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MAXIMUS vs Shift4 Payments

Over the past year MMS returned −18.3% and FOUR returned −32.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.30.

MMS −18.3% FOUR −32.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMMSFOUR
Price$68.51$44.82
Market cap$3.59B$3.54B
Today+4.66%+8.03%
1 month+25.3%+16.4%
6 months+7.1%+4.5%
Year to date−20.6%−28.8%
1 year−17.9%−34.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)−5.1%+34.1%
Gross margin27.3%34.4%
Net margin8.1%0.5%
P/E (TTM)9.7×79.3×
Price / sales0.7×0.7×
Net cash-$1.58B-$4.16B
Dividend yield1.93%—
Volatility (60d)31.1%56.4%
Short % of float6.8%25.4%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).