CPAY vs PYPL vs QFIN Stock Comparison

Corpay, PayPal Holdings and Qfin Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$397.32 -0.2% 1M +39.8% 1Y
Market cap
$26.09B
P/E
22.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
5 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$56.09 +1.9% 1M -20.2% 1Y
Market cap
$46.95B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.30B
Div. yield
1.00%
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins
QFIN Qfin Holdings, Inc.
$5.68 -22.2% 1M -77.2% 1Y
Market cap
$692.46M
P/E
1.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.41B
Div. yield
21.83%
Digital Lending Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Qfin Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qfin Holdings 5, Corpay 5, PayPal Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPAYPYPLQFINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.09B $46.95B $692.46M PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.8x 10.1x 1.4x QFIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 10.1x 2.0x QFIN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.4% +4.4% -7.8% CPAY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.7% 13.8% 22.2% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% 14.6% 17.5% QFIN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 0.5x — PYPL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.00% 21.83% QFIN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.8% -20.2% -77.2% CPAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.5%/yr -25.0%/yr -23.3%/yr CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.5% 43.9% 58.7% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 69/100 79/100 QFIN

Percentile Scorecard

CPAYPYPLQFIN

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

AxisCPAYPYPLQFIN
Valuation 57 #43 of 99 92 #9 of 99 97 #4 of 99
Growth 59 #39 of 94 62 #36 of 94 38 #59 of 94
Profitability 90 #10 of 90 87 #13 of 90 94 #6 of 90
Financial Health 22 #82 of 105 37 #67 of 105 73 #29 of 105
Shareholder Returns 78 #14 of 61 68 #20 of 61 92 #6 of 61
Overall 61 69 79
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • QFIN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCPAYPYPLQFINSPY
1 month -0.2%+1.9%-22.2% -0.2%
3 months +3.4%-3.8%-58.3% +3.9%
6 months +27.5%+13.0%-56.2% +8.2%
Year to date +32.0%-3.9%-70.5% +12.9%
1 year +39.8%-20.2%-77.2% +12.3%
3 years +79.1%+11.3%-62.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +21.4%+3.6%-27.8% +23.3%
5 years +57.5%-76.3%-73.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +9.5%-25.0%-23.3% +10.9%
10 years +129.0%+34.5%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +8.6%+3.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCPAYPYPLQFINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.5%43.9%58.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.1%48.4%59.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.811.021.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.09-0.46-1.31 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.3%-83.5%-89.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-23.2%-77.2% -1.2%
52-week high $425.23$73.02$24.86 $779.14
52-week low $255.00$39.08$5.26 $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.

MultipleCPAYPYPLQFIN
P/E now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 20.0x 10.1xmedian 20.0x 1.4xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 0.3xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 17.5x 7.4xmedian 17.5x —median 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 15.9x 7.5xmedian 15.9x 0.5xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 2.0x 2.4xmedian 2.0x 0.2xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.97median 1.03 0.59median 1.03 0.29median 1.03

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 monthsCPAYPYPLQFIN
Revenue $5.02B $34.30B $2.41B
Operating income $2.20B $5.83B $675.86M
Net income $1.15B $4.73B $533.22M
Free cash flow $1.64B $6.30B $1.27B
R&D – $3.28B –
EPS (diluted) $17.20 $5.51 $3.93
Cash & equivalents $3.16B $7.16B $607.06M
Total debt $39.11B $13.47B $1.05B
Shares (diluted) 66.33M 858.00M 136.09M
Enterprise value $16.29B $5.65B -$3.87B

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
MetricCPAYPYPLQFIN
P/E 22.8x 10.1x 1.4x
P/FCF 15.9x 7.5x 0.5x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x 6.6x 0.5x
P/S 5.2x 1.4x 0.3x
P/B 7.3x 2.4x 0.2x
P/Tangible book 39.0x 2.4x 0.2x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 7.4x –
EV/EBIT 15.3x 8.6x 0.0x
EV/Revenue 6.7x 1.5x 0.0x
EV/FCF 20.5x 8.0x 0.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.2x 7.1x 0.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.97 0.59 0.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLQFIN
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.4% 4.4% -7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.5% 5.6% 3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.9% -2.8% -41.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 8.6% 3.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.4% -3.9% -47.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 7.9% -1.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.0% 7.6% -40.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 17.1% 4.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -12.7% 10.4% -16.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 22.9% 8.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -15.0% 13.2% -16.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 25.5% 8.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLQFIN
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 53.0% 19.8% –
Operating margin 43.7% 17.0% 28.1%
Pretax margin 33.3% 16.6% 31.1%
Net margin 22.7% 13.8% 22.2%
FCF margin 32.6% 18.4% 52.6%
Operating cash flow margin 36.8% 20.7% 52.6%
Return on equity 32.2% 24.1% 14.8%
Return on assets 4.2% 5.8% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 10.7% 14.6% 17.5%
Return on capital employed 20.9% 17.0% 13.6%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 2.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLQFIN
Debt / assets 37.6% 16.5% 4.1%
Debt / equity 3.0x 0.7x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF 6.5x 2.1x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 87.3% 76.1% 53.3%
Equity / assets 12.7% 23.9% 46.7%
Interest coverage 5.0x – 8.7x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 1.59 1.90 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPAYPYPLQFIN
Dividend yield – 1.0% 21.8%
Net buyback yield 6.5% 12.8% –
Shareholder yield 6.5% 13.8% 21.8%
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.

ConsensusCPAYPYPLQFIN
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 10.1xFY2026 2.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.14FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $2.84FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +22.3%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 -54.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.2% -3.1% -10.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.64BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $1.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.3%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 -33.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +5.1% -13.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPAYPYPLQFIN
Held by institutions 97.9% 74.2% 61.8%
Institutions holding 732 1,378 158
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +0.8% +3.0%
Institutions buying 389 521 71
Institutions selling 240 671 64
Buyers to sellers 1.62 0.78 1.11

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.

CPAYPYPLQFIN
CPAY 1.00 0.32 0.18
PYPL 0.32 1.00 0.19
QFIN 0.18 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPAY, PYPL and QFIN?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corpay (CPAY) $26.09B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $46.95B, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) $692.46M.

Which stock is cheaper, CPAY, PYPL and QFIN?

Qfin Holdings (QFIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Corpay (CPAY) 22.8x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 1.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) is cheapest (Corpay (CPAY) 15.2x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 2.0x). 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: Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +4.4%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 13.8%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 22.2%). On return on invested capital, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) leads (Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.6%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 17.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corpay (CPAY) returned the most: Corpay (CPAY) +39.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -20.2%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -77.2%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Corpay (CPAY) +9.5%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.0%/yr, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -23.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Qfin Holdings (QFIN) has the highest dividend yield: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 1.00%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 21.83%. Corpay (CPAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Corpay (CPAY) 36.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 43.9%, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 58.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 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.