DEFT vs EMPD vs PYPL Stock Comparison

Defi Technologies, Empery Digital and PayPal Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DEFT Defi Technologies, Inc.
$0.39 -22.0% 1M -80.6% 1Y
Market cap
$133.21M
P/E
4.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$60.57M
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
2 wins
EMPD Empery Digital Inc.
$2.73 -5.5% 1M -59.9% 1Y
Market cap
$80.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$158.29K
Div. yield
–
Crypto Exchanges Financial Services
1 win
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$48.88B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

PayPal Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (PayPal Holdings 7, Defi Technologies 2, Empery Digital 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDEFTEMPDPYPLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $133.21M $80.82M $48.88B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.0x -0.3x 10.0x DEFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 9.9x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -105.9% +5.7% PYPL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 55.3% — 14.4% DEFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -140.8% 15.9% PYPL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.2x 0.3x EMPD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -80.6% -59.9% -21.2% PYPL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -29.8%/yr -95.7%/yr -25.2%/yr PYPL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 104.5% 78.3% 44.0% PYPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 20/100 70/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

DEFTEMPDPYPL

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

AxisDEFTEMPDPYPL
Valuation 63 #69 of 184 13 #85 of 97 92 #9 of 99
Growth – 22 #53 of 68 63 #35 of 94
Profitability 49 #67 of 130 2 #66 of 67 88 #12 of 90
Financial Health 50 #84 of 167 43 #56 of 97 39 #65 of 105
Shareholder Returns 4 #73 of 76 – 67 #21 of 61
Overall 41 20 70
  • DEFT ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • EMPD ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDEFTEMPDPYPLSPY
1 month -22.0%-5.5%-0.1% -0.8%
3 months -9.3%-14.4%-1.9% +3.5%
6 months -48.8%-43.6%+10.5% +7.0%
Year to date -48.3%-40.3%-5.8% +12.2%
1 year -80.6%-59.9%-21.2% +13.0%
3 years +333.3%-100.0%+9.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +63.1%-98.0%+3.0% +23.1%
5 years -83.0%-100.0%-76.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -29.8%-95.7%-25.2% +11.0%
10 years +406.5%—+29.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +17.6%—+2.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDEFTEMPDPYPLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 104.5%78.3%44.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 103.7%87.5%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.102.761.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.77-0.76-0.48 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.4%-100.0%-83.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -81.3%-61.8%-24.7% -1.8%
52-week high $2.09$7.15$73.02 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$2.52$39.08 $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.

MultipleDEFTEMPDPYPL
P/E now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 33.6x -0.3xmedian 29.4x 9.8xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 4.9x -484.8xmedian 2.9x 1.4xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 11.5x -0.5xmedian 13.7x 7.2xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.8xmedian 13.2x -3.6xmedian 16.0x 7.2xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.8x 0.7xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.91 0.00median 0.52 0.66median 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 monthsDEFTEMPDPYPL
Revenue $60.57M -$158.29K $34.13B
Gross profit – -$173.85K –
Operating income $19.23M -$272.48M $5.95B
Net income $23.57M -$272.13M $4.90B
Free cash flow -$81.53M -$21.04M $6.59B
R&D – $84.38K $3.25B
EPS (diluted) $0.09 $-9.70 $5.56
Cash & equivalents $60.31M $3.69M $8.31B
Total debt – $199.71M $13.40B
Shares (diluted) 377.53M 28.06M 882.00M
Enterprise value -$244.52M $37.17M $7.10B

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
MetricDEFTEMPDPYPL
P/E 4.0x -0.3x 9.8x
P/FCF -1.8x -3.6x 7.2x
P/Operating cash flow -1.8x -3.7x 6.3x
P/S 2.5x -484.8x 1.4x
P/B 1.1x 0.7x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 0.7x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 3.5x -0.5x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 3.7x -0.5x 8.3x
EV/Revenue 1.2x -808.7x 1.5x
EV/FCF -0.9x -6.1x 7.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.9x -6.1x 6.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.00 0.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDEFTEMPDPYPL
Revenue growth (1Y) – -105.9% 5.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -27.2% 6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 98.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 60.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -1,168% 1.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -124.9% 9.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – -979.2% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -80.8% 6.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% 80.2% 16.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 98.4% 15.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -39.4% 23.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.9% 20.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -37.2% 24.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.6% 21.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDEFTEMPDPYPL
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 33.3% – 20.2%
Operating margin 31.8% – 17.4%
Pretax margin 8.4% – 17.2%
Net margin 55.3% – 14.4%
FCF margin -134.6% – 19.3%
Operating cash flow margin -134.6% 13,276% 21.9%
Return on equity 15.8% -193.7% 24.6%
Return on assets 3.9% -136.2% 6.0%
Return on invested capital – -140.8% 15.9%
Return on capital employed 11.1% -145.0% 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.5x 0.1x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 12.6% -11,701% 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDEFTEMPDPYPL
Debt / assets – 30.6% 16.2%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.2x 0.3x
Debt / FCF – -2.6x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 75.1% 36.8% 76.0%
Equity / assets 24.9% 63.2% 24.0%
Interest coverage 4.0x -52.3x –
Current ratio 1.1x 0.5x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.29 -7.82 1.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDEFTEMPDPYPL
Dividend yield – – 1.0%
Net buyback yield -68.1% 190.9% 12.7%
Shareholder yield -68.1% 190.9% 13.7%
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.

ConsensusDEFTEMPDPYPL
Forward P/E – – 9.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $-0.45FY2026 $5.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -123.5%FY2026 – +4.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.25MFY2026 $488.61KFY2026 $33.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -61.8%FY2026 -51.1%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.0% -13.1% +5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDEFTEMPDPYPL
Held by institutions – 60.9% 74.2%
Institutions holding – 37 1,378
Change in shares held, QoQ – -7.2% +0.8%
Institutions buying – 12 521
Institutions selling – 16 671
Buyers to sellers – 0.75 0.78

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.

DEFTEMPDPYPL
DEFT 1.00 0.43 0.17
EMPD 0.43 1.00 0.18
PYPL 0.17 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DEFT, EMPD and PYPL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Defi Technologies (DEFT) $133.21M, Empery Digital (EMPD) $80.82M, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $48.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, DEFT, EMPD and PYPL?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 4.0x, Empery Digital (EMPD) -0.3x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Empery Digital (EMPD) -105.9%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) has the highest net margin (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 55.3%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%). On return on invested capital, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) leads (Empery Digital (EMPD) -140.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year PayPal Holdings (PYPL) returned the most: Defi Technologies (DEFT) -80.6%, Empery Digital (EMPD) -59.9%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%. Over five years, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) compounded fastest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) -29.8%/yr, Empery Digital (EMPD) -95.7%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has been the steadiest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 104.5%, Empery Digital (EMPD) 78.3%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DEFT, EMPD and PYPL?

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 7. 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.