Comfortable leader
7 companies value 1.5 tn revenue 140 bn margin 36.5% free cash flow 55 bn avg. score 6.1
V holds 47.3% of the group's value, 1.3x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | Visa United States · score 6.7 | 47% | 719 bn | 44 bn | 50.8% | 21 bn | 2.9% | 0.7% | Payment network and card processing · World's largest payments network; ~67% operating margin, a toll on global consumer spending | |
| 2 | MA | Mastercard United States · score 6.5 | 36% | 540 bn | 35 bn | 42.7% | 17 bn | 3.1% | 0.5% | Payment network and card processing · 2nd largest network; historically faster growth than Visa | |
| 3 | AXP | American Express United States · score 6.9 | 14% | 214 bn | 43 bn | 26.6% | 15 bn | 7.0% | 1.1% | Premium credit cards and payment network · Closed-loop model: issues the card and runs the network; loyal premium base | |
| 4 | CPAY | Corpay United States · score 5.6 | 2% | 26 bn | 5.0 bn | 22.7% | 1.6 bn | 6.2% | — | Corporate fuel and expense cards and payments · Corporate payments and fleet cards | |
| 5 | TOST | Toast Inc. United States · score 5.6 | 1% | 18 bn | 6.8 bn | 7.1% | 0.6 bn | 3.2% | — | Cloud point of sale and management for restaurants · Point-of-sale and payments system that dominates US restaurants | |
| 6 | EEFT | Euronet Worldwide United States · score 5.6 | 0% | 2.4 bn | 4.4 bn | 6.6% | 0.3 bn | 11.1% | — | ATMs, payments and international money transfers · Global network of ATMs, currency exchange and payment processing | |
| 7 | EVTC | EVERTEC, Inc. United States · score 6.1 | 0% | 1.8 bn | 1.0 bn | 9.8% | 0.2 bn | 11.3% | 0.7% | Transaction and payment processing in Latin America and the Caribbean · Puerto Rico — revenue of $996m |
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- Sector overview
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- Indian banks 2 companies
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- Regional banks — US West 50 companies
- Reinsurance 8 companies
- Crypto treasuries 50 companies
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What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.