SEZL vs PYPL vs PAY Stock Comparison

Sezzle, PayPal Holdings and Paymentus Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SEZL Sezzle Inc.
$127.36 +14.3% 1M +67.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.34B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$531.93M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
6 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$56.09 +1.9% 1M -20.2% 1Y
Market cap
$47.62B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.30B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
PAY Paymentus Holdings, Inc.
$31.85 +5.5% 1M +1.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.96B
P/E
46.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.36B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sezzle leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sezzle 6, PayPal Holdings 4, Paymentus Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSEZLPYPLPAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.34B $47.62B $3.96B PYPL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 10.1x 46.6x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.0x 10.1x 38.4x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +43.1% +4.4% +30.2% SEZL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.3% 13.8% 6.2% SEZL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 49.6% 14.6% — SEZL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.5x — SEZL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +67.0% -20.2% +1.5% SEZL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -25.0%/yr +4.5%/yr PAY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 89.2% 43.9% 61.1% PYPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 69/100 73/100 SEZL

Percentile Scorecard

SEZLPYPLPAY

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

AxisSEZLPYPLPAY
Valuation 61 #39 of 99 92 #9 of 99 66 #34 of 99
Growth 97 #4 of 94 62 #36 of 94 89 #11 of 94
Profitability 98 #3 of 90 87 #13 of 90 74 #24 of 90
Financial Health 77 #25 of 105 37 #67 of 105 96 #5 of 105
Shareholder Returns 48 #32 of 61 68 #20 of 61 40 #37 of 61
Overall 76 69 73
  • SEZL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • PAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSEZLPYPLPAYSPY
1 month +14.3%+1.9%+5.5% -0.2%
3 months -18.9%-3.8%-6.8% +3.9%
6 months +56.8%+13.0%+13.7% +8.2%
Year to date +100.7%-3.9%+0.8% +12.9%
1 year +67.0%-20.2%+1.5% +12.3%
3 years +9,264.7%+11.3%+122.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +354.6%+3.6%+30.6% +23.3%
5 years —-76.3%+24.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-25.0%+4.5% +10.9%
10 years —+34.5%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+3.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSEZLPYPLPAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 89.2%43.9%61.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.2%48.4%57.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.481.020.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.75-0.460.02 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.9%-83.5%-80.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.5%-23.2%-28.7% -1.2%
52-week high $188.55$73.02$44.65 $779.14
52-week low $50.97$39.08$20.21 $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.

MultipleSEZLPYPLPAY
P/E now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 20.0x 10.1xmedian 20.0x 47.2xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 2.9xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 17.5x 7.4xmedian 17.5x 25.1xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 15.9x 7.5xmedian 15.9x 25.2xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 18.4xmedian 2.0x 2.4xmedian 2.0x 6.5xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 1.03 0.59median 1.03 0.37median 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 monthsSEZLPYPLPAY
Revenue $531.93M $34.30B $1.36B
Gross profit – – $339.38M
Operating income $214.81M $5.83B $103.10M
Net income $161.43M $4.73B $84.86M
Free cash flow $274.61M $6.30B $159.14M
R&D – $3.28B $62.79M
EPS (diluted) $4.65 $5.51 $0.66
Cash & equivalents $79.76M $7.16B $377.69M
Total debt $121.52M $13.47B –
Shares (diluted) 34.72M 858.00M 129.01M
Enterprise value $3.97B $6.32B $2.63B

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
MetricSEZLPYPLPAY
P/E 26.5x 10.1x 47.2x
P/FCF 15.6x 7.5x 25.2x
P/Operating cash flow 15.6x 6.6x 25.1x
P/S 8.1x 1.4x 2.9x
P/B 18.4x 2.4x 6.5x
P/Tangible book 18.4x 2.4x 6.7x
EV/EBITDA 19.9x 7.4x 25.1x
EV/EBIT 20.2x 8.6x 35.2x
EV/Revenue 8.1x 1.5x 2.7x
EV/FCF 15.8x 8.0x 22.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.7x 7.1x 22.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 0.59 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSEZLPYPLPAY
Revenue growth (1Y) 43.1% 4.4% 30.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 56.7% 5.6% 34.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 28.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 27.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 56.0% -2.8% 78.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 119.1% 8.6% 189.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 54.4% -3.9% 51.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 174.1% 7.9% 132.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 57.8% 7.6% 51.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 172.0% 17.1% 129.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 64.0% 10.4% 36.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 284.0% 22.9% 53.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 63.9% 13.2% 36.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 286.4% 25.5% 54.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSEZLPYPLPAY
Gross margin – – 24.9%
EBITDA margin 40.8% 19.8% 10.7%
Operating margin 40.4% 17.0% 7.6%
Pretax margin 37.8% 16.6% 8.4%
Net margin 30.3% 13.8% 6.2%
FCF margin 51.6% 18.4% 11.7%
Operating cash flow margin 51.8% 20.7% 11.7%
Return on equity 75.1% 24.1% 14.2%
Return on assets 35.4% 5.8% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 49.6% 14.6% –
Return on capital employed 60.7% 17.0% 16.9%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.4x 1.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.5x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 2.8% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSEZLPYPLPAY
Debt / assets 26.6% 16.5% –
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF 0.4x 2.1x –
Liabilities / assets 49.0% 76.1% 15.4%
Equity / assets 51.0% 23.9% 84.6%
Interest coverage 15.5x – –
Current ratio 4.0x 1.3x 4.9x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.4x 4.8x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.2x 3.7x
Altman Z-score 15.24 1.90 24.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSEZLPYPLPAY
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 1.5% 12.8% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 13.8% 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.

ConsensusSEZLPYPLPAY
Forward P/E 23.0xFY2026 10.1xFY2026 38.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.53FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $0.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +54.0%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +25.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.2% -3.1% +24.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $625.83MFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $1.36BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.0%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% +5.1% +33.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSEZLPYPLPAY
Held by institutions 44.1% 74.2% 44.9%
Institutions holding 323 1,378 185
Change in shares held, QoQ +11.3% +0.8% +3.9%
Institutions buying 215 521 116
Institutions selling 79 671 55
Buyers to sellers 2.72 0.78 2.11

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.

SEZLPYPLPAY
SEZL 1.00 0.19 0.26
PYPL 0.19 1.00 0.32
PAY 0.26 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SEZL, PYPL and PAY?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sezzle (SEZL) $4.34B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $47.62B, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) $3.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, SEZL, PYPL and PAY?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sezzle (SEZL) 26.9x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) 46.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Sezzle (SEZL) 23.0x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.1x, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) 38.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sezzle (SEZL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sezzle (SEZL) +43.1%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +4.4%, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) +30.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sezzle (SEZL) has the highest net margin (Sezzle (SEZL) 30.3%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 13.8%, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) 6.2%). On return on invested capital, Sezzle (SEZL) leads (Sezzle (SEZL) 49.6%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sezzle (SEZL) returned the most: Sezzle (SEZL) +67.0%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -20.2%, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) +1.5%. Over five years, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) compounded fastest (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.0%/yr, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has been the steadiest (Sezzle (SEZL) 89.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 43.9%, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) 61.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SEZL, PYPL and PAY?

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