Corpay, Inc vs Mastercard Incorporated, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CPAY and MA diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CPAY reads +1.1% and MA reads +21.1%; on p/b, CPAY reads 7.36 and MA reads 90.24. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPAY price has a different growth bar priced in than MA (+1.1% implied for CPAY vs +21.1% for MA); 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 MA's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CPAY | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $382.15 | $573.41 |
| Market cap | $26.2B | $506.3B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.1% | +21.1% |
| P/E | 22.9 | 31.5 |
| P/B | 7.36 | 90.24 |
| P/S | 5.47 | 14.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 24.0 |
| Revenue growth | +18.2% | +16.1% |
| Operating margin | 50.5% | 60.2% |
| Net margin | 24.6% | 46.3% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% | 289.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 28.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 54.1% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 3.97 | 4.39 |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 1.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.80 | 9.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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