PAYD vs SHOP vs TACT Stock Comparison

Paid, Shopify and Transact Technologies Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PAYD Paid Inc
$2.50 0.0% 1M -16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$21.19M
P/E
167.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.10M
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
1 win
SHOP Shopify Inc.
$142.57 -5.8% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$197.35B
P/E
102.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.27B
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
4 wins
TACT Transact Technologies Inc
$5.27 +9.6% 1M +15.3% 1Y
Market cap
$52.58M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$52.99M
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Shopify leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Shopify 4, Transact Technologies 3, Paid 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPAYDSHOPTACTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.19M $197.35B $52.58M SHOP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 167.1x 102.4x -131.4x SHOP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 75.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.6% +32.5% +10.5% SHOP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 14.5% -0.8% SHOP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -1.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -82.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.1% -17.6% +15.3% TACT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.2%/yr -1.5%/yr -17.2%/yr PAYD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.2% 60.0% 51.3% TACT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 58/100 61/100 TACT

Percentile Scorecard

PAYDSHOPTACT

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

AxisPAYDSHOPTACT
Valuation 37 #105 of 166 19 #135 of 166 86 #13 of 89
Growth 57 #67 of 154 63 #58 of 154 32 #56 of 82
Profitability 49 #79 of 154 77 #36 of 154 51 #39 of 78
Financial Health 44 #101 of 179 92 #15 of 179 77 #23 of 95
Shareholder Returns 29 #69 of 97 38 #61 of 97 –
Overall 43 58 61
  • PAYD ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • SHOP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • TACT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPAYDSHOPTACTSPY
1 month 0.0%-5.8%+9.6% -2.0%
3 months +1.6%+15.6%-6.1% -2.2%
6 months +5.9%+32.5%+56.8% +4.2%
Year to date -16.4%-11.4%+31.7% +10.6%
1 year -16.1%-17.6%+15.3% +10.4%
3 years +56.3%+131.9%-11.9% +73.6%
3 years, per year +16.1%+32.4%-4.1% +20.2%
5 years +5.9%-7.5%-61.0% +61.6%
5 years, per year +1.2%-1.5%-17.2% +10.1%
10 years —+3,429.0%-18.9% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+42.8%-2.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePAYDSHOPTACTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.2%60.0%51.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 121.9%61.9%48.7% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.031.880.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.27-0.290.30 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.4%-84.8%-76.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.2%-20.4%-9.8% -3.2%
52-week high $3.30$179.22$5.84 $779.14
52-week low $1.95$95.40$3.21 $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.

MultiplePAYDSHOPTACT
P/E now vs peer median 167.1xmedian 17.5x 95.8xmedian 17.5x -135.6xmedian 39.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.4x 13.9xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 311.1xmedian 15.3x 95.9xmedian 15.3x 191.1xmedian 19.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 75.0xmedian 12.1x 78.5xmedian 12.1x 10.4xmedian 20.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 1.7x 14.6xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -5.12median 0.37 —median 0.37 4.89median 1.53

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 monthsPAYDSHOPTACT
Revenue $22.10M $13.27B $52.99M
Gross profit $4.71M $6.34B $26.26M
Operating income -$229.23K $1.84B -$425.00K
Net income $128.94K $1.93B -$400.00K
Free cash flow $282.66K $2.35B $5.23M
R&D – $1.65B $5.95M
EPS (diluted) $0.02 $1.49 $-0.04
Cash & equivalents $1.08M $1.66B $19.39M
Total debt – – $3.00M
Shares (diluted) 8.55M 1.30B 10.29M
Enterprise value $16.91M $174.54B -$26.13M

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
MetricPAYDSHOPTACT
P/E 167.1x 95.8x -135.6x
P/FCF 75.0x 78.5x 10.4x
P/Operating cash flow 74.2x 77.7x 10.0x
P/S 1.0x 13.9x 1.0x
P/B 3.7x 14.6x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 5.4x 14.6x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 311.1x 95.9x 191.1x
EV/EBIT -87.8x 97.5x -89.5x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 13.5x 0.7x
EV/FCF 71.2x 76.4x 7.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 70.4x 75.6x 7.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.12 – 4.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPAYDSHOPTACT
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.6% 32.5% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.5% – -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.0% 28.3% 15.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.7% – -12.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 75.8% 48.5% 80.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 24.3% – -27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 115.1% -17.8% 95.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -31.1% – -27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 114.7% -17.1% 95.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.6% – -27.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 140.0% 29.7% -11.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.2% – -3.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 142.3% 29.4% -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.5% – 2.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPAYDSHOPTACT
Gross margin 21.3% 47.8% 49.6%
EBITDA margin 0.3% 14.1% 0.4%
Operating margin -1.0% 13.9% -0.8%
Pretax margin -0.5% 17.6% -0.5%
Net margin 0.6% 14.5% -0.8%
FCF margin 1.3% 17.7% 9.9%
Operating cash flow margin 1.3% 17.9% 10.3%
Return on equity 2.3% 15.3% -1.2%
Return on assets 1.5% 13.5% -0.8%
Return on invested capital – – -1.2%
Return on capital employed -3.6% 14.4% -1.2%
Asset turnover 2.6x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.2x -13.6x
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 3.6% 3.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPAYDSHOPTACT
Debt / assets – – 5.9%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -82.3x
Debt / FCF – – 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 32.5% 12.3% 36.0%
Equity / assets 67.5% 87.7% 64.0%
Interest coverage – – -1.3x
Current ratio 0.9x 5.4x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.7x 3.7x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 3.4x 1.3x
Altman Z-score -4.37 64.27 3.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPAYDSHOPTACT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.0% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusPAYDSHOPTACT
Forward P/E – 75.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.88FY2026 $-0.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +32.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +26.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.78BFY2026 $59.30MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +37.8%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +14.8% -7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPAYDSHOPTACT
Held by institutions – 68.9% 38.0%
Institutions holding – 1,707 37
Change in shares held, QoQ – +3.6% -14.2%
Institutions buying – 788 13
Institutions selling – 653 8
Buyers to sellers – 1.21 1.63

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.

PAYDSHOPTACT
PAYD 1.00 -0.02 -0.11
SHOP -0.02 1.00 0.02
TACT -0.11 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PAYD, SHOP and TACT?

Shopify (SHOP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Paid (PAYD) $21.19M, Shopify (SHOP) $197.35B, Transact Technologies (TACT) $52.58M.

Which stock is cheaper, PAYD, SHOP and TACT?

Shopify (SHOP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Paid (PAYD) 167.1x, Shopify (SHOP) 102.4x, Transact Technologies (TACT) -131.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Shopify (SHOP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Paid (PAYD) +12.6%, Shopify (SHOP) +32.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Shopify (SHOP) has the highest net margin (Paid (PAYD) 0.6%, Shopify (SHOP) 14.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Transact Technologies (TACT) returned the most: Paid (PAYD) -16.1%, Shopify (SHOP) -17.6%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +15.3%. Over five years, Paid (PAYD) compounded fastest (Paid (PAYD) +1.2%/yr, Shopify (SHOP) -1.5%/yr, Transact Technologies (TACT) -17.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Transact Technologies (TACT) has been the steadiest (Paid (PAYD) 59.2%, Shopify (SHOP) 60.0%, Transact Technologies (TACT) 51.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PAYD, SHOP and TACT?

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