Fiservvs.PayPal
FI vs PYPL · both in Payment rails & networks, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine.
PayPal is about 1.5× larger than Fiserv by market cap; year to date, PayPal leads (+6.7% vs −15.5%).
Side by side
| FI | PYPL | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $34.3B | $51.2B |
| Price | — | $61.81 |
| Today | — | −0.7% |
| Return YTD | −15.5% | +6.7% |
| Return 1Y | +23.2% | −10.4% |
| P/E | 9.5 | 10.4 |
| P/S | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| P/B | 1.4 | 2.6 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
FiservFI
Card transactions processed for banks, and the Clover terminals on shop counters. Paid per transaction.
Full FI profile →PayPalPYPL
Online checkout is the core, with Venmo for peer-to-peer transfers and Braintree processing behind other companies' payments. Growth has matured and rivals have crowded in.
Full PYPL profile →More FI & PYPL comparisons
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