Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Competitors

Corpay (NYSE:CPAY) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CPAY or FOUR?

Corpay has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. Corpay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shift4 Payments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corpay	$3.76B	5.01	$981.89M	$13.44	19.92
Shift4 Payments	$2.56B	2.30	$86.20M	$1.49	45.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPAY or FOUR?

Shift4 Payments received 65 more outperform votes than Corpay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Corpay an outperform vote while only 54.96% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corpay	Outperform Votes 7 77.78%	Underperform Votes 2 22.22%
Shift4 Payments	Outperform Votes 72 54.96%	Underperform Votes 59 45.04%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CPAY or FOUR?

98.8% of Corpay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Corpay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CPAY or FOUR?

Corpay presently has a consensus target price of $341.57, suggesting a potential upside of 27.61%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus target price of $83.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.86%. Given Shift4 Payments' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Corpay is more favorable than Shift4 Payments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corpay	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Shift4 Payments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more risk and volatility, CPAY or FOUR?

Corpay has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CPAY or FOUR?

In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 9 more articles in the media than Corpay. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 1 mentions for Corpay. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 0.00 indicating that Shift4 Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corpay	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shift4 Payments	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CPAY or FOUR more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 26.29% compared to Corpay's net margin of 3.38%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 36.97% beat Corpay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corpay	26.29%	36.97%	7.72%
Shift4 Payments	3.38%	25.21%	5.83%

Summary

Corpay and Shift4 Payments tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.