EVTC vs MA vs FISV Stock Comparison

Evertec, Mastercard and Fiserv Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EVTC EVERTEC, Inc.
$31.03 +14.8% 1M +5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.93B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$996.16M
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
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
5 wins
FISV Fiserv Inc
$48.48 +6.9% 1M -31.3% 1Y
Market cap
$26.58B
P/E
9.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.87B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Mastercard leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Mastercard 5, Fiserv 4, Evertec 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEVTCMAFISVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.93B $563.07B $26.58B MA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.8x 30.6x 9.5x FISV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.4x 30.3x 6.5x FISV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.4% +15.3% -1.2% MA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.8% — 13.4% FISV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% — 7.0% EVTC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x — 3.4x EVTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.8% +14.6% -31.3% MA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.3%/yr +13.6%/yr -13.2%/yr MA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.2% 22.9% 38.9% MA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 44/100 63/100 FISV

Percentile Scorecard

EVTCMAFISV

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

AxisEVTCMAFISV
Valuation 86 #15 of 99 9 #857 of 941 90 #11 of 99
Growth 55 #43 of 94 66 #213 of 615 39 #58 of 94
Profitability 82 #17 of 90 95 #29 of 586 83 #16 of 90
Financial Health 41 #62 of 105 43 #380 of 667 30 #74 of 105
Shareholder Returns 51 #30 of 60 6 #660 of 704 75 #16 of 60
Overall 63 44 63
  • EVTC ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • MA ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • FISV ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEVTCMAFISVSPY
1 month +14.8%+12.8%+6.9% +0.7%
3 months -1.8%+10.1%-10.3% +3.7%
6 months +5.1%+26.4%-22.6% +7.1%
Year to date +6.7%+11.4%-27.8% +12.8%
1 year +5.8%+14.6%-31.3% +11.9%
3 years -3.5%+70.7%-57.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year -1.2%+19.5%-24.6% +22.8%
5 years -31.4%+89.5%-50.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year -7.3%+13.6%-13.2% +10.9%
10 years +103.5%+494.7%-1.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year +7.4%+19.5%-0.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEVTCMAFISVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.2%22.9%38.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.8%22.5%43.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.650.250.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.140.64-0.81 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-28.6%-81.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.9%0.0%-31.3% -1.2%
52-week high $33.34$635.70$70.60 $779.14
52-week low $22.34$471.55$44.36 $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.

MultipleEVTCMAFISV
P/E now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 19.5x 30.6xmedian 13.0x 9.2xmedian 19.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.2x 15.3xmedian 3.2x 1.2xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 17.8x —median 7.7x 6.6xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 16.1x 29.4xmedian 10.7x 6.6xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.0x 82.1xmedian 1.2x 1.0xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median -0.86median 0.98 —median 0.90 1.02median 0.98

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 monthsEVTCMAFISV
Revenue $996.16M $36.29B $20.87B
Gross profit $509.22M – $11.73B
Operating income $178.65M $21.27B $4.66B
Net income $102.12M $16.96B $2.82B
Free cash flow $208.38M – $3.93B
EPS (diluted) $1.59 – $5.25
Cash & equivalents $260.66M $10.15B $627.00M
Total debt $1.25B – $27.89B
Shares (diluted) 61.45M 883.00M 533.70M
Enterprise value $595.13M $563.07B $23.25B

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
MetricEVTCMAFISV
P/E 19.4x 30.6x 9.2x
P/FCF 8.9x 29.4x 6.6x
P/Operating cash flow 8.0x 32.8x 4.4x
P/S 1.9x 15.3x 1.2x
P/B 2.9x 82.1x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 54.3x 534.3x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x – 6.6x
EV/EBIT 15.9x – 11.4x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 15.3x 2.5x
EV/FCF 13.7x – 13.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.3x 32.8x 9.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.86 – 1.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEVTCMAFISV
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.4% 15.3% -1.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 14.2% 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.8% – -9.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.3% – 3.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.4% 18.6% -26.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 15.4% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -27.0% 19.0% -17.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -23.1% 15.8% 3.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -25.3% – -14.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -22.6% – 9.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.8% -3.5% -13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.2% 15.5% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.7% – -23.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.6% – 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEVTCMAFISV
Gross margin 51.1% – 56.2%
EBITDA margin 32.7% – 38.2%
Operating margin 17.9% – 22.3%
Pretax margin 12.9% – 15.8%
Net margin 9.8% – 13.4%
FCF margin 20.9% – 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin 23.2% 46.5% 27.9%
Return on equity 15.5% 274.6% 10.6%
Return on assets 4.3% 29.3% 3.5%
Return on invested capital 7.8% – 7.0%
Return on capital employed 8.7% – 8.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.0x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 3.1% 1.8% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEVTCMAFISV
Debt / assets 50.5% – 34.5%
Debt / equity 1.9x – 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x – 3.4x
Debt / FCF 6.0x – 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 74.0% 88.4% 66.7%
Equity / assets 26.0% 11.6% 33.3%
Interest coverage 2.5x – 3.0x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.4x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.8x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.73 – 1.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEVTCMAFISV
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield 7.2% – 6.2%
Shareholder yield 7.8% 0.5% 6.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 12.3% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 6.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -2.2% – –
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.

ConsensusEVTCMAFISV
Forward P/E 7.4xFY2026 30.3xFY2026 6.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.20FY2026 $20.99FY2026 $7.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +23.4%FY2026 -13.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9% +14.7% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.03BFY2026 $38.99BFY2026 $18.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 +18.9%FY2026 -6.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.0% +0.4% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEVTCMAFISV
Held by institutions 100.0% 87.5% 89.7%
Institutions holding 252 3,585 1,151
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.4% +0.6% +2.6%
Institutions buying 130 1,590 500
Institutions selling 89 1,527 502
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.04 1.00

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.

EVTCMAFISV
EVTC 1.00 0.38 0.42
MA 0.38 1.00 0.51
FISV 0.42 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EVTC, MA and FISV?

Mastercard (MA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Evertec (EVTC) $1.93B, Mastercard (MA) $563.07B, Fiserv (FISV) $26.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, EVTC, MA and FISV?

Fiserv (FISV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Evertec (EVTC) 19.8x, Mastercard (MA) 30.6x, Fiserv (FISV) 9.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fiserv (FISV) is cheapest (Evertec (EVTC) 7.4x, Mastercard (MA) 30.3x, Fiserv (FISV) 6.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mastercard (MA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Evertec (EVTC) +12.4%, Mastercard (MA) +15.3%, Fiserv (FISV) -1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fiserv (FISV) has the highest net margin (Evertec (EVTC) 9.8%, Fiserv (FISV) 13.4%). On return on invested capital, Evertec (EVTC) leads (Evertec (EVTC) 7.8%, Fiserv (FISV) 7.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mastercard (MA) returned the most: Evertec (EVTC) +5.8%, Mastercard (MA) +14.6%, Fiserv (FISV) -31.3%. Over five years, Mastercard (MA) compounded fastest (Evertec (EVTC) -7.3%/yr, Mastercard (MA) +13.6%/yr, Fiserv (FISV) -13.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Evertec (EVTC) 0.01%, Mastercard (MA) 0.00%, Fiserv (FISV) 0.00%. Mastercard (MA) and Fiserv (FISV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mastercard (MA) has been the steadiest (Evertec (EVTC) 41.2%, Mastercard (MA) 22.9%, Fiserv (FISV) 38.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EVTC, MA and FISV?

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 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.