Corpay vs Shift4 Payments
CPAY and FOUR side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CPAY and FOUR compare
Corpay is the larger company, worth 8.3 times as much as Shift4 Payments ($26.3B against $3.2B).
Shift4 Payments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (32.4% versus 20.4% for Corpay).
Corpay keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 22.7% compared with 2.2% at Shift4 Payments.
Corpay scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 8 for Shift4 Payments), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CPAY | FOUR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $26.3B | $3.2B |
| Share price | $400.94 | $40.03 |
| Change, 1 year | 49.5% | −42.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 63.8% | −34.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.17 | 1.56 |
| Employees | 12K | 6,300 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.4× | – |
| P/S | 5.2× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 7.4× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.5× | 8.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 16.1× | 5.5× (better) |
| PEG | 3.71 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 18.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $405.01 | $94.52 |
| Margin of safety | 1.0% | 57.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.4% | 32.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.6% | 40.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.7% (better) | −52.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.8% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 35.9% |
| Operating margin | 43.7% (better) | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 22.7% (better) | 2.2% |
| FCF margin | 32.6% (better) | 12.0% |
| Return on equity | 30.5% (better) | 6.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.0% (better) | 7.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.28 (better) | 2.79 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.52 (better) | 4.52 |
| Interest coverage | 5.0× (better) | 1.5× |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 1.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.59 (better) | 0.91 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 6.5% | 19.8% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 6.5% | 19.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.8% | 87.5% |
| Held by insiders | 5.3% | 30.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$146M | $32.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.6% | 26.5% |
Go deeper
- CPAY stock overview
- CPAY income statement
- CPAY valuation and score
- FOUR stock overview
- FOUR income statement
- FOUR valuation and score
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