XYZ vs NYAX vs FOUR Stock Comparison

Block, Nayax and Shift4 Payments Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XYZ Block, Inc.
$75.21 +2.6% 1M -6.2% 1Y
Market cap
$46.28B
P/E
129.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.04B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
NYAX Nayax Ltd.
$50.29 +12.6% 1M +19.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.85B
P/E
235.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$453.18M
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc.
$38.14 +2.9% 1M -49.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.10B
P/E
70.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.78B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Block leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Block 4, Shift4 Payments 4, Nayax 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionXYZNYAXFOURLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $46.28B $1.85B $3.10B XYZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 129.6x 235.4x 70.8x FOUR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 122.7x 6.9x FOUR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +30.0% +32.4% FOUR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.4% 1.7% 0.9% NYAX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.0% 5.9% 4.9% NYAX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 0.7x 4.5x XYZ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.2% +19.8% -49.2% NYAX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.6%/yr — -9.6%/yr FOUR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.4% 49.6% 66.2% XYZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 52/100 66/100 XYZ

Percentile Scorecard

XYZNYAXFOUR

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

AxisXYZNYAXFOUR
Valuation 83 #18 of 99 45 #55 of 99 89 #12 of 99
Growth 82 #18 of 94 74 #25 of 94 70 #29 of 94
Profitability 65 #32 of 90 63 #34 of 90 69 #29 of 90
Financial Health 68 #34 of 105 45 #58 of 105 20 #84 of 105
Shareholder Returns 67 #20 of 59 33 #40 of 59 85 #10 of 59
Overall 73 52 66
  • XYZ ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • NYAX ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • FOUR ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodXYZNYAXFOURSPY
1 month +2.6%+12.6%+2.9% +0.9%
3 months -8.5%-26.1%-31.9% +5.9%
6 months +8.3%-25.8%-15.4% +8.5%
Year to date +15.5%-0.6%-39.4% +13.3%
1 year -6.2%+19.8%-49.2% +12.4%
3 years +87.9%+164.7%-12.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +23.4%+38.4%-4.4% +23.5%
5 years -70.4%—-39.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year -21.6%—-9.6% +11.0%
10 years +575.1%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +21.0%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureXYZNYAXFOURSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.4%49.6%66.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.2%50.7%70.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.830.881.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.130.40-0.74 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.6%-49.6%-71.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.4%-33.7%-49.2% -0.9%
52-week high $84.84$75.81$75.15 $779.14
52-week low $49.09$39.72$35.57 $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.

MultipleXYZNYAXFOUR
P/E now vs peer median 125.9xmedian 19.6x 236.3xmedian 19.6x 69.0xmedian 19.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.3x 4.1xmedian 2.3x 1.2xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.5xmedian 17.5x 35.8xmedian 17.5x 10.8xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 15.9x 59.8xmedian 15.9x 13.7xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 2.0x 7.6xmedian 2.0x 3.4xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.87median 1.01 8.88median 1.01 -2.02median 1.01

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 monthsXYZNYAXFOUR
Revenue $25.04B $453.18M $4.78B
Gross profit $11.61B $216.61M $1.72B
Operating income $1.17B $24.56M $387.50M
Net income $357.28M $7.87M $122.40M
Free cash flow $3.88B $31.11M $433.00M
R&D $3.07B $33.69M –
EPS (diluted) $0.59 $0.21 $0.55
Cash & equivalents $6.43B $302.83M $356.00M
Total debt $6.88B $829.59M $4.51B
Shares (diluted) 608.85M 37.66M 79.64M
Enterprise value $17.57B $748.88M -$205.42M

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
MetricXYZNYAXFOUR
P/E 125.9x 236.3x 69.0x
P/FCF 11.6x 59.8x 13.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.1x 65.5x 10.0x
P/S 1.8x 4.1x 1.2x
P/B 2.0x 7.6x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 7.6x -5.1x
EV/EBITDA 29.5x 35.8x 10.8x
EV/EBIT 39.0x 77.3x 26.0x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 4.2x 2.1x
EV/FCF 11.8x 61.0x 23.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.2x 66.9x 17.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.87 8.88 -2.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricXYZNYAXFOUR
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 30.0% 32.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 29.9% 28.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 23.7% 31.3% 55.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 44.6% 42.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.7% -13.2% 41.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 77.9% 45.5% 45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -87.9% -62.8% -55.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 64.5% 31.9% -4.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -87.7% -64.6% -77.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 67.4% 26.6% -34.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 236.4% -40.7% 16.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 105.3% 68.7% 16.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 266.4% -28.3% 8.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 129.4% 65.4% 13.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricXYZNYAXFOUR
Gross margin 46.4% 47.8% 35.9%
EBITDA margin 6.2% 11.7% 19.5%
Operating margin 4.7% 5.4% 8.1%
Pretax margin 2.8% 3.8% 3.2%
Net margin 1.4% 1.7% 0.9%
FCF margin 15.5% 6.9% 9.1%
Operating cash flow margin 16.2% 6.3% 12.4%
Return on equity 1.6% 3.3% 7.0%
Return on assets 0.9% 0.9% 1.4%
Return on invested capital 2.0% 5.9% 4.9%
Return on capital employed 4.0% 4.2% 5.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 11.4x 3.6x 4.8x
Stock comp / revenue 4.8% 3.9% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricXYZNYAXFOUR
Debt / assets 17.6% 36.9% 51.9%
Debt / equity 0.3x 1.4x 2.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 0.7x 4.5x
Debt / FCF 1.8x 11.0x 10.4x
Liabilities / assets 43.7% 73.6% 80.1%
Equity / assets 56.3% 26.4% 19.9%
Interest coverage – 1.5x 1.5x
Current ratio 2.2x 2.1x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.3x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.83 2.66 1.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricXYZNYAXFOUR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 4.0% -0.3% 10.6%
Shareholder yield 4.0% -0.3% 10.6%
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.

ConsensusXYZNYAXFOUR
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 122.7xFY2026 6.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.89FY2026 $0.41FY2026 $5.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +64.1%FY2026 -56.4%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.3% +202.4% +8.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.57BFY2026 $501.80MFY2026 $2.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.6%FY2026 +25.3%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.4% +33.8% +6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersXYZNYAXFOUR
Held by institutions 73.6% 12.9% 87.4%
Institutions holding 1,081 59 358
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% -5.2% -2.3%
Institutions buying 581 26 187
Institutions selling 330 16 142
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.63 1.32

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.

XYZNYAXFOUR
XYZ 1.00 0.18 0.32
NYAX 0.18 1.00 0.05
FOUR 0.32 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, XYZ, NYAX and FOUR?

Block (XYZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Block (XYZ) $46.28B, Nayax (NYAX) $1.85B, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) $3.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, XYZ, NYAX and FOUR?

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Block (XYZ) 129.6x, Nayax (NYAX) 235.4x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 70.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) is cheapest (Block (XYZ) 19.3x, Nayax (NYAX) 122.7x, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 6.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Shift4 Payments (FOUR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Block (XYZ) +5.1%, Nayax (NYAX) +30.0%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) +32.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nayax (NYAX) has the highest net margin (Block (XYZ) 1.4%, Nayax (NYAX) 1.7%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 0.9%). On return on invested capital, Nayax (NYAX) leads (Block (XYZ) 2.0%, Nayax (NYAX) 5.9%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 4.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nayax (NYAX) returned the most: Block (XYZ) -6.2%, Nayax (NYAX) +19.8%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -49.2%. Over five years, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) compounded fastest (Block (XYZ) -21.6%/yr, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) -9.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Block (XYZ) has been the steadiest (Block (XYZ) 46.4%, Nayax (NYAX) 49.6%, Shift4 Payments (FOUR) 66.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, XYZ, NYAX and FOUR?

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