FLYW vs FOUR vs XYZ Stock Comparison

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FLYW Flywire Corp
$21.26 +16.7% 1M +52.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.62B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$763.70M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
6 wins
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.
$42.81 +11.3% 1M -36.3% 1Y
Market cap
$6.80B
P/E
128.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.92B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins
XYZ Block, Inc.
$84.06 +9.8% 1M +14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$51.56B
P/E
111.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.65B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Flywire leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Flywire 6, Shift4 Payments 3, Block 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFLYWFOURXYZLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.62B $6.80B $51.56B XYZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.2x 128.3x 111.8x FLYW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 48.3x 7.8x 21.9x FOUR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.0% +27.0% +7.0% FLYW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.3% 1.1% 1.8% FLYW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.9% 2.5% FOUR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.5x -0.5x XYZ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +52.0% -36.3% +14.1% FLYW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.9%/yr -6.7%/yr -18.8%/yr FOUR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.7% 66.4% 48.2% FLYW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 67/100 69/100 FLYW

Percentile Scorecard

FLYWFOURXYZ

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

AxisFLYWFOURXYZ
Valuation 76 #25 of 99 84 #17 of 99 78 #23 of 99
Growth 98 #3 of 94 70 #29 of 94 77 #22 of 94
Profitability 74 #24 of 90 70 #28 of 90 64 #33 of 90
Financial Health 83 #19 of 105 23 #81 of 105 68 #34 of 105
Shareholder Returns 25 #47 of 62 89 #8 of 62 57 #27 of 62
Overall 71 67 69
  • FLYW ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FOUR ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • XYZ ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFLYWFOURXYZSPY
1 month +16.7%+11.3%+9.8% -5.9%
3 months +16.8%-1.3%+6.3% -4.6%
6 months +19.9%-8.6%+19.8% +0.2%
Year to date +50.1%-32.0%+29.1% +7.5%
1 year +52.0%-36.3%+14.1% +8.2%
3 years -22.1%-8.1%+69.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year -8.0%-2.8%+19.3% +19.0%
5 years -49.8%-29.4%-64.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year -12.9%-6.7%-18.8% +9.4%
10 years ——+590.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year ——+21.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFLYWFOURXYZSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.7%66.4%48.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.9%69.8%45.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.321.321.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.09-0.550.29 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.4%-71.7%-83.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.5%-42.0%-4.0% -5.9%
52-week high $21.81$73.78$87.60 $779.14
52-week low $10.64$35.57$49.09 $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.

MultipleFLYWFOURXYZ
P/E now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 22.5x 125.2xmedian 22.5x 109.8xmedian 22.5x
P/S now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 2.1x 1.3xmedian 2.1x 2.0xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 23.6x 11.4xmedian 23.6x 39.4xmedian 23.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 17.3x 13.5xmedian 17.3x 14.7xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.7x 4.2xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.31median 0.64 -4.59median 0.64 1.78median 0.64

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 monthsFLYWFOURXYZ
Revenue $763.70M $4.92B $25.65B
Gross profit – $1.75B $12.18B
Operating income $59.81M $403.00M $1.19B
Net income $78.95M $129.00M $459.79M
Free cash flow $134.29M $492.00M $3.45B
R&D $73.01M – $2.99B
EPS (diluted) $0.61 $0.68 $0.75
Cash & equivalents $407.17M $1.24B $7.86B
Total debt – $5.48B $7.27B
Shares (diluted) 129.70M 78.21M 614.78M
Enterprise value $1.24B $3.77B $23.34B

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
MetricFLYWFOURXYZ
P/E 32.8x 125.2x 109.8x
P/FCF 19.4x 13.5x 14.7x
P/Operating cash flow 19.2x 10.3x 14.0x
P/S 3.4x 1.3x 2.0x
P/B 2.9x 4.2x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 3.6x -5.1x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 24.1x 11.4x 39.4x
EV/EBIT 36.7x 27.0x 42.2x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 2.2x 2.0x
EV/FCF 16.3x 22.1x 14.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.2x 16.9x 13.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.31 -4.59 1.78

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLYWFOURXYZ
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.0% 27.0% 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 27.1% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 38.2% 24.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 40.0% 19.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 822.2% 30.4% -3.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 69.5% 50.9% 83.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 3,342% -44.8% -85.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 109.5% -3.2% 59.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 3,291% -27.9% -85.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 107.7% -27.3% 61.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 102.7% 18.7% 83.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.8% 15.0% 56.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 104.5% 18.2% 88.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.5% 13.9% 63.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLYWFOURXYZ
Gross margin – 35.5% 47.5%
EBITDA margin 11.9% 19.3% 5.0%
Operating margin 7.8% 8.2% 4.6%
Pretax margin 8.1% 3.2% 2.8%
Net margin 10.3% 1.1% 1.8%
FCF margin 17.6% 10.0% 13.5%
Operating cash flow margin 17.7% 13.0% 14.1%
Return on equity 9.1% 7.8% 2.0%
Return on assets 6.2% 1.4% 1.1%
Return on invested capital – 4.9% 2.5%
Return on capital employed 7.3% 5.9% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 5.0x 7.9x
Stock comp / revenue 9.2% 1.8% 4.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLYWFOURXYZ
Debt / assets – 57.9% 17.6%
Debt / equity – 3.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.5x -0.5x
Debt / FCF – 11.1x 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 33.6% 83.4% 44.4%
Equity / assets 66.4% 16.6% 55.6%
Interest coverage 37.0x 1.5x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.2x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.2x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.5x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 4.22 1.13 2.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLYWFOURXYZ
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -4.2% 12.3% 2.8%
Shareholder yield -4.2% 12.3% 2.8%
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.

ConsensusFLYWFOURXYZ
Forward P/E 48.3xFY2026 7.8xFY2026 21.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.44FY2026 $5.49FY2026 $3.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +300.0%FY2026 +6.2%FY2026 +61.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.4% +8.4% +40.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $732.82MFY2026 $2.44BFY2026 $24.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.4% +6.6% +21.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLYWFOURXYZ
Held by institutions 100.0% 87.4% 73.6%
Institutions holding 239 358 1,084
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.8% -2.3% +3.0%
Institutions buying 155 187 582
Institutions selling 62 142 331
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.32 1.76

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.

FLYWFOURXYZ
FLYW 1.00 0.42 0.49
FOUR 0.42 1.00 0.34
XYZ 0.49 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLYW, FOUR and XYZ?

Block (XYZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flywire (FLYW) $2.62B, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) $6.80B, Block (XYZ) $51.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLYW, FOUR and XYZ?

Flywire (FLYW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flywire (FLYW) 33.2x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 128.3x, Block (XYZ) 111.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) is cheapest (Flywire (FLYW) 48.3x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 7.8x, Block (XYZ) 21.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Flywire (FLYW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flywire (FLYW) +31.0%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) +27.0%, Block (XYZ) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Flywire (FLYW) has the highest net margin (Flywire (FLYW) 10.3%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 1.1%, Block (XYZ) 1.8%). On return on invested capital, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) leads (Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 4.9%, Block (XYZ) 2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Flywire (FLYW) returned the most: Flywire (FLYW) +52.0%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -36.3%, Block (XYZ) +14.1%. Over five years, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) compounded fastest (Flywire (FLYW) -12.9%/yr, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -6.7%/yr, Block (XYZ) -18.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Flywire (FLYW) has been the steadiest (Flywire (FLYW) 47.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 66.4%, Block (XYZ) 48.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Flywire (FLYW) leads on 6. 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.