Corpay, Inc vs eBay Inc., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CPAY and EBAY diverge most: on debt / equity, CPAY reads 3.97 and EBAY reads 0.17; on implied growth (priced in), CPAY reads +1.1% and EBAY reads +12.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPAY price has a different growth bar priced in than EBAY (+1.1% implied for CPAY vs +12.5% for EBAY); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CPAY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EBAY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CPAY | EBAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $382.15 | $114.01 |
| Market cap | $26.2B | $50.6B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.1% | +12.5% |
| P/E | 22.9 | 25.9 |
| P/B | 7.36 | 11.47 |
| P/S | 5.47 | 4.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 20.5 |
| Revenue growth | +18.2% | +12.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 74.0% |
| Operating margin | 50.5% | 19.8% |
| Net margin | 24.6% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% | 46.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 36.5% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Debt / equity | 3.97 | 0.17 |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 1.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.80 | 6.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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