HSDT vs PYPL vs CRCL Stock Comparison

Solana, PayPal Holdings and Circle Internet Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HSDT Solana Co
$2.21 -24.8% 1M -67.0% 1Y
Market cap
$177.46M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$12.07M
Div. yield
–
Crypto Exchanges Financial Services
1 win
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$49.17B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

PayPal Holdings leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (PayPal Holdings 8, Solana 1, Circle Internet 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHSDTPYPLCRCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $177.46M $49.17B $20.26B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.1x 10.0x 44.9x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.9x 75.3x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3,992.2% +5.7% +37.2% HSDT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1,302.8% 14.4% 15.5% CRCL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.9% 6.2% PYPL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -67.0% -21.2% -43.8% PYPL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -91.6%/yr -25.2%/yr — PYPL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.4% 44.0% 95.2% PYPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 36/100 70/100 47/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

HSDTPYPLCRCL

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

AxisHSDTPYPLCRCL
Valuation 3 #94 of 97 92 #9 of 99 49 #50 of 97
Growth 42 #40 of 68 63 #35 of 94 96 #4 of 68
Profitability 8 #62 of 67 88 #12 of 90 46 #37 of 67
Financial Health 91 #10 of 97 39 #65 of 105 27 #71 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 67 #21 of 61 15 #34 of 40
Overall 36 70 47
  • HSDT ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • CRCL ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHSDTPYPLCRCLSPY
1 month -24.8%-0.1%-10.3% -0.8%
3 months +31.5%-1.9%+21.6% +3.5%
6 months +4.2%+10.5%-16.4% +7.0%
Year to date -23.5%-5.8%+0.7% +12.2%
1 year -67.0%-21.2%-43.8% +13.0%
3 years -100.0%+9.1%— +86.3%
3 years, per year -92.5%+3.0%— +23.1%
5 years -100.0%-76.6%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -91.6%-25.2%— +11.0%
10 years -100.0%+29.9%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -78.3%+2.7%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHSDTPYPLCRCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.4%44.0%95.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 97.2%48.4%91.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.071.012.81 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.68-0.48-0.46 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-83.5%-80.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -68.4%-24.7%-44.3% -1.8%
52-week high $7.00$73.02$143.29 $779.14
52-week low $1.27$39.08$50.23 $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.

MultipleHSDTPYPLCRCL
P/E now vs peer median -1.1xmedian 29.4x 9.8xmedian 20.6x 43.9xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 2.9x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 6.4xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.7x 7.2xmedian 15.4x 52.7xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.5xmedian 16.0x 7.2xmedian 16.4x 24.5xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.01median 0.52 0.66median 1.05 —median 0.52

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 monthsHSDTPYPLCRCL
Revenue $12.07M $34.13B $2.91B
Gross profit $11.53M – $1.18B
Operating income -$368.80M $5.95B $215.57M
Net income -$157.27M $4.90B $451.26M
Free cash flow -$26.94M $6.59B $761.52M
R&D – $3.25B –
EPS (diluted) $-1.97 $5.56 $1.68
Cash & equivalents $3.65M $8.31B $1.73B
Total debt – $13.40B –
Shares (diluted) 79.76M 882.00M 268.64M
Enterprise value $38.03M $7.39B $14.14B

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
MetricHSDTPYPLCRCL
P/E -1.1x 9.8x 43.9x
P/FCF -6.5x 7.2x 24.5x
P/Operating cash flow -6.5x 6.3x 24.0x
P/S 14.6x 1.4x 6.4x
P/B 1.1x 2.4x 5.3x
P/Tangible book -35.4x 2.4x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA – 7.2x 52.7x
EV/EBIT -0.5x 8.3x 78.4x
EV/Revenue 14.3x 1.5x 5.8x
EV/FCF -6.4x 7.5x 22.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -6.4x 6.6x 21.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.01 0.66 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHSDTPYPLCRCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 3,992% 5.7% 37.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 142.6% 6.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4,485% – 47.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 242.1% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -2,435% 1.4% 228.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -193.7% 9.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) -638.9% 4.8% 231.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -150.1% 6.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 98.9% 16.1% 152.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 80.5% 15.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -135.5% 23.2% 48.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -31.3% 20.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -135.5% 24.5% 52.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -31.2% 21.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHSDTPYPLCRCL
Gross margin 95.5% – 40.5%
EBITDA margin – 20.2% 11.0%
Operating margin -3,055% 17.4% 7.4%
Pretax margin -1,303% 17.2% 13.8%
Net margin -1,303% 14.4% 15.5%
FCF margin -223.2% 19.3% 26.2%
Operating cash flow margin -223.2% 21.9% 26.7%
Return on equity -86.5% 24.6% 13.0%
Return on assets -83.5% 6.0% 0.6%
Return on invested capital – 15.9% 6.2%
Return on capital employed -198.0% 17.9% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x 1.5x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 69.3% 2.9% 7.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHSDTPYPLCRCL
Debt / assets – 16.2% –
Debt / equity – 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x –
Debt / FCF – 2.0x –
Liabilities / assets 5.9% 76.0% 95.5%
Equity / assets 94.1% 24.0% 4.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 13.3x 1.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.77 1.89 0.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHSDTPYPLCRCL
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield -254.2% 12.7% -2.9%
Shareholder yield -254.2% 13.7% -2.9%
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.

ConsensusHSDTPYPLCRCL
Forward P/E – 9.9xFY2026 75.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.58FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $1.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +4.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – -3.1% +46.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.92MFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $3.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +114.6%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.2% +5.1% +24.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHSDTPYPLCRCL
Held by institutions – 74.2% 52.3%
Institutions holding – 1,378 562
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.8% +11.4%
Institutions buying – 521 380
Institutions selling – 671 120
Buyers to sellers – 0.78 3.17

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.

HSDTPYPLCRCL
HSDT 1.00 0.23 0.49
PYPL 0.23 1.00 0.27
CRCL 0.49 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HSDT, PYPL and CRCL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Solana (HSDT) $177.46M, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $49.17B, Circle Internet (CRCL) $20.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, HSDT, PYPL and CRCL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Solana (HSDT) -1.1x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.0x, Circle Internet (CRCL) 44.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.9x, Circle Internet (CRCL) 75.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Solana (HSDT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Solana (HSDT) +3,992.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, Circle Internet (CRCL) +37.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Circle Internet (CRCL) has the highest net margin (Solana (HSDT) -1,302.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 15.5%). On return on invested capital, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) leads (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 6.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year PayPal Holdings (PYPL) returned the most: Solana (HSDT) -67.0%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%, Circle Internet (CRCL) -43.8%. Over five years, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) compounded fastest (Solana (HSDT) -91.6%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has been the steadiest (Solana (HSDT) 98.4%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 95.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HSDT, PYPL and CRCL?

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