RELY vs CRCL vs PYPL Stock Comparison

Remitly Global, Circle Internet and PayPal Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RELY Remitly Global, Inc.
$24.21 +13.3% 1M +42.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.12B
P/E
16.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.81B
Div. yield
–
Money Transfer Financial Services
5 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$56.09 +1.9% 1M -20.2% 1Y
Market cap
$46.95B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.30B
Div. yield
1.00%
Payment Processing Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

PayPal Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (PayPal Holdings 5, Remitly Global 5, Circle Internet 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRELYCRCLPYPLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.12B $19.05B $46.95B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x 44.9x 10.1x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.3x 77.0x 10.1x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.8% +37.2% +4.4% CRCL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.9% 15.5% 13.8% RELY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.8% 6.2% 14.6% RELY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x — 0.5x RELY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.8% -43.1% -20.2% RELY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.4%/yr — -25.0%/yr RELY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.8% 95.1% 43.9% PYPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 45/100 69/100 PYPL

Percentile Scorecard

RELYCRCLPYPL

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

AxisRELYCRCLPYPL
Valuation 48 #486 of 940 44 #54 of 96 92 #9 of 99
Growth 97 #18 of 655 95 #4 of 66 62 #36 of 94
Profitability 69 #199 of 633 44 #36 of 64 87 #13 of 90
Financial Health 97 #23 of 714 27 #68 of 93 37 #67 of 105
Shareholder Returns 34 #470 of 709 14 #33 of 38 68 #20 of 61
Overall 69 45 69
  • RELY ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • CRCL ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRELYCRCLPYPLSPY
1 month +13.3%-8.3%+1.9% -0.2%
3 months +3.8%+26.9%-3.8% +3.9%
6 months +12.0%-13.5%+13.0% +8.2%
Year to date +75.4%+2.9%-3.9% +12.9%
1 year +42.8%-43.1%-20.2% +12.3%
3 years -6.2%—+11.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -2.1%—+3.6% +23.3%
5 years -24.3%—-76.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -5.4%—-25.0% +10.9%
10 years ——+34.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+3.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRELYCRCLPYPLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.8%95.1%43.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.5%91.6%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.492.821.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.74-0.45-0.46 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.7%-80.9%-83.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.1%-43.1%-23.2% -1.2%
52-week high $26.92$143.29$73.02 $779.14
52-week low $12.20$50.23$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.

MultipleRELYCRCLPYPL
P/E now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 13.0x 44.9xmedian 28.3x 10.1xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 3.2x 6.6xmedian 2.9x 1.4xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 7.4x 54.0xmedian 13.5x 7.4xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 10.8x 25.0xmedian 16.0x 7.5xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 1.2x 5.4xmedian 2.4x 2.4xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 0.87 —median 0.54 0.59median 1.03

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 monthsRELYCRCLPYPL
Revenue $1.81B $2.91B $34.30B
Gross profit $1.11B $1.18B –
Operating income $171.01M $215.57M $5.83B
Net income $305.01M $451.26M $4.73B
Free cash flow $388.00M $761.52M $6.30B
R&D $316.21M – $3.28B
EPS (diluted) $1.38 $1.68 $5.51
Cash & equivalents $676.39M $1.73B $7.16B
Total debt $3.02M – $13.47B
Shares (diluted) 221.05M 268.64M 858.00M
Enterprise value $2.78B $12.93B $5.65B

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
MetricRELYCRCLPYPL
P/E 16.7x 44.9x 10.1x
P/FCF 13.2x 25.0x 7.5x
P/Operating cash flow 12.6x 24.5x 6.6x
P/S 2.8x 6.6x 1.4x
P/B 4.5x 5.4x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 6.2x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 20.6x 54.0x 7.4x
EV/EBIT 26.0x 80.4x 8.6x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 6.0x 1.5x
EV/FCF 11.5x 22.7x 8.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.0x 22.3x 7.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 – 0.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRELYCRCLPYPL
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.8% 37.2% 4.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 31.4% – 5.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.6% 47.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 38.0% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 627.6% 228.3% -2.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.7% – 8.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 2,066% 231.5% -3.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 71.7% – 7.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 2,046% 152.6% 7.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 64.9% – 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 59.3% 48.5% 10.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 60.7% – 22.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 66.8% 52.0% 13.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 58.9% – 25.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRELYCRCLPYPL
Gross margin 61.5% 40.5% –
EBITDA margin 11.9% 11.0% 19.8%
Operating margin 9.5% 7.4% 17.0%
Pretax margin 9.1% 13.8% 16.6%
Net margin 16.9% 15.5% 13.8%
FCF margin 21.4% 26.2% 18.4%
Operating cash flow margin 22.4% 26.7% 20.7%
Return on equity 30.0% 13.0% 24.1%
Return on assets 20.7% 0.6% 5.8%
Return on invested capital 16.8% 6.2% 14.6%
Return on capital employed 15.9% 4.1% 17.0%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.7x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 7.9% 7.7% 2.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRELYCRCLPYPL
Debt / assets 0.2% – 16.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x – 0.5x
Debt / FCF 0.0x – 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 28.1% 95.5% 76.1%
Equity / assets 71.9% 4.5% 23.9%
Interest coverage 16.7x – –
Current ratio 3.2x 1.0x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 8.98 0.22 1.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRELYCRCLPYPL
Dividend yield – – 1.0%
Net buyback yield 1.7% -2.8% 12.8%
Shareholder yield 1.7% -2.8% 13.8%
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.

ConsensusRELYCRCLPYPL
Forward P/E 17.3xFY2026 77.0xFY2026 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.40FY2026 $1.06FY2026 $5.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +351.6%FY2026 – +4.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -26.4% +46.2% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.85BFY2026 $3.23BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.9%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +36.0% +24.6% +5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRELYCRCLPYPL
Held by institutions 86.6% 52.3% 74.2%
Institutions holding 346 562 1,378
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% +11.4% +0.8%
Institutions buying 230 380 521
Institutions selling 74 120 671
Buyers to sellers 3.11 3.17 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.

RELYCRCLPYPL
RELY 1.00 0.26 0.32
CRCL 0.26 1.00 0.27
PYPL 0.32 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RELY, CRCL and PYPL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Remitly Global (RELY) $5.12B, Circle Internet (CRCL) $19.05B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $46.95B.

Which stock is cheaper, RELY, CRCL and PYPL?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Remitly Global (RELY) 16.7x, Circle Internet (CRCL) 44.9x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Remitly Global (RELY) 17.3x, Circle Internet (CRCL) 77.0x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Circle Internet (CRCL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Remitly Global (RELY) +23.8%, Circle Internet (CRCL) +37.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +4.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Remitly Global (RELY) has the highest net margin (Remitly Global (RELY) 16.9%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 15.5%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 13.8%). On return on invested capital, Remitly Global (RELY) leads (Remitly Global (RELY) 16.8%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 6.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Remitly Global (RELY) returned the most: Remitly Global (RELY) +42.8%, Circle Internet (CRCL) -43.1%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -20.2%. Over five years, Remitly Global (RELY) compounded fastest (Remitly Global (RELY) -5.4%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 1.00%. Remitly Global (RELY) and Circle Internet (CRCL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has been the steadiest (Remitly Global (RELY) 57.8%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 95.1%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 43.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RELY, CRCL 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, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 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.