OWLS vs CPAY vs GPN Stock Comparison

Obook Holdings, Corpay and Global Payments Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OWLS Obook Holdings Inc.
$2.67 -51.8% 1M -75.9% 1Y
Market cap
$209.99M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$395.89 -0.1% 1M +38.6% 1Y
Market cap
$26.09B
P/E
22.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
8 wins
GPN Global Payments Inc
$83.60 -1.3% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$23.13B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.23B
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Corpay leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Corpay 8, Global Payments 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOWLSCPAYGPNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $209.99M $26.09B $23.13B CPAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 22.9x -24.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.1x 6.5x GPN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +20.4% +32.5% GPN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 22.7% -9.1% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.7% 2.3% CPAY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x 4.8x CPAY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -75.9% +38.6% -2.4% CPAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +9.9%/yr -10.2%/yr CPAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.6% 36.5% 40.6% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 61/100 50/100 CPAY

Percentile Scorecard

OWLSCPAYGPN

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

AxisOWLSCPAYGPN
Valuation – 57 #43 of 99 72 #28 of 99
Growth – 59 #39 of 94 26 #70 of 94
Profitability – 90 #10 of 90 64 #33 of 90
Financial Health 24 #80 of 105 23 #81 of 105 25 #79 of 105
Shareholder Returns – 74 #16 of 59 62 #23 of 59
Overall – 61 50
  • OWLS ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • GPN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodOWLSCPAYGPNSPY
1 month -51.8%-0.1%-1.3% +0.9%
3 months -49.9%+0.8%-5.3% +5.9%
6 months -54.5%+29.0%+17.8% +8.5%
Year to date -60.0%+31.6%+8.0% +13.3%
1 year -75.9%+38.6%-2.4% +12.4%
3 years —+78.4%-18.7% +88.1%
3 years, per year —+21.3%-6.7% +23.5%
5 years —+60.0%-41.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year —+9.9%-10.2% +11.0%
10 years —+127.6%+15.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+8.6%+1.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureOWLSCPAYGPNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.6%36.5%40.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 88.4%33.9%37.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.150.811.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.951.06-0.06 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.4%-37.3%-58.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -75.9%-6.9%-11.9% -0.9%
52-week high $11.09$425.23$94.85 $779.14
52-week low $1.98$255.00$62.47 $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.

MultipleOWLSCPAYGPN
P/E now vs peer median —median 19.6x 22.7xmedian 19.6x -24.2xmedian 19.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.3x 5.2xmedian 2.3x 2.2xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.5x 12.6xmedian 17.5x 10.7xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.9x 15.9xmedian 15.9x 27.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median -19.3xmedian 2.0x 7.2xmedian 2.0x 0.9xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.01 1.96median 1.01 0.52median 1.01

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 monthsOWLSCPAYGPN
Revenue – $5.02B $10.23B
Gross profit – – $6.54B
Operating income – $2.20B $1.27B
Net income – $1.15B -$873.78M
Free cash flow – $1.64B $822.72M
EPS (diluted) – $17.20 $-3.46
Cash & equivalents $10.19M $3.16B $5.41B
Total debt – $39.11B $23.56B
Shares (diluted) – 66.33M 270.12M
Enterprise value $157.76M $15.97B $917.37M

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
MetricOWLSCPAYGPN
P/E – 22.7x -24.2x
P/FCF – 15.9x 27.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 14.1x 13.4x
P/S – 5.2x 2.2x
P/B -19.3x 7.2x 0.9x
P/Tangible book -18.0x 38.9x 5.1x
EV/EBITDA – 12.6x 10.7x
EV/EBIT – 15.2x 31.8x
EV/Revenue – 6.7x 3.9x
EV/FCF – 20.4x 49.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.1x 24.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.96 0.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOWLSCPAYGPN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 20.4% 32.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 14.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 17.9% -33.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 12.4% -4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 9.4% -158.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 7.4% -44.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 17.0% -158.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 11.6% -46.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -12.7% -46.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% -9.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -15.0% -66.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.2% -19.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOWLSCPAYGPN
Gross margin – – 63.9%
EBITDA margin – 53.0% 36.8%
Operating margin – 43.7% 12.4%
Pretax margin – 33.3% 5.5%
Net margin – 22.7% -9.1%
FCF margin – 32.6% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 36.8% 16.2%
Return on equity – 32.2% -3.5%
Return on assets – 4.2% -1.3%
Return on invested capital – 10.7% 2.3%
Return on capital employed – 20.9% 2.5%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x -1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.3% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOWLSCPAYGPN
Debt / assets 2.7% 37.6% 37.1%
Debt / equity -0.1x 3.0x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x 4.8x
Debt / FCF – 6.5x 28.6x
Liabilities / assets 150.9% 87.3% 62.6%
Equity / assets -50.9% 12.7% 37.4%
Interest coverage – 5.0x 1.5x
Current ratio 0.6x 1.0x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 1.59 0.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOWLSCPAYGPN
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 6.6% 7.1%
Shareholder yield – 6.6% 8.3%
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.

ConsensusOWLSCPAYGPN
Forward P/E – 15.1xFY2026 6.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.71FY2026 $26.14FY2026 $12.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +22.3%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.2% +18.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.17MFY2026 $5.64BFY2026 $12.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.9%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026 +35.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +536.4% +8.1% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOWLSCPAYGPN
Held by institutions – 97.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 732 792
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.8% +7.4%
Institutions buying – 389 374
Institutions selling – 240 307
Buyers to sellers – 1.62 1.22

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.

OWLSCPAYGPN
OWLS 1.00 0.01 0.09
CPAY 0.01 1.00 0.45
GPN 0.09 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OWLS, CPAY and GPN?

Corpay (CPAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Obook Holdings (OWLS) $209.99M, Corpay (CPAY) $26.09B, Global Payments (GPN) $23.13B.

Which company is growing faster?

Global Payments (GPN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%, Global Payments (GPN) +32.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%, Global Payments (GPN) -9.1%). On return on invested capital, Corpay (CPAY) leads (Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%, Global Payments (GPN) 2.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corpay (CPAY) returned the most: Obook Holdings (OWLS) -75.9%, Corpay (CPAY) +38.6%, Global Payments (GPN) -2.4%. Over five years, Corpay (CPAY) compounded fastest (Corpay (CPAY) +9.9%/yr, Global Payments (GPN) -10.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Obook Holdings (OWLS) 0.00%, Corpay (CPAY) 0.00%, Global Payments (GPN) 0.01%. Obook Holdings (OWLS) and Corpay (CPAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Obook Holdings (OWLS) 79.6%, Corpay (CPAY) 36.5%, Global Payments (GPN) 40.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OWLS, CPAY and GPN?

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