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Corpay

CPAY
62
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Winston Score
62
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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

+20.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+8.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

4.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$9.0B 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

Gross Margin
69.8%
Premium pricing power — 69.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
40.9%
Excellent — 40.9% operating margin
ROCE
3.7%
Weak — 3.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+13.9%
Fast-growing sales (13.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+6.7%
Modest earnings growth (6.7% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
140%
Turns 140% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
28.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (28.7%)

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

Debt / Equity
2.58
Heavy debt load (2.58)
Interest Cover
4.81x
Adequate interest coverage (4.8x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.7x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 23.7

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

P/E vs Forward
+10.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.7 → 13.2)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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