GPN vs FOUR vs DLO Stock Comparison

Global Payments, Shift4 Payments and dLocal Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GPN Global Payments Inc
$81.87 -5.4% 1M -6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$21.98B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.23B
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.
$36.97 -3.9% 1M -51.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.00B
P/E
68.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.78B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
1 win
DLO dLocal Ltd
$14.44 +2.6% 1M -4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.09B
P/E
20.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.36B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

dLocal leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (dLocal 6, Global Payments 4, Shift4 Payments 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGPNFOURDLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.98B $3.00B $4.09B GPN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -23.5x 68.5x 20.1x DLO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.4x 6.7x 17.2x GPN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.5% +32.4% +57.0% DLO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -9.1% 0.9% 15.0% DLO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.3% 4.9% 33.4% DLO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.8x 4.5x — FOUR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.3% -51.5% -4.6% DLO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.7%/yr -12.5%/yr -22.0%/yr GPN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.6% 66.3% 44.3% GPN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 65/100 72/100 DLO

Percentile Scorecard

GPNFOURDLO

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

AxisGPNFOURDLO
Valuation 75 #26 of 99 88 #13 of 99 79 #22 of 99
Growth 26 #70 of 94 70 #29 of 94 83 #17 of 94
Profitability 64 #33 of 90 67 #30 of 90 91 #9 of 90
Financial Health 23 #81 of 105 18 #86 of 105 67 #35 of 105
Shareholder Returns 62 #24 of 61 83 #11 of 61 40 #37 of 61
Overall 50 65 72
  • GPN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FOUR ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • DLO ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGPNFOURDLOSPY
1 month -5.4%-3.9%+2.6% -0.8%
3 months -2.6%-26.0%-3.5% +3.5%
6 months +19.8%-17.8%+4.7% +7.0%
Year to date +5.8%-41.3%+2.1% +12.2%
1 year -6.3%-51.5%-4.6% +13.0%
3 years -20.3%-15.2%-15.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.3%-5.4%-5.4% +23.1%
5 years -43.2%-48.6%-71.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -10.7%-12.5%-22.0% +11.0%
10 years +11.1%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +1.1%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGPNFOURDLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.6%66.3%44.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.1%70.0%44.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.021.431.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.15-0.78-0.10 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.8%-71.7%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.7%-51.8%-8.5% -1.8%
52-week high $94.85$76.76$15.78 $779.14
52-week low $62.47$35.57$11.01 $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.

MultipleGPNFOURDLO
P/E now vs peer median -23.7xmedian 20.6x 66.9xmedian 20.6x 20.6xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 2.3x 3.1xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.6xmedian 15.4x 10.6xmedian 15.4x —median 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 16.4x 13.3xmedian 16.4x 10.0xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.9x 3.3xmedian 1.9x 7.9xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.51median 1.05 -1.96median 1.05 1.21median 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 monthsGPNFOURDLO
Revenue $10.23B $4.78B $1.36B
Gross profit $6.54B $1.72B $464.83M
Operating income $1.27B $387.50M $235.24M
Net income -$873.78M $122.40M $204.14M
Free cash flow $822.72M $433.00M $427.30M
R&D – – $41.98M
EPS (diluted) $-3.46 $0.55 $0.68
Cash & equivalents $5.41B $356.00M $794.94M
Total debt $23.56B $4.51B $466.81M
Shares (diluted) 270.12M 79.64M 301.74M
Enterprise value -$227.11M -$302.93M $787.70M

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
MetricGPNFOURDLO
P/E -23.7x 66.9x 20.6x
P/FCF 26.5x 13.3x 10.0x
P/Operating cash flow 13.1x 9.7x 9.9x
P/S 2.1x 1.2x 3.1x
P/B 0.9x 3.3x 7.9x
P/Tangible book 5.0x -4.9x 9.6x
EV/EBITDA 10.6x 10.6x –
EV/EBIT 31.5x 25.6x 14.9x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 2.1x 2.6x
EV/FCF 48.5x 22.9x 8.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.1x 16.7x 8.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.51 -1.96 1.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGPNFOURDLO
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.5% 32.4% 57.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 28.2% 36.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.8% 55.7% 34.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 42.6% 24.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -33.4% 41.2% 27.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.4% 45.3% 16.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -158.6% -55.2% 39.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -44.6% -4.9% 15.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -158.9% -77.1% 41.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -46.2% -34.2% 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -46.4% 16.0% 234.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.1% 16.4% 16.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -66.6% 8.8% 230.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.7% 13.3% 16.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGPNFOURDLO
Gross margin 63.9% 35.9% 34.3%
EBITDA margin 36.8% 19.5% –
Operating margin 12.4% 8.1% 17.3%
Pretax margin 5.5% 3.2% 18.2%
Net margin -9.1% 0.9% 15.0%
FCF margin 8.0% 9.1% 31.5%
Operating cash flow margin 16.2% 12.4% 31.6%
Return on equity -3.5% 7.0% 37.3%
Return on assets -1.3% 1.4% 10.2%
Return on invested capital 2.3% 4.9% 33.4%
Return on capital employed 2.5% 5.5% 64.3%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.9x 4.8x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 1.8% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGPNFOURDLO
Debt / assets 37.1% 51.9% 5.9%
Debt / equity 1.0x 2.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.8x 4.5x –
Debt / FCF 28.6x 10.4x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 62.6% 80.1% 75.3%
Equity / assets 37.4% 19.9% 24.7%
Interest coverage 1.5x 1.5x 48.4x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.2x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.1x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.60 1.14 3.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGPNFOURDLO
Dividend yield 1.2% – 1.4%
Net buyback yield 7.2% 10.9% –
Shareholder yield 8.4% 10.9% 1.4%
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.

ConsensusGPNFOURDLO
Forward P/E 6.4xFY2026 6.7xFY2026 17.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.82FY2026 $5.50FY2026 $0.84FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.9%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.0% +8.7% +21.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.66BFY2026 $2.44BFY2026 $1.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +35.9%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026 +50.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% +6.6% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGPNFOURDLO
Held by institutions 100.0% 44.4% 40.4%
Institutions holding 792 358 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.4% -2.3% +7.6%
Institutions buying 374 187 88
Institutions selling 307 142 49
Buyers to sellers 1.22 1.32 1.80

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.

GPNFOURDLO
GPN 1.00 0.58 0.41
FOUR 0.58 1.00 0.33
DLO 0.41 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GPN, FOUR and DLO?

Global Payments (GPN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Global Payments (GPN) $21.98B, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) $3.00B, dLocal (DLO) $4.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, GPN, FOUR and DLO?

dLocal (DLO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Global Payments (GPN) -23.5x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 68.5x, dLocal (DLO) 20.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Global Payments (GPN) is cheapest (Global Payments (GPN) 6.4x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 6.7x, dLocal (DLO) 17.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

dLocal (DLO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Global Payments (GPN) +32.5%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) +32.4%, dLocal (DLO) +57.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

dLocal (DLO) has the highest net margin (Global Payments (GPN) -9.1%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 0.9%, dLocal (DLO) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, dLocal (DLO) leads (Global Payments (GPN) 2.3%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 4.9%, dLocal (DLO) 33.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year dLocal (DLO) returned the most: Global Payments (GPN) -6.3%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -51.5%, dLocal (DLO) -4.6%. Over five years, Global Payments (GPN) compounded fastest (Global Payments (GPN) -10.7%/yr, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -12.5%/yr, dLocal (DLO) -22.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Global Payments (GPN) 0.01%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 0.00%, dLocal (DLO) 0.00%. Shift4 Payments (FOUR) and dLocal (DLO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Global Payments (GPN) has been the steadiest (Global Payments (GPN) 40.6%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 66.3%, dLocal (DLO) 44.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GPN, FOUR and DLO?

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