Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Competitors

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

Is FOUR or CPAY more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 25.15% compared to Shift4 Payments' net margin of 6.50%. Corpay's return on equity of 41.61% beat Shift4 Payments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shift4 Payments	6.50%	32.97%	7.17%
Corpay	25.15%	41.61%	7.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, FOUR or CPAY?

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FOUR or CPAY?

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
Shift4 Payments	$3.33B	2.62	$229.60M	$2.96	33.31
Corpay	$3.97B	5.98	$1.00B	$14.26	23.66

Do analysts rate FOUR or CPAY?

Shift4 Payments presently has a consensus target price of $115.35, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Corpay has a consensus target price of $401.86, suggesting a potential upside of 19.13%. Given Corpay's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corpay is more favorable than Shift4 Payments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shift4 Payments	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Corpay	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the media refer more to FOUR or CPAY?

In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 1 more articles in the media than Corpay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 11 mentions for Corpay. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 1.00 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shift4 Payments	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corpay	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Corpay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Corpay beats Shift4 Payments on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.