WSE vs CRCL vs CPAY Stock Comparison

Wise, Circle Internet and Corpay Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WSE Wise Group plc
$11.07 -2.5% 1M
Market cap
$11.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Money Transfer Financial Services
CPAY Corpay, Inc.
$408.52 +3.3% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$26.17B
P/E
22.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.02B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
8 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Corpay leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Corpay 8, Circle Internet 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWSECRCLCPAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.20B $19.79B $26.17B CPAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 43.9x 22.9x CPAY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.8x 83.4x 15.6x CPAY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +37.2% +20.4% CRCL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.5% 22.7% CPAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.2% 10.7% CPAY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -33.9% +43.6% CPAY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +8.1%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.0% 95.2% 36.4% CPAY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 46/100 61/100 CPAY

Percentile Scorecard

WSECRCLCPAY

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

AxisWSECRCLCPAY
Valuation – 46 #53 of 97 56 #44 of 98
Growth – 96 #4 of 69 59 #39 of 94
Profitability – 42 #41 of 70 90 #10 of 90
Financial Health – 29 #72 of 101 21 #83 of 105
Shareholder Returns – 15 #34 of 40 77 #15 of 62
Overall – 46 61
  • WSE ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • CRCL ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • CPAY ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWSECRCLCPAYSPY
1 month -2.5%-6.3%+3.3% -1.0%
3 months -2.3%+37.7%+10.3% +2.9%
6 months —-13.8%+30.6% +6.4%
Year to date —+8.3%+35.8% +11.4%
1 year —-33.9%+43.6% +13.1%
3 years ——+69.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year ——+19.3% +21.5%
5 years ——+47.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year ——+8.1% +10.9%
10 years ——+135.2% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+8.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureWSECRCLCPAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.0%95.2%36.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.6%91.4%33.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.602.870.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.361.20 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.5%-80.9%-41.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.1%-40.1%-3.9% -2.5%
52-week high $15.40$143.29$425.23 $779.14
52-week low $10.40$50.23$255.00 $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.

MultipleWSECRCLCPAY
P/E now vs peer median —median 13.4x 47.2xmedian 29.4x 23.5xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.2x 6.9xmedian 2.8x 5.3xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.9x 57.1xmedian 12.8x 12.9xmedian 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 11.1x 26.3xmedian 15.9x 16.4xmedian 16.4x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.2x 5.7xmedian 2.5x 7.5xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.89 —median 0.51 2.03median 1.06

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 monthsWSECRCLCPAY
Revenue – $2.91B $5.02B
Gross profit – $1.18B –
Operating income – $215.57M $2.20B
Net income – $451.26M $1.15B
Free cash flow – $761.52M $1.64B
EPS (diluted) – $1.68 $17.20
Cash & equivalents – $1.73B $3.16B
Total debt – $185.92M $39.11B
Shares (diluted) 1.03B 268.64M 66.33M
Enterprise value $11.20B $13.67B $16.06B

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
MetricWSECRCLCPAY
P/E – 47.2x 23.5x
P/FCF 1.8x 26.3x 16.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 25.8x 14.5x
P/S – 6.9x 5.3x
P/B – 5.7x 7.5x
P/Tangible book – 6.5x 40.1x
EV/EBITDA – 57.1x 12.9x
EV/EBIT – 85.0x 15.6x
EV/Revenue – 6.3x 6.8x
EV/FCF – 24.1x 20.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 23.6x 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 2.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWSECRCLCPAY
Revenue growth (1Y) – 37.2% 20.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 11.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 47.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 228.3% 17.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 231.5% 9.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 7.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 152.6% 17.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 48.5% -12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 0.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 52.0% -15.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -0.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWSECRCLCPAY
Gross margin – 40.5% –
EBITDA margin – 11.0% 53.0%
Operating margin – 7.4% 43.7%
Pretax margin – 13.8% 33.3%
Net margin – 15.5% 22.7%
FCF margin – 26.2% 32.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 26.7% 36.8%
Return on equity – 13.0% 32.2%
Return on assets – 0.6% 4.2%
Return on invested capital – 6.2% 10.7%
Return on capital employed – 4.1% 20.9%
Asset turnover – 0.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.7x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 7.7% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWSECRCLCPAY
Debt / assets – – 37.6%
Debt / equity – – 3.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.8x
Debt / FCF – – 6.5x
Liabilities / assets – 95.5% 87.3%
Equity / assets – 4.5% 12.7%
Interest coverage – – 5.0x
Current ratio – 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 0.23 1.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWSECRCLCPAY
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -2.7% 6.4%
Shareholder yield – -2.7% 6.4%
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.

ConsensusWSECRCLCPAY
Forward P/E 19.8xFY2026 83.4xFY2026 15.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.56FY2026 $1.03FY2026 $26.13FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.7%FY2026 – +22.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.6% +47.6% +17.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.83BFY2026 $3.22BFY2026 $5.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.4%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.0% +24.3% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWSECRCLCPAY
Held by institutions 26.2% 52.3% 97.9%
Institutions holding 214 562 732
Change in shares held, QoQ – +11.4% +0.8%
Institutions buying 214 380 389
Institutions selling 0 120 240
Buyers to sellers – 3.17 1.62

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.

WSECRCLCPAY
WSE 1.00 0.35 0.39
CRCL 0.35 1.00 0.15
CPAY 0.39 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WSE, CRCL and CPAY?

Corpay (CPAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Wise (WSE) $11.20B, Circle Internet (CRCL) $19.79B, Corpay (CPAY) $26.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, WSE, CRCL and CPAY?

Corpay (CPAY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Circle Internet (CRCL) 43.9x, Corpay (CPAY) 22.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Corpay (CPAY) is cheapest (Wise (WSE) 19.8x, Circle Internet (CRCL) 83.4x, Corpay (CPAY) 15.6x). 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: Circle Internet (CRCL) +37.2%, Corpay (CPAY) +20.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corpay (CPAY) has the highest net margin (Circle Internet (CRCL) 15.5%, Corpay (CPAY) 22.7%). On return on invested capital, Corpay (CPAY) leads (Circle Internet (CRCL) 6.2%, Corpay (CPAY) 10.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corpay (CPAY) returned the most: Circle Internet (CRCL) -33.9%, Corpay (CPAY) +43.6%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Corpay (CPAY) has been the steadiest (Wise (WSE) 44.0%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 95.2%, Corpay (CPAY) 36.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WSE, CRCL and CPAY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corpay (CPAY) leads on 8. 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.