HTT vs SLM vs UPS Stock Comparison

High Templar Tech, Slm and United Parcel Service Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HTT High Templar Tech Ltd
$1.99 -18.4% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$824.60M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
1 win
SLM SLM Corp
$19.42 -17.7% 1M -27.3% 1Y
Market cap
$3.63B
P/E
6.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.79B
Div. yield
0.03%
Consumer Lending Financial Services
5 wins
UPS United Parcel Service Inc
$101.03 +5.5% 1M +16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$85.15B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.93B
Div. yield
–
Parcel Delivery Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

United Parcel Service leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (United Parcel Service 5, Slm 5, High Templar Tech 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHTTSLMUPSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $824.60M $3.63B $85.15B UPS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 6.6x 18.6x SLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 6.0x 15.0x SLM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -6.7% -0.4% UPS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 30.9% 5.1% SLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 16.6% 12.9% SLM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x 1.9x UPS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -55.0% -27.3% +16.1% UPS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.6%/yr +1.0%/yr -13.1%/yr HTT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.4% 42.1% 30.6% UPS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 48/100 44/100 SLM

Percentile Scorecard

HTTSLMUPS

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

AxisHTTSLMUPS
Valuation – 47 #90 of 170 45 #75 of 136
Growth – 31 #115 of 165 23 #94 of 122
Profitability – 55 #71 of 155 70 #36 of 119
Financial Health 93 #12 of 163 38 #102 of 163 33 #99 of 147
Shareholder Returns – 72 #39 of 137 51 #42 of 84
Overall – 48 44
  • HTT ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SLM ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • UPS ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHTTSLMUPSSPY
1 month -18.4%-17.7%+5.5% -1.0%
3 months -18.1%-20.0%-12.0% +2.9%
6 months -17.8%-18.5%-5.6% +6.4%
Year to date -43.9%-28.2%+1.9% +11.4%
1 year -55.0%-27.3%+16.1% +13.1%
3 years +8.2%+49.4%-32.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.6%+14.3%-12.2% +21.5%
5 years +8.2%+5.0%-50.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +1.6%+1.0%-13.1% +10.9%
10 years —+172.0%-5.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+10.5%-0.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHTTSLMUPSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.4%42.1%30.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.7%51.1%33.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.231.090.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.96-0.650.53 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.1%-45.8%-64.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -59.8%-37.1%-15.8% -2.5%
52-week high $4.95$30.85$120.00 $779.14
52-week low $1.94$18.74$87.03 $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.

MultipleHTTSLMUPS
P/E now vs peer median —median 11.0x 6.5xmedian 11.0x 18.8xmedian 16.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.6x 2.0xmedian 2.6x 0.8xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x 4.2xmedian 13.1x 9.2xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.9x -9.3xmedian 6.9x 13.9xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.6xmedian 0.7x 5.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 0.23median 0.31 -0.83median 0.82

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 monthsHTTSLMUPS
Revenue – $1.79B $89.93B
Operating income – – $6.58B
Net income – $567.40M $4.57B
Free cash flow – -$381.64M $5.46B
EPS (diluted) – $2.98 $5.37
Cash & equivalents $561.74M $2.17B $4.65B
Total debt $879.65M $6.43B $24.48B
Shares (diluted) 500.73M 185.57M 851.00M
Enterprise value -$2.21B -$12.71B $62.05B

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
MetricHTTSLMUPS
P/E – 6.5x 18.8x
P/FCF – -9.3x 13.9x
P/Operating cash flow – -9.3x 8.5x
P/S – 2.0x 0.8x
P/B 0.5x 1.6x 5.0x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 1.6x 6.8x
EV/EBITDA – 4.2x 9.2x
EV/EBIT – 4.2x 14.5x
EV/Revenue – 4.3x 1.1x
EV/FCF – -20.4x 17.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – -20.4x 10.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.23 -0.83

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHTTSLMUPS
Revenue growth (1Y) – -6.7% -0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.6% -2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -21.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -17.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – -9.0% -20.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 19.1% -23.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 3.4% -20.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 28.7% -22.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -15.8% 18.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -47.7% -8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -15.8% 54.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -47.7% -4.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHTTSLMUPS
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 104.4% 11.6%
Operating margin – – 7.3%
Pretax margin – 41.2% 6.5%
Net margin – 30.9% 5.1%
FCF margin – -21.3% 6.1%
Operating cash flow margin – -21.3% 9.9%
Return on equity – 24.0% 29.6%
Return on assets – 1.9% 6.4%
Return on invested capital – 16.6% 12.9%
Return on capital employed – – 11.6%
Asset turnover – 0.1x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.7x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.6% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHTTSLMUPS
Debt / assets 16.0% 21.6% 34.4%
Debt / equity 0.2x 2.9x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x 1.9x
Debt / FCF – -16.9x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 21.2% 92.4% 78.8%
Equity / assets 78.8% 7.6% 21.2%
Interest coverage – 1.7x 6.0x
Current ratio 4.8x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 2.4x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 2.4x – 0.3x
Altman Z-score – – 2.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHTTSLMUPS
Dividend yield – 2.7% 6.5%
Net buyback yield – 15.4% -0.2%
Shareholder yield – 18.0% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 17.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -26.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -7.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% –

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.

ConsensusHTTSLMUPS
Forward P/E – 6.0xFY2026 15.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2024 $3.24FY2026 $6.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -233.3%FY2024 -6.4%FY2026 -5.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -0.6% +26.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.00MFY2024 $2.03BFY2026 $87.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +164.2%FY2024 +2.4%FY2026 -1.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.8% +14.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHTTSLMUPS
Held by institutions 2.2% 100.0% 70.9%
Institutions holding 42 387 2,137
Change in shares held, QoQ -26.1% +2.4% +6.0%
Institutions buying 14 193 1,088
Institutions selling 21 135 809
Buyers to sellers 0.67 1.43 1.34

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.

HTTSLMUPS
HTT 1.00 0.13 -0.06
SLM 0.13 1.00 0.16
UPS -0.06 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HTT, SLM and UPS?

United Parcel Service (UPS) is the largest by market capitalisation: High Templar Tech (HTT) $824.60M, Slm (SLM) $3.63B, United Parcel Service (UPS) $85.15B.

Which stock is cheaper, HTT, SLM and UPS?

Slm (SLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Slm (SLM) 6.6x, United Parcel Service (UPS) 18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Slm (SLM) is cheapest (Slm (SLM) 6.0x, United Parcel Service (UPS) 15.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

United Parcel Service (UPS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Slm (SLM) -6.7%, United Parcel Service (UPS) -0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Slm (SLM) has the highest net margin (Slm (SLM) 30.9%, United Parcel Service (UPS) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, Slm (SLM) leads (Slm (SLM) 16.6%, United Parcel Service (UPS) 12.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Parcel Service (UPS) returned the most: High Templar Tech (HTT) -55.0%, Slm (SLM) -27.3%, United Parcel Service (UPS) +16.1%. Over five years, High Templar Tech (HTT) compounded fastest (High Templar Tech (HTT) +1.6%/yr, Slm (SLM) +1.0%/yr, United Parcel Service (UPS) -13.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: High Templar Tech (HTT) 0.00%, Slm (SLM) 0.03%, United Parcel Service (UPS) 0.00%. High Templar Tech (HTT) and United Parcel Service (UPS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, United Parcel Service (UPS) has been the steadiest (High Templar Tech (HTT) 57.4%, Slm (SLM) 42.1%, United Parcel Service (UPS) 30.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HTT, SLM and UPS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, United Parcel Service (UPS) leads on 5. 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.