QFIN vs PYPL vs LSPD Stock Comparison

Qfin Holdings, PayPal Holdings and Lightspeed Commerce Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
QFIN Qfin Holdings, Inc.
$5.57 -23.7% 1M -79.4% 1Y
Market cap
$750.86M
P/E
1.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.41B
Div. yield
–
Digital Lending Technology
6 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$54.99 -0.1% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$48.98B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins
LSPD Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
$11.09 +12.4% 1M -8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.51B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Qfin Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Qfin Holdings 6, PayPal Holdings 2, Lightspeed Commerce 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionQFINPYPLLSPDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $750.86M $48.98B $1.51B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 1.4x 10.0x -15.6x QFIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 2.0x 9.9x 18.5x QFIN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.8% +5.7% +11.6% LSPD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.2% 14.4% -7.8% QFIN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.5% 15.9% — QFIN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -79.4% -21.2% -8.6% LSPD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.1%/yr -25.2%/yr -34.5%/yr QFIN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.8% 44.0% 44.5% PYPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 79/100 70/100 72/100 QFIN

Percentile Scorecard

QFINPYPLLSPD

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

AxisQFINPYPLLSPD
Valuation 97 #4 of 99 92 #9 of 99 60 #37 of 90
Growth 39 #58 of 94 63 #35 of 94 94 #6 of 82
Profitability 94 #6 of 90 88 #12 of 90 40 #47 of 77
Financial Health 73 #29 of 105 39 #65 of 105 82 #18 of 96
Shareholder Returns 92 #6 of 61 67 #21 of 61 83 #10 of 54
Overall 79 70 72
  • QFIN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • LSPD ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodQFINPYPLLSPDSPY
1 month -23.7%-0.1%+12.4% -0.8%
3 months -58.9%-1.9%+7.7% +3.5%
6 months -58.1%+10.5%+17.6% +7.0%
Year to date -71.1%-5.8%-8.2% +12.2%
1 year -79.4%-21.2%-8.6% +13.0%
3 years -63.1%+9.1%-10.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -28.3%+3.0%-3.6% +23.1%
5 years -74.8%-76.6%-87.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -24.1%-25.2%-34.5% +11.0%
10 years —+29.9%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+2.7%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureQFINPYPLLSPDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.8%44.0%44.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.2%48.4%46.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.111.011.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.35-0.48-0.19 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.1%-83.5%-92.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -77.6%-24.7%-17.5% -1.8%
52-week high $24.86$73.02$13.44 $779.14
52-week low $5.26$39.08$8.37 $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.

MultipleQFINPYPLLSPD
P/E now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 20.6x 9.8xmedian 20.6x -15.9xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.4x 7.2xmedian 15.4x 196.1xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 16.4x 7.2xmedian 16.4x 30.8xmedian 19.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.9x 2.4xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.29median 1.05 0.66median 1.05 -0.30median 1.75

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 monthsQFINPYPLLSPD
Revenue $2.41B $34.13B $1.24B
Gross profit – – $536.41M
Operating income $675.86M $5.95B -$115.79M
Net income $533.22M $4.90B -$97.27M
Free cash flow $1.27B $6.59B $49.64M
R&D – $3.25B $125.76M
EPS (diluted) $3.93 $5.56 $-0.70
Cash & equivalents $607.06M $8.31B $372.14M
Total debt $1.05B $13.40B –
Shares (diluted) 136.09M 882.00M 139.17M
Enterprise value -$3.82B $7.21B -$254.14M

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
MetricQFINPYPLLSPD
P/E 1.4x 9.8x -15.9x
P/FCF 0.5x 7.2x 30.8x
P/Operating cash flow 0.5x 6.3x 35.4x
P/S 0.3x 1.4x 1.2x
P/B 0.2x 2.4x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 0.2x 2.4x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 7.2x 196.1x
EV/EBIT 0.0x 8.3x -10.0x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.5x 0.9x
EV/FCF 0.0x 7.5x 23.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.0x 6.6x 26.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.29 0.66 -0.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricQFINPYPLLSPD
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.8% 5.7% 11.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 6.1% 17.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 13.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 16.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -41.5% 1.4% 83.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 9.8% 52.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -47.1% 4.8% 85.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.2% 6.4% 54.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -40.9% 16.1% 84.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 15.0% 53.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -16.1% 23.2% 804.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.8% 20.1% 34.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.1% 24.5% 3,659%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 21.7% 34.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricQFINPYPLLSPD
Gross margin – – 43.1%
EBITDA margin – 20.2% 0.5%
Operating margin 28.1% 17.4% -9.3%
Pretax margin 31.1% 17.2% -7.7%
Net margin 22.2% 14.4% -7.8%
FCF margin 52.6% 19.3% 4.0%
Operating cash flow margin 52.6% 21.9% 3.5%
Return on equity 14.8% 24.6% -6.8%
Return on assets 6.8% 6.0% -6.0%
Return on invested capital 17.5% 15.9% –
Return on capital employed 13.6% 17.9% -8.0%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.4x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 1.5x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.9% 4.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricQFINPYPLLSPD
Debt / assets 4.1% 16.2% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x –
Debt / FCF 0.3x 2.0x –
Liabilities / assets 53.3% 76.0% 12.5%
Equity / assets 46.7% 24.0% 87.5%
Interest coverage 8.7x – –
Current ratio 2.2x 1.3x 3.5x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 2.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 2.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.89 3.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricQFINPYPLLSPD
Dividend yield 22.3% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield – 12.7% 6.9%
Shareholder yield 22.3% 13.7% 6.9%
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.

ConsensusQFINPYPLLSPD
Forward P/E 2.0xFY2026 9.9xFY2026 18.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.84FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $0.60FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -54.8%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +36.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -10.2% -3.1% +46.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.84BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $1.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -33.0%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -13.1% +5.1% +23.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersQFINPYPLLSPD
Held by institutions 61.8% 74.2% 54.9%
Institutions holding 158 1,378 108
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% +0.8% -4.3%
Institutions buying 71 521 54
Institutions selling 64 671 37
Buyers to sellers 1.11 0.78 1.46

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.

QFINPYPLLSPD
QFIN 1.00 0.19 0.26
PYPL 0.19 1.00 0.37
LSPD 0.26 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, QFIN, PYPL and LSPD?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Qfin Holdings (QFIN) $750.86M, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $48.98B, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) $1.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, QFIN, PYPL and LSPD?

Qfin Holdings (QFIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 1.4x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.0x, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -15.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) is cheapest (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 2.0x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.9x, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 18.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -7.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) +11.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qfin Holdings (QFIN) has the highest net margin (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 22.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -7.8%). On return on invested capital, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) leads (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 17.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) returned the most: Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -79.4%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -21.2%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -8.6%. Over five years, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) compounded fastest (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) -24.1%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.2%/yr, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -34.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has been the steadiest (Qfin Holdings (QFIN) 58.8%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 44.0%, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 44.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, QFIN, PYPL and LSPD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qfin Holdings (QFIN) leads on 6. 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.