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Corpay

CPAY
71
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
$417.13
+5.13 (+1.25%)
Market Cap
$27.26B
Winston Score
71
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

15.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 84.1M (2021) → 71.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Corpay is a payments company that helps businesses manage and track specific types of spending — mainly fuel, tolls, lodging, and corporate expenses. Its main products are fleet cards (used by trucking and delivery companies to pay for fuel), toll payment accounts, and corporate travel payment tools. It serves hundreds of thousands of businesses, from small fleets to large enterprises, across North America, Europe, Latin America, and beyond.

Corpay makes money by charging fees and earning a small percentage on every transaction processed through its network. It operates in over 100 countries and generates roughly $4 billion in annual revenue. Its moat comes from deep integrations with fuel networks, toll systems, and corporate travel platforms — switching costs are high once a business is embedded in its system. The main risk is that Corpay carries significant debt from past acquisitions, and a slowdown in commercial vehicle activity or corporate travel spending could pressure transaction volumes and revenue growth.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+21.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-6.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

4.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Corpay is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 21%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
79.4%
Premium pricing power — 79.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
35.2%
Excellent — 35.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.3%
Strong — 17.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+20.4%
Fast-growing sales (+20.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+11.1%
Earnings growing (+11.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
157%
Turns 157% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
30.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (30.5%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.35
Heavy debt load (2.35)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.68x
Adequate interest coverage (4.7x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.1x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+10.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.1 → 14.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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