5% 230.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 21.7% 16.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLDLO
Gross margin – – 34.3%
EBITDA margin 53.0% 20.2% –
Operating margin 43.7% 17.4% 17.3%
Pretax margin 33.3% 17.2% 18.2%
Net margin 22.7% 14.4% 15.0%
FCF margin 32.6% 19.3% 31.5%
Operating cash flow margin 36.8% 21.9% 31.6%
Return on equity 32.2% 24.6% 37.3%
Return on assets 4.2% 6.0% 10.2%
Return on invested capital 10.7% 15.9% 33.4%
Return on capital employed 20.9% 17.9% 64.3%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 2.9% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLDLO
Debt / assets 37.6% 16.2% 5.9%
Debt / equity 3.0x 0.7x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 0.3x –
Debt / FCF 6.5x 2.0x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 87.3% 76.0% 75.3%
Equity / assets 12.7% 24.0% 24.7%
Interest coverage 5.0x – 48.4x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.4x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.61 1.90 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLDLO
Dividend yield – 1.0% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 6.4% 12.2% –
Shareholder yield 6.4% 13.2% 1.3%
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.

ConsensusCPAYPYPLDLO
Forward P/E 15.6xFY2026 10.3xFY2026 17.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.13FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $0.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +22.2%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.3% -3.1% +20.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.64BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $1.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.3%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +51.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +5.1% +20.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPAYPYPLDLO
Held by institutions 97.9% 74.2% 40.4%
Institutions holding 732 1,378 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +0.8% +7.6%
Institutions buying 389 521 88
Institutions selling 240 671 49
Buyers to sellers 1.62 0.78 1.80

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.

CPAYPYPLDLO
CPAY 1.00 0.32 0.31
PYPL 0.32 1.00 0.27
DLO 0.31 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPAY, PYPL and DLO?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corpay (CPAY) $26.17B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $48.14B, dLocal (DLO) $4.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPAY, PYPL and DLO?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Corpay (CPAY) 22.9x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.8x, dLocal (DLO) 20.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Corpay (CPAY) 15.6x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.3x, dLocal (DLO) 17.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

dLocal (DLO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, dLocal (DLO) +57.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, dLocal (DLO) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, dLocal (DLO) leads (Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%, dLocal (DLO) 33.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corpay (CPAY) returned the most: Corpay (CPAY) +43.6%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -18.1%, dLocal (DLO) -0.9%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Corpay (CPAY) +8.1%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.0%/yr, dLocal (DLO) -20.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Corpay (CPAY) 36.4%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 43.7%, dLocal (DLO) 44.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.