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CPAY FY2025 Q4 IMPROVING

Corpay, Inc. earnings call

Feb 04, 2026 · 17:30 ET Jim EgglesetterPeter WalkerRon Clark
Buzzberg read

Q4 new sales up 29%, same-store sales turned positive

Corpay delivered a strong Q4 2025, with record earnings and 11% organic growth, and provided an upbeat 2026 outlook with 22% EPS growth. The company highlighted successful integrations of recent acquisitions (Alpha, Avid) and early wins with the MasterCard partnership, driving cross-border growth. Q4 revenue $1.248B (+21% YoY), EPS $6.04 (+13% YoY); full-year revenue $4.528B (+14%), EPS $21.38 (+12%).

Buzzberg read Q4 new sales up 29%, same-store sales turned positive Corpay delivered a strong Q4 2025, with record earnings and 11% organic growth, and provided an upbeat 2026 outlook with 22% EPS growth. The company highlighted successful integrations of recent acquisitions (Alpha, Avid) and early wins with the MasterCard partnership, driving cross-border growth. Q4 revenue $1.248B (+21% YoY), EPS $6.04 (+13% YoY); full-year revenue $4.528B (+14%), EPS $21.38 (+12%). Read full analysisCollapse analysis

Corpay delivered a strong Q4 2025, with record earnings and 11% organic growth, and provided an upbeat 2026 outlook with 22% EPS growth. The company highlighted successful integrations of recent acquisitions (Alpha, Avid) and early wins with the MasterCard partnership, driving cross-border growth. Q4 revenue $1.248B (+21% YoY), EPS $6.04 (+13% YoY); full-year revenue $4.528B (+14%), EPS $21.38 (+12%).

  • 2026 guidance: Revenue $5.265B (+16%), EPS $26.00 (+22%), driven by 10% organic growth and accretive acquisitions.
  • Corporate payments organic growth of 16% in Q4, driven by cross-border and payables.
  • MasterCard partnership is exceeding expectations with multiple joint deals closed and a strong pipeline.
CORPORATE_PAYMENTS rev growth 16% reported
Revenue $1.2482B reported
VEHICLE_PAYMENTS rev growth 10% reported
EPS $6.04 reported

What changed this quarter

01
Sales

Q4 new sales up 29%, same-store sales turned positive

Corpay delivered a strong Q4 2025, with record earnings and 11% organic growth, and provided an upbeat 2026 outlook with 22% EPS growth. The company highlighted successful integrations of recent acquisitions (Alpha, Avid) and early wins with the MasterCard partnership, driving…

02
Guidance

2026 EPS guidance up 22% to $26, driven by fundamentals and M&A

Guidance · revenue to $5.265B

03
M&A

Alpha and Avid expected to contribute $1 of EPS accretion in 2026

2026 guidance: Revenue $5.265B (+16%), EPS $26.00 (+22%), driven by 10% organic growth and accretive acquisitions.

04
Portfolio

Two more divestitures in process, over $1B in proceeds expected

Corporate payments organic growth of 16% in Q4, driven by cross-border and payables.

AI, capex & demand read

AI

Platform & monetization

Management discussed AI initiatives including conversational AI pilots in client UIs, AI agents to reduce live agent expense in lodging, and AI to speed merchant matching for payables sales. They noted they have 'gotten religioned around AI' and consider it a key priority for 2026.

Demand

Bookings & conversion

Management provided strong 2026 guidance (22% EPS growth) driven by fundamentals, acquisitions, and favorable macro, showing high confidence in future performance.

Tone · Upbeat

Management expressed strong confidence in 2026 guidance, highlighted overperformance in Q4, robust sales growth, and positive strategic developments, while acknowledging some challenges in specific segments.

Supply-chain alpha

A1

The MasterCard partnership has already closed two joint deals, and the pipeline is much stronger than expected, accelerating the FI channel opportunity.

“We have logged our first joint sale... we now have a second sale. But more importantly, it's a crazy pipeline... 50 to 70 in process, you know, opportunities.”
Ron Clark
A2

Alpha Group's integration is progressing faster than expected, with revenue overperformance and no major attrition, boosting confidence in the 2026 EPS guidance.

“So to me, what was so great is the people, particularly the salespeople, have embraced some of the stuff that we bring to them and just went running out and got a bunch of business closed.”
Ron Clark
A3

We are seeing a potential shift in the braziian vehicle payments market as free banks are getting weary, which could be a competitive advantage.

“I do feel like the banks there are getting weary from some market feedback. So that could be the next domino to fall there is people think they could beat us by being free and they haven't.”
Ron Clark
A4

The company expects a sequential margin improvement of about 3 points from Q1 to Q4 2026 due to a fixed cost base and revenue snowball, despite lower full-year margins from acquisitions.

“Margins climb like crazy sequentially, you know, pretty fixed cost base once we make the sales investment”
Ron Clark

Forward guidance

ImprovingGuidance · revenue to $5.265B
Forward guidance
MetricPeriodRangeMidpointStatus
EPSFY2026$26.00$26.00INITIATED
EPSFY2026 Q1$5.45$5.45GUIDED
RevenueFY2026$5.265B$5.265BINITIATED
RevenueFY2026 Q1$1.21B$1.21BGUIDED

Guidance credibility

2 / 2met or beat
Guidance credibility
IssuedMetricTargetGuideActualOutcome
FY2026 Q1EPSFY2026 Q2$6.55$7.00Met / beat
FY2026 Q1RevenueFY2026 Q2$1.295B$1.3388BMet / beat

Company read-throughs

since call
Supply chainSupply-chain alpha

The MasterCard partnership has already closed two joint deals, and the pipeline is much stronger than expected, accelerating the FI channel opportunity.