JPM vs NU vs PYPL Stock Comparison

Jpmorgan Chase, Nu Holdings and PayPal Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
1 more company in this comparison (MS) Create a free account to keep reading and compare up to 10 companies.
JPM Jpmorgan Chase & Co
$334.14 -2.6% 1M +11.2% 1Y
Market cap
$900.93B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$203.15B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
4 wins
NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
$12.59 -7.3% 1M -20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$62.37B
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.34B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
4 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$48.16B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Jpmorgan Chase leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Jpmorgan Chase 4, Nu Holdings 4, PayPal Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJPMNUPYPLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $900.93B $62.37B $48.16B JPM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.9x 17.3x 9.8x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.8x 14.0x 9.9x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +50.5% +5.7% NU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 18.7% 14.4% NU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 18.1% 15.9% NU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.0x 0.3x NU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.2% -20.5% -21.2% JPM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.8%/yr — -25.2%/yr JPM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.1% 46.2% 44.0% JPM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 34/100 42/100 70/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

JPMNUPYPL

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

AxisJPMNUPYPL
Valuation 8 #333 of 362 10 #327 of 362 92 #9 of 99
Growth 72 #62 of 221 81 #42 of 221 63 #35 of 94
Profitability – 35 #131 of 200 88 #12 of 90
Financial Health – 72 #57 of 203 39 #65 of 105
Shareholder Returns 21 #271 of 342 11 #305 of 342 67 #21 of 61
Overall 34 42 70
  • JPM ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • NU ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodJPMNUPYPLSPY
1 month -2.6%-7.3%-0.1% -0.8%
3 months -6.2%-13.4%-1.9% +3.5%
6 months +7.2%-14.0%+10.5% +7.0%
Year to date +3.7%-24.8%-5.8% +12.2%
1 year +11.2%-20.5%-21.2% +13.0%
3 years +146.3%+57.2%+9.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +35.1%+16.3%+3.0% +23.1%
5 years +99.1%—-76.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +14.8%—-25.2% +11.0%
10 years +383.4%—+29.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +17.1%—+2.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureJPMNUPYPLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.1%46.2%44.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.8%51.3%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.731.471.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.51-0.44-0.48 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.2%-72.1%-83.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.5%-32.9%-24.7% -1.8%
52-week high $365.23$18.76$73.02 $779.14
52-week low $282.84$11.60$39.08 $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.

MultipleJPMNUPYPL
P/E now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 12.1x 16.9xmedian 12.1x 9.8xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 3.4x 3.1xmedian 3.4x 1.4xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.0x 11.5xmedian 5.0x 7.2xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -5.5xmedian 11.0x -44.7xmedian 11.0x 7.2xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.2x 4.6xmedian 1.2x 2.4xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.10median 1.36 0.03median 1.36 0.66median 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 monthsJPMNUPYPL
Revenue $203.15B $19.34B $34.13B
Gross profit – $7.97B –
Operating income – $4.39B $5.95B
Net income – $3.61B $4.90B
Free cash flow – -$1.36B $6.59B
R&D – – $3.25B
EPS (diluted) $24.09 $0.74 $5.56
Cash & equivalents – $13.55B $8.31B
Total debt – $14.55B $13.40B
Shares (diluted) 2.69B 4.91B 882.00M
Enterprise value $900.93B $6.35B $6.38B

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
MetricJPMNUPYPL
P/E 13.9x 16.9x 9.8x
P/FCF -5.5x -44.7x 7.2x
P/Operating cash flow – -44.0x 6.3x
P/S 4.4x 3.1x 1.4x
P/B 2.4x 4.6x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 4.9x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA – 11.5x 7.2x
EV/EBIT – 11.8x 8.3x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 2.7x 1.5x
EV/FCF – -38.0x 7.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – -37.5x 6.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.10 0.03 0.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJPMNUPYPL
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 50.5% 5.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 45.8% 6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 42.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 48.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 38.6% 1.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 132.2% 9.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 56.9% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 260.8% 6.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.7% 56.2% 16.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 603.5% 15.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -135.1% 23.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -39.0% 20.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -134.5% 24.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -38.6% 21.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJPMNUPYPL
Gross margin – 41.2% –
EBITDA margin – 23.4% 20.2%
Operating margin – 22.7% 17.4%
Pretax margin – 22.7% 17.2%
Net margin – 18.7% 14.4%
FCF margin – -7.0% 19.3%
Operating cash flow margin – -7.1% 21.9%
Return on equity – 24.5% 24.6%
Return on assets – 4.0% 6.0%
Return on invested capital – 18.1% 15.9%
Return on capital employed – – 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.2x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.4x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.8% 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJPMNUPYPL
Debt / assets – 5.7% 16.2%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.0x 0.3x
Debt / FCF – -3.4x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 92.7% 84.0% 76.0%
Equity / assets 7.3% 16.0% 24.0%
Interest coverage – 1.2x –
Current ratio – – 1.3x
Quick ratio – – 0.4x
Cash ratio – – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 1.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJPMNUPYPL
Dividend yield 1.8% – 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% 12.7%
Shareholder yield 1.8% 0.0% 13.7%
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.

ConsensusJPMNUPYPL
Forward P/E 13.8xFY2026 14.0xFY2026 9.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $24.17FY2026 $0.90FY2026 $5.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.7%FY2026 +55.2%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.7% +15.6% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $213.94BFY2026 $24.04BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026 +52.4%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.5% +23.9% +5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJPMNUPYPL
Held by institutions 73.0% 59.8% 74.2%
Institutions holding 5,081 854 1,378
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +0.3% +0.8%
Institutions buying 2,486 442 521
Institutions selling 2,060 305 671
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.45 0.78

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.

JPMNUPYPL
JPM 1.00 0.28 0.07
NU 0.28 1.00 0.23
PYPL 0.07 0.23 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JPM, NU and PYPL?

Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) $900.93B, Nu Holdings (NU) $62.37B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $48.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, JPM, NU and PYPL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) 13.9x, Nu Holdings (NU) 17.3x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) 13.8x, Nu Holdings (NU) 14.0x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nu Holdings (NU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) +13.2%, Nu Holdings (NU) +50.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nu Holdings (NU) has the highest net margin (Nu Holdings (NU) 18.7%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%). On return on invested capital, Nu Holdings (NU) leads (Nu Holdings (NU) 18.1%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) returned the most: Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) +11.2%, Nu Holdings (NU) -20.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%. Over five years, Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) compounded fastest (Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) +14.8%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) has been the steadiest (Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) 22.1%, Nu Holdings (NU) 46.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JPM, NU and PYPL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) leads on 4. 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.