Corpay, Inc vs VISA INC., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CPAY and V diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CPAY reads +1.1% and V reads +20.9%; on debt / equity, CPAY reads 3.97 and V reads 0.67. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CPAY price has a different growth bar priced in than V (+1.1% implied for CPAY vs +20.9% for V); 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 V'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 | V |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $382.15 | $366.07 |
| Market cap | $26.2B | $680.9B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.1% | +20.9% |
| P/E | 22.9 | — |
| P/B | 7.36 | 19.09 |
| P/S | 5.47 | 15.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 25.1 |
| Revenue growth | +18.2% | +14.4% |
| Operating margin | 50.5% | 64.4% |
| Net margin | 24.6% | 51.7% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% | 62.4% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 23.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 37.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 3.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 3.97 | 0.67 |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 1.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.80 | 6.93 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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