Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CMPR scored 70.0, GPN scored 37.3 — CMPR leads.
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CMPR
Cimpress plc
Specialty Business Services · Quality-Growth
70
$74.71 · $1.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
32.7
CMPR leads
GPN
Global Payments Inc.
Specialty Business Services · Quality-Growth
37.3
$81.88 · $21.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCMPR19.7x
Fastest growthGPN+32.5%
Highest qualityCMPR66 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CMPR
stronger →← stronger
GPN
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
35
68
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
67
76
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
22
CMPR is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CMPR
GPN
$158mC
FCF
$823mC+
+9.8%B
Rev
+32.5%A
Negative equity
D/E
0.98C+
19.7xB+
P/E
38.4xC
2.38C
PEG
0.20A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CMPR
GPN
12% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
11% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~14%/yr
-16%
1-yr DCF upside
-25%
-11%
5-yr DCF upside
-10%
-4%
10-yr DCF upside
+16%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CMPR
Why this score
Durable high returns
GPN
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
CMPRCimpress plc
Specialty Business Services · $74.71 · beta 1.82
Why now
Specialty Business Services · market cap $1.8b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $106.58 — deep drawdown territory.
Moat
FCF converts 165% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.82 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Net margin 2.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
GPNGlobal Payments Inc.
Specialty Business Services · $81.88 · beta 0.81
Why now
Specialty Business Services · market cap $21.7b. 15% off the 52-week high of $95.88. Revenue growing +33% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.20 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 31 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $104.94 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -9.1%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Trailing P/E 38x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. ROE -4% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where CMPR and GPN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 32.7 points in favor of CMPR. The widest single difference is Value, where CMPR leads by 53.6 points.
ValueCMPR 75.8 · GPN 22.2CMPR +53.6
QualityCMPR 66.2 · GPN 34.8CMPR +31.4
GrowthCMPR 68.4 · GPN 67.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CMPR or GPN the better stock?
CMPR scores higher: CMPR 70.0, GPN 37.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CMPR and GPN differ most?
The widest gap is value, where CMPR leads by 54 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CMPR also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are CMPR and GPN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.