FLYW vs GPN vs FISV Stock Comparison

Flywire, Global Payments and Fiserv Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FLYW Flywire Corp
$19.15 +8.9% 1M +42.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.68B
P/E
78.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$713.54M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins
GPN Global Payments Inc
$98.00 +25.1% 1M +27.1% 1Y
Market cap
$25.96B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.23B
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins
FISV Fiserv Inc
$58.40 +31.7% 1M -10.3% 1Y
Market cap
$33.26B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.87B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionFLYWGPNFISVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.68B $25.96B $33.26B FISV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 78.8x -27.8x 11.9x FISV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.5x 7.6x 7.8x GPN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.2% +32.5% -1.2% GPN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.8% -9.1% 13.4% FISV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.3% 7.0% FISV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.8x 3.4x FISV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.6% +27.1% -10.3% FLYW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.0%/yr -6.3%/yr -10.6%/yr GPN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.9% 41.8% 40.1% FISV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 48/100 62/100 FLYW

Percentile Scorecard

FLYWGPNFISV

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

AxisFLYWGPNFISV
Valuation 75 #26 of 99 68 #32 of 99 89 #12 of 99
Growth 97 #4 of 94 26 #70 of 94 40 #57 of 94
Profitability 75 #23 of 90 64 #33 of 90 85 #14 of 90
Financial Health 85 #17 of 105 23 #81 of 105 29 #75 of 105
Shareholder Returns 21 #49 of 62 57 #27 of 62 69 #20 of 62
Overall 71 48 62
  • FLYW ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • GPN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FISV ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFLYWGPNFISVSPY
1 month +8.9%+25.1%+31.7% -2.0%
3 months +11.0%+11.0%+4.7% -2.2%
6 months +31.8%+41.1%+2.0% +4.2%
Year to date +35.2%+26.6%-13.1% +10.6%
1 year +42.6%+27.1%-10.3% +10.4%
3 years -32.7%-13.9%-51.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year -12.4%-4.9%-21.3% +20.2%
5 years -55.5%-27.7%-42.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year -15.0%-6.3%-10.6% +10.1%
10 years —+39.0%+19.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+3.4%+1.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFLYWGPNFISVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.9%41.8%40.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.9%35.8%42.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.270.840.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.930.65-0.26 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.4%-58.8%-81.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%-1.6%-16.4% -3.2%
52-week high $19.74$99.62$69.85 $779.14
52-week low $10.64$62.47$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.

MultipleFLYWGPNFISV
P/E now vs peer median 68.9xmedian 19.2x -28.3xmedian 19.2x 11.1xmedian 19.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 2.2x 2.5xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.2xmedian 13.4x 11.7xmedian 13.4x 7.3xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.1xmedian 16.3x 31.7xmedian 16.3x 7.9xmedian 16.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 1.2xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.46median 0.89 0.61median 0.89 1.23median 0.89

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 monthsFLYWGPNFISV
Revenue $713.54M $10.23B $20.87B
Gross profit – $6.54B $11.73B
Operating income $39.30M $1.27B $4.66B
Net income $34.04M -$873.78M $2.82B
Free cash flow $165.28M $822.72M $3.93B
R&D $74.01M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.28 $-3.46 $5.25
Cash & equivalents $282.39M $5.41B $627.00M
Total debt – $23.56B $27.89B
Shares (diluted) 122.40M 270.12M 533.70M
Enterprise value $1.33B $3.75B $29.94B

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
MetricFLYWGPNFISV
P/E 68.9x -28.3x 11.1x
P/FCF 14.1x 31.7x 7.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.0x 15.7x 5.3x
P/S 3.3x 2.5x 1.5x
P/B 2.9x 1.1x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 6.0x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 29.2x 11.7x 7.3x
EV/EBIT 51.8x 34.8x 12.5x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 4.3x 2.8x
EV/FCF 12.3x 53.7x 14.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.2x 26.7x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.46 0.61 1.23

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLYWGPNFISV
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.2% 32.5% -1.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.1% 3.3% 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.8% -9.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.7% 3.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 814.8% -33.4% -26.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 49.6% -4.4% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 398.3% -158.6% -17.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 49.1% -44.6% 3.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 396.1% -158.9% -14.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 47.3% -46.2% 9.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 74.7% -46.4% -13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 182.6% -9.1% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 75.5% -66.6% -23.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 200.6% -19.7% 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLYWGPNFISV
Gross margin – 63.9% 56.2%
EBITDA margin 9.8% 36.8% 38.2%
Operating margin 5.5% 12.4% 22.3%
Pretax margin 5.7% 5.5% 15.8%
Net margin 4.8% -9.1% 13.4%
FCF margin 23.2% 8.0% 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin 23.3% 16.2% 27.9%
Return on equity 4.1% -3.5% 10.6%
Return on assets 2.9% -1.3% 3.5%
Return on invested capital – 2.3% 7.0%
Return on capital employed 4.7% 2.5% 8.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.9x -1.9x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 9.9% 1.3% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLYWGPNFISV
Debt / assets – 37.1% 34.5%
Debt / equity – 1.0x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.8x 3.4x
Debt / FCF – 28.6x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 29.8% 62.6% 66.7%
Equity / assets 70.2% 37.4% 33.3%
Interest coverage 16.7x 1.5x 3.0x
Current ratio 1.5x 0.8x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 4.75 0.66 1.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLYWGPNFISV
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield -4.3% 6.0% 5.2%
Shareholder yield -4.3% 7.1% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -28.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -1.7% –

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.

ConsensusFLYWGPNFISV
Forward P/E 43.5xFY2026 7.6xFY2026 7.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.44FY2026 $12.82FY2026 $7.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +300.0%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 -13.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.4% +18.0% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $732.82MFY2026 $12.66BFY2026 $18.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +35.9%FY2026 -6.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.4% +8.4% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLYWGPNFISV
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 89.7%
Institutions holding 239 794 1,153
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.8% +7.4% +2.6%
Institutions buying 155 375 500
Institutions selling 62 308 504
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.22 0.99

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.

FLYWGPNFISV
FLYW 1.00 0.48 0.40
GPN 0.48 1.00 0.54
FISV 0.40 0.54 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLYW, GPN and FISV?

Fiserv (FISV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flywire (FLYW) $2.68B, Global Payments (GPN) $25.96B, Fiserv (FISV) $33.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLYW, GPN and FISV?

Fiserv (FISV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flywire (FLYW) 78.8x, Global Payments (GPN) -27.8x, Fiserv (FISV) 11.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Global Payments (GPN) is cheapest (Flywire (FLYW) 43.5x, Global Payments (GPN) 7.6x, Fiserv (FISV) 7.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Global Payments (GPN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flywire (FLYW) +32.2%, Global Payments (GPN) +32.5%, Fiserv (FISV) -1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fiserv (FISV) has the highest net margin (Flywire (FLYW) 4.8%, Global Payments (GPN) -9.1%, Fiserv (FISV) 13.4%). On return on invested capital, Fiserv (FISV) leads (Global Payments (GPN) 2.3%, Fiserv (FISV) 7.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Flywire (FLYW) returned the most: Flywire (FLYW) +42.6%, Global Payments (GPN) +27.1%, Fiserv (FISV) -10.3%. Over five years, Global Payments (GPN) compounded fastest (Flywire (FLYW) -15.0%/yr, Global Payments (GPN) -6.3%/yr, Fiserv (FISV) -10.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Flywire (FLYW) 0.00%, Global Payments (GPN) 0.01%, Fiserv (FISV) 0.00%. Flywire (FLYW) and Fiserv (FISV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fiserv (FISV) has been the steadiest (Flywire (FLYW) 45.9%, Global Payments (GPN) 41.8%, Fiserv (FISV) 40.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FLYW, GPN 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, Fiserv (FISV) 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.