FLYW vs CPAY vs FOUR Stock Comparison

Flywire, Corpay and Shift4 Payments Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FLYW Flywire Corp
$18.84 +8.3% 1M +35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.29B
P/E
67.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$713.54M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
1 win
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
8 wins
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.
$37.78 -1.8% 1M -50.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.87B
P/E
68.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.78B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Corpay leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Corpay 8, Shift4 Payments 2, Flywire 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFLYWCPAYFOURLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.29B $26.09B $5.87B CPAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 67.8x 22.8x 68.4x CPAY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 42.8x 15.2x 6.9x FOUR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.2% +20.4% +32.4% FOUR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.8% 22.7% 0.9% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.7% 4.9% CPAY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x 4.5x CPAY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +35.4% +39.8% -50.8% CPAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.6%/yr +9.5%/yr -10.1%/yr CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.1% 36.5% 66.2% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 61/100 66/100 FLYW

Percentile Scorecard

FLYWCPAYFOUR

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

AxisFLYWCPAYFOUR
Valuation 75 #26 of 99 57 #43 of 99 89 #12 of 99
Growth 96 #5 of 94 59 #39 of 94 70 #29 of 94
Profitability 73 #25 of 90 90 #10 of 90 67 #30 of 90
Financial Health 85 #17 of 105 22 #82 of 105 20 #84 of 105
Shareholder Returns 22 #48 of 61 78 #14 of 61 85 #10 of 61
Overall 70 61 66
  • FLYW ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FOUR ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFLYWCPAYFOURSPY
1 month +8.3%-0.2%-1.8% -0.2%
3 months +13.8%+3.4%-31.2% +3.9%
6 months +38.7%+27.5%-18.3% +8.2%
Year to date +33.1%+32.0%-40.0% +12.9%
1 year +35.4%+39.8%-50.8% +12.3%
3 years -28.6%+79.1%-13.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year -10.6%+21.4%-4.7% +23.3%
5 years -59.7%+57.5%-41.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -16.6%+9.5%-10.1% +10.9%
10 years —+129.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+8.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFLYWCPAYFOURSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.1%36.5%66.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.2%34.1%70.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.350.811.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.771.09-0.77 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.3%-37.3%-71.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6%-6.6%-50.8% -1.2%
52-week high $19.54$425.23$76.76 $779.14
52-week low $10.64$255.00$35.57 $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.

MultipleFLYWCPAYFOUR
P/E now vs peer median 67.8xmedian 20.0x 22.8xmedian 20.0x 68.4xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.3x 5.2xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 17.5x 12.6xmedian 17.5x 10.8xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 15.9x 15.9xmedian 15.9x 13.6xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.0x 7.3xmedian 2.0x 3.4xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.43median 1.03 1.97median 1.03 -2.00median 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 monthsFLYWCPAYFOUR
Revenue $713.54M $5.02B $4.78B
Gross profit – – $1.72B
Operating income $39.30M $2.20B $387.50M
Net income $34.04M $1.15B $122.40M
Free cash flow $165.28M $1.64B $433.00M
R&D $74.01M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.28 $17.20 $0.55
Cash & equivalents $282.39M $3.16B $356.00M
Total debt – $39.11B $4.51B
Shares (diluted) 122.40M 66.33M 79.64M
Enterprise value $939.51M $16.29B $2.68B

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
MetricFLYWCPAYFOUR
P/E 67.8x 22.8x 68.4x
P/FCF 13.9x 15.9x 13.6x
P/Operating cash flow 13.8x 14.1x 9.9x
P/S 3.2x 5.2x 1.2x
P/B 2.8x 7.3x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 39.0x -5.0x
EV/EBITDA 28.7x 12.6x 10.8x
EV/EBIT 50.8x 15.3x 25.9x
EV/Revenue 2.8x 6.7x 2.1x
EV/FCF 12.1x 20.5x 23.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.0x 18.2x 16.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.43 1.97 -2.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLYWCPAYFOUR
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.2% 20.4% 32.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.1% 11.5% 28.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 55.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 42.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 814.8% 17.9% 41.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 49.6% 12.4% 45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 398.3% 9.4% -55.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 49.1% 7.4% -4.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 396.1% 17.0% -77.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 11.6% -34.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 74.7% -12.7% 16.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 182.6% 0.6% 16.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 75.5% -15.0% 8.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 200.6% -0.2% 13.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLYWCPAYFOUR
Gross margin – – 35.9%
EBITDA margin 9.8% 53.0% 19.5%
Operating margin 5.5% 43.7% 8.1%
Pretax margin 5.7% 33.3% 3.2%
Net margin 4.8% 22.7% 0.9%
FCF margin 23.2% 32.6% 9.1%
Operating cash flow margin 23.3% 36.8% 12.4%
Return on equity 4.1% 32.2% 7.0%
Return on assets 2.9% 4.2% 1.4%
Return on invested capital – 10.7% 4.9%
Return on capital employed 4.7% 20.9% 5.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.2x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.9x 1.6x 4.8x
Stock comp / revenue 9.9% 2.3% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLYWCPAYFOUR
Debt / assets – 37.6% 51.9%
Debt / equity – 3.0x 2.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x 4.5x
Debt / FCF – 6.5x 10.4x
Liabilities / assets 29.8% 87.3% 80.1%
Equity / assets 70.2% 12.7% 19.9%
Interest coverage 16.7x 5.0x 1.5x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.0x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.69 1.59 1.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLYWCPAYFOUR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -4.4% 6.5% 10.7%
Shareholder yield -4.4% 6.5% 10.7%
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.

ConsensusFLYWCPAYFOUR
Forward P/E 42.8xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 6.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.44FY2026 $26.14FY2026 $5.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +300.0%FY2026 +22.3%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.4% +17.2% +8.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $732.82MFY2026 $5.64BFY2026 $2.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.4% +8.1% +6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLYWCPAYFOUR
Held by institutions 100.0% 97.9% 87.4%
Institutions holding 238 732 358
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.8% +0.8% -2.3%
Institutions buying 154 389 187
Institutions selling 62 240 142
Buyers to sellers 2.48 1.62 1.32

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.

FLYWCPAYFOUR
FLYW 1.00 0.31 0.41
CPAY 0.31 1.00 0.37
FOUR 0.41 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLYW, CPAY and FOUR?

Corpay (CPAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flywire (FLYW) $2.29B, Corpay (CPAY) $26.09B, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) $5.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLYW, CPAY and FOUR?

Corpay (CPAY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flywire (FLYW) 67.8x, Corpay (CPAY) 22.8x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 68.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) is cheapest (Flywire (FLYW) 42.8x, Corpay (CPAY) 15.2x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 6.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flywire (FLYW) +32.2%, Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) +32.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Flywire (FLYW) 4.8%, Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 0.9%). On return on invested capital, Corpay (CPAY) leads (Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 4.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corpay (CPAY) returned the most: Flywire (FLYW) +35.4%, Corpay (CPAY) +39.8%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -50.8%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Flywire (FLYW) -16.6%/yr, Corpay (CPAY) +9.5%/yr, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -10.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Flywire (FLYW) 46.1%, Corpay (CPAY) 36.5%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 66.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corpay (CPAY) leads on 8. 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.