SHOP vs TACT vs TOST Stock Comparison

Shopify, Transact Technologies and Toast Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SHOP Shopify Inc.
$168.68 +18.5% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$217.88B
P/E
113.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.27B
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
4 wins
TACT Transact Technologies Inc
$5.27 +5.2% 1M +13.3% 1Y
Market cap
$55.56M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$52.99M
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
1 win
TOST Toast, Inc.
$32.72 +9.7% 1M -15.7% 1Y
Market cap
$18.55B
P/E
38.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.80B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionSHOPTACTTOSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $217.88B $55.56M $18.55B SHOP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 113.0x -138.9x 38.2x TOST
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 90.7x — 24.8x TOST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.5% +10.5% +23.0% SHOP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.5% -0.8% 7.1% 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% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.0% +13.3% -15.7% TACT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.4%/yr -18.7%/yr -8.0%/yr SHOP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.1% 51.1% 48.0% TOST
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 60/100 69/100 TOST

Percentile Scorecard

SHOPTACTTOST

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

AxisSHOPTACTTOST
Valuation 19 #136 of 167 84 #15 of 90 52 #44 of 90
Growth 64 #56 of 153 30 #58 of 82 98 #3 of 82
Profitability 76 #38 of 153 49 #40 of 77 65 #28 of 77
Financial Health 92 #15 of 179 77 #23 of 96 71 #29 of 96
Shareholder Returns 37 #60 of 94 – 60 #22 of 54
Overall 57 60 69
  • SHOP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • TACT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • TOST ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSHOPTACTTOSTSPY
1 month +18.5%+5.2%+9.7% -1.0%
3 months +48.3%+4.8%+12.6% +2.9%
6 months +34.1%+53.6%+12.7% +6.4%
Year to date +4.8%+31.7%-7.9% +11.4%
1 year +1.0%+13.3%-15.7% +13.1%
3 years +222.2%-11.3%+84.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +47.7%-3.9%+22.6% +21.5%
5 years +18.3%-64.4%-34.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.4%-18.7%-8.0% +10.9%
10 years +3,777.7%-25.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +44.2%-2.9%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSHOPTACTTOSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.1%51.1%48.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.6%48.3%53.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.880.601.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.020.26-0.33 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.8%-78.0%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.9%-9.8%-16.1% -2.5%
52-week high $179.22$5.84$39.02 $779.14
52-week low $95.40$3.21$22.33 $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.

MultipleSHOPTACTTOST
P/E now vs peer median 113.3xmedian 17.5x -135.6xmedian 42.7x 38.9xmedian 42.7x
P/S now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 2.7x 2.8xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 114.0xmedian 14.9x 191.1xmedian 19.0x 29.6xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 92.9xmedian 11.2x 10.4xmedian 19.6x 32.8xmedian 19.6x
P/B now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.8x 9.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.42 4.89median 1.75 0.83median 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 monthsSHOPTACTTOST
Revenue $13.27B $52.99M $6.80B
Gross profit $6.34B $26.26M $1.82B
Operating income $1.84B -$425.00K $431.00M
Net income $1.93B -$400.00K $486.00M
Free cash flow $2.35B $5.23M $576.00M
R&D $1.65B $5.95M $405.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.49 $-0.04 $0.82
Cash & equivalents $1.66B $19.39M $1.02B
Total debt – $12.00M –
Shares (diluted) 1.30B 10.29M 590.00M
Enterprise value $195.06B -$23.14M $11.22B

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
MetricSHOPTACTTOST
P/E 113.3x -135.6x 38.9x
P/FCF 92.9x 10.4x 32.8x
P/Operating cash flow 91.9x 10.0x 29.7x
P/S 16.5x 1.0x 2.8x
P/B 17.2x 1.7x 9.2x
P/Tangible book 17.3x 1.9x 9.3x
EV/EBITDA 114.0x 191.1x 29.6x
EV/EBIT 115.8x -89.5x 39.8x
EV/Revenue 16.1x 0.7x 2.5x
EV/FCF 90.8x 7.3x 29.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.8x 7.0x 27.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.89 0.83

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSHOPTACTTOST
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.5% 10.5% 23.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -12.1% 27.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 28.3% 15.4% 30.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -12.7% 38.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.5% 80.3% 128.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -27.5% 47.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -17.8% 95.4% 117.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -27.8% 48.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -17.1% 95.5% 122.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -27.7% 46.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 29.7% -11.4% 13.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.5% 106.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.4% -13.4% 13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 2.8% 82.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSHOPTACTTOST
Gross margin 47.8% 49.6% 26.7%
EBITDA margin 14.1% 0.4% 8.5%
Operating margin 13.9% -0.8% 6.3%
Pretax margin 17.6% -0.5% 7.3%
Net margin 14.5% -0.8% 7.1%
FCF margin 17.7% 9.9% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% 10.3% 9.3%
Return on equity 15.3% -1.2% 24.1%
Return on assets 13.5% -0.8% 15.5%
Return on invested capital – -1.2% –
Return on capital employed 14.4% -1.2% 21.2%
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.1x 2.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x -13.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 3.6% 3.8% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSHOPTACTTOST
Debt / assets – 5.9% –
Debt / equity – 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -82.3x –
Debt / FCF – 0.6x –
Liabilities / assets 12.3% 36.0% 35.7%
Equity / assets 87.7% 64.0% 64.3%
Interest coverage – -1.3x –
Current ratio 5.4x 2.7x 2.4x
Quick ratio 3.7x 1.9x 1.7x
Cash ratio 3.4x 1.3x 1.6x
Altman Z-score 75.63 3.49 12.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSHOPTACTTOST
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.8% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield 0.8% 0.0% 2.7%
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.

ConsensusSHOPTACTTOST
Forward P/E 90.7xFY2026 – 24.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.86FY2026 $-0.04FY2026 $1.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.0%FY2026 – +34.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.3% – +35.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.58BFY2026 $59.30MFY2026 $7.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +36.1%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026 +27.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8% -7.3% +17.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSHOPTACTTOST
Held by institutions 68.9% 38.0% 93.1%
Institutions holding 1,704 37 774
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% -14.2% +8.1%
Institutions buying 788 13 427
Institutions selling 651 8 245
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.63 1.74

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.

SHOPTACTTOST
SHOP 1.00 0.04 0.52
TACT 0.04 1.00 0.05
TOST 0.52 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SHOP, TACT and TOST?

Shopify (SHOP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Shopify (SHOP) $217.88B, Transact Technologies (TACT) $55.56M, Toast (TOST) $18.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, SHOP, TACT and TOST?

Toast (TOST) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Shopify (SHOP) 113.0x, Transact Technologies (TACT) -138.9x, Toast (TOST) 38.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Toast (TOST) is cheapest (Shopify (SHOP) 90.7x, Toast (TOST) 24.8x). 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: Shopify (SHOP) +32.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +10.5%, Toast (TOST) +23.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Shopify (SHOP) has the highest net margin (Shopify (SHOP) 14.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -0.8%, Toast (TOST) 7.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Transact Technologies (TACT) returned the most: Shopify (SHOP) +1.0%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +13.3%, Toast (TOST) -15.7%. Over five years, Shopify (SHOP) compounded fastest (Shopify (SHOP) +3.4%/yr, Transact Technologies (TACT) -18.7%/yr, Toast (TOST) -8.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Toast (TOST) has been the steadiest (Shopify (SHOP) 59.1%, Transact Technologies (TACT) 51.1%, Toast (TOST) 48.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.