Corpay (CPAY) Competitors

Corpay (NYSE:CPAY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CPAY or MELI?

MercadoLibre has higher revenue and earnings than Corpay. Corpay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, 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	6.85	$981.89M	$14.02	26.34
MercadoLibre	$18.49B	5.29	$987M	$28.34	68.15

Do analysts rate CPAY or MELI?

Corpay presently has a consensus price target of $363.93, indicating a potential downside of 1.44%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $2,269.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.52%. Given MercadoLibre's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than Corpay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corpay	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
MercadoLibre	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Is CPAY or MELI more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 26.14% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat Corpay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corpay	26.14%	39.44%	7.54%
MercadoLibre	7.57%	40.71%	7.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CPAY or MELI?

MercadoLibre received 648 more outperform votes than Corpay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Corpay an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corpay	Outperform Votes 24 72.73%	Underperform Votes 9 27.27%
MercadoLibre	Outperform Votes 672 65.82%	Underperform Votes 349 34.18%

Which has more volatility & risk, CPAY or MELI?

Corpay has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CPAY or MELI?

98.8% of Corpay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Corpay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CPAY or MELI?

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 11 more articles in the media than Corpay. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for MercadoLibre and 16 mentions for Corpay. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Corpay's score of 0.81 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corpay	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MercadoLibre	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

MercadoLibre beats Corpay on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.