PYPL vs RELY vs GPN Stock Comparison

PayPal Holdings, Remitly Global and Global Payments Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$49.03B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins
RELY Remitly Global, Inc.
$24.57 +15.0% 1M +42.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.11B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.81B
Div. yield
–
Money Transfer Financial Services
5 wins
GPN Global Payments Inc
$81.87 -5.4% 1M -6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.14B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.23B
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Remitly Global leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Remitly Global 5, PayPal Holdings 3, Global Payments 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPYPLRELYGPNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $49.03B $5.11B $22.14B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.0x 16.8x -23.7x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.9x 17.5x 6.4x GPN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.7% +23.8% +32.5% GPN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.4% 16.9% -9.1% RELY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% 16.8% 2.3% RELY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.3x -3.1x 4.8x RELY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -21.2% +42.8% -6.3% RELY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -25.2%/yr -4.8%/yr -10.7%/yr RELY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.0% 57.9% 40.6% GPN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 68/100 50/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

PYPLRELYGPN

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

AxisPYPLRELYGPN
Valuation 92 #9 of 99 48 #498 of 947 75 #26 of 99
Growth 63 #35 of 94 98 #18 of 691 26 #70 of 94
Profitability 88 #12 of 90 67 #223 of 673 64 #33 of 90
Financial Health 39 #65 of 105 97 #24 of 754 23 #81 of 105
Shareholder Returns 67 #21 of 61 32 #484 of 713 62 #24 of 61
Overall 70 68 50
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • RELY ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • GPN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPYPLRELYGPNSPY
1 month -0.1%+15.0%-5.4% -0.8%
3 months -1.9%+8.4%-2.6% +3.5%
6 months +10.5%+15.6%+19.8% +7.0%
Year to date -5.8%+78.0%+5.8% +12.2%
1 year -21.2%+42.8%-6.3% +13.0%
3 years +9.1%-4.8%-20.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.0%-1.6%-7.3% +23.1%
5 years -76.6%-21.9%-43.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -25.2%-4.8%-10.7% +11.0%
10 years +29.9%—+11.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.7%—+1.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasurePYPLRELYGPNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.0%57.9%40.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.4%60.7%37.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.011.501.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.480.74-0.15 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.5%-81.7%-58.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.7%-8.7%-13.7% -1.8%
52-week high $73.02$26.92$94.85 $779.14
52-week low $39.08$12.20$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.

MultiplePYPLRELYGPN
P/E now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 20.6x 17.0xmedian 13.1x -23.7xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 2.3x 2.9xmedian 3.2x 2.1xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 15.4x 21.0xmedian 6.9x 10.6xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 16.4x 13.4xmedian 10.9x 26.5xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.9x 4.6xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.66median 1.05 0.26median 0.88 0.51median 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 monthsPYPLRELYGPN
Revenue $34.13B $1.81B $10.23B
Gross profit – $1.11B $6.54B
Operating income $5.95B $171.01M $1.27B
Net income $4.90B $305.01M -$873.78M
Free cash flow $6.59B $388.00M $822.72M
R&D $3.25B $316.21M –
EPS (diluted) $5.56 $1.38 $-3.46
Cash & equivalents $8.31B $676.39M $5.41B
Total debt $13.40B $3.02M $23.56B
Shares (diluted) 882.00M 221.05M 270.12M
Enterprise value $7.25B $2.77B -$71.91M

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
MetricPYPLRELYGPN
P/E 9.8x 17.0x -23.7x
P/FCF 7.2x 13.4x 26.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 12.8x 13.1x
P/S 1.4x 2.9x 2.1x
P/B 2.4x 4.6x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 4.6x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA 7.2x 21.0x 10.6x
EV/EBIT 8.3x 26.5x 31.5x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 2.5x 3.9x
EV/FCF 7.5x 11.7x 48.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.6x 11.1x 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.66 0.26 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPYPLRELYGPN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.7% 23.8% 32.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 31.4% 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 27.6% 14.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 38.0% 5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.4% 627.6% -33.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.8% 53.7% -4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8% 2,066% -158.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 71.7% -44.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 16.1% 2,046% -158.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.0% 64.9% -46.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 23.2% 59.3% -46.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.1% 60.7% -9.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.5% 66.8% -66.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.7% 58.9% -19.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPYPLRELYGPN
Gross margin – 61.5% 63.9%
EBITDA margin 20.2% 11.9% 36.8%
Operating margin 17.4% 9.5% 12.4%
Pretax margin 17.2% 9.1% 5.5%
Net margin 14.4% 16.9% -9.1%
FCF margin 19.3% 21.4% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin 21.9% 22.4% 16.2%
Return on equity 24.6% 30.0% -3.5%
Return on assets 6.0% 20.7% -1.3%
Return on invested capital 15.9% 16.8% 2.3%
Return on capital employed 17.9% 15.9% 2.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.3x -1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 7.9% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPYPLRELYGPN
Debt / assets 16.2% 0.2% 37.1%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.0x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x -3.1x 4.8x
Debt / FCF 2.0x 0.0x 28.6x
Liabilities / assets 76.0% 28.1% 62.6%
Equity / assets 24.0% 71.9% 37.4%
Interest coverage – 16.7x 1.5x
Current ratio 1.3x 3.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.89 9.09 0.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPYPLRELYGPN
Dividend yield 1.0% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield 12.7% 1.6% 7.2%
Shareholder yield 13.7% 1.6% 8.4%
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.

ConsensusPYPLRELYGPN
Forward P/E 9.9xFY2026 17.5xFY2026 6.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.55FY2026 $1.40FY2026 $12.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.5%FY2026 +351.6%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.1% -26.4% +18.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.55BFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 $12.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.1%FY2026 +12.9%FY2026 +35.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.1% +36.0% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPYPLRELYGPN
Held by institutions 74.2% 86.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,378 346 792
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +5.8% +7.4%
Institutions buying 521 230 374
Institutions selling 671 74 307
Buyers to sellers 0.78 3.11 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.

PYPLRELYGPN
PYPL 1.00 0.31 0.47
RELY 0.31 1.00 0.39
GPN 0.47 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PYPL, RELY and GPN?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $49.03B, Remitly Global (RELY) $5.11B, Global Payments (GPN) $22.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, PYPL, RELY and GPN?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.0x, Remitly Global (RELY) 16.8x, Global Payments (GPN) -23.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Global Payments (GPN) is cheapest (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.9x, Remitly Global (RELY) 17.5x, Global Payments (GPN) 6.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Global Payments (GPN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, Remitly Global (RELY) +23.8%, Global Payments (GPN) +32.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Remitly Global (RELY) has the highest net margin (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, Remitly Global (RELY) 16.9%, Global Payments (GPN) -9.1%). On return on invested capital, Remitly Global (RELY) leads (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%, Remitly Global (RELY) 16.8%, Global Payments (GPN) 2.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Remitly Global (RELY) returned the most: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%, Remitly Global (RELY) +42.8%, Global Payments (GPN) -6.3%. Over five years, Remitly Global (RELY) compounded fastest (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr, Remitly Global (RELY) -4.8%/yr, Global Payments (GPN) -10.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 0.00%, Remitly Global (RELY) 0.00%, Global Payments (GPN) 0.01%. PayPal Holdings (PYPL) and Remitly Global (RELY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Global Payments (GPN) has been the steadiest (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%, Remitly Global (RELY) 57.9%, Global Payments (GPN) 40.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PYPL, RELY 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, Remitly Global (RELY) 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.