Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. PCTY scored 74.6, GRND scored 90.4 — GRND leads.
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PCTY
Paylocity Holding Corporation
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
74.6
$153.96 · $8.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
15.8
GRND leads
GRND
Grindr Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
90.4
$15.03 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestPCTY31.3x
Fastest growthGRND+32.4%
Highest qualityGRND94 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePCTY-41%
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)
PCTY
stronger →← stronger
GRND
92
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
94
74
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
96
61
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
82
GRND is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
PCTY
GRND
$497mC
FCF
$154mC
+11.0%B
Rev
+32.4%A
0.11B+
D/E
Negative equity
31.3xB
P/E
32.0xB
1.24B
PEG
1.13B+
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
PCTY
GRND
41% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
27% below
~-4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
+52%
1-yr DCF upside
+5%
+68%
5-yr DCF upside
+37%
+96%
10-yr DCF upside
+102%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
PCTY
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
GRND
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
PCTYPaylocity Holding Corporation
Software - Application · $153.96 · beta 0.50
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $8.5b. 5% off the 52-week high of $161.93. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $172.20 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 184% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 31x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. AI-native re-pricing — GPT-class models are compressing the cost of features that took years to build; the moat thesis depends on owning the workflow, not just the feature set.
GRNDGrindr Inc.
Software - Application · $15.03 · beta 0.19
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $2.6b. 19% off the 52-week high of $18.50. Revenue growing +32% — in hypergrowth territory. 5 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $20.80 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 161% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where PCTY and GRND diverge
On the headline score the gap is 15.8 points in favor of GRND. The widest single difference is Growth, where GRND leads by 22.2 points.
GrowthPCTY 74.1 · GRND 96.3GRND +22.2
ValuePCTY 60.5 · GRND 81.9GRND +21.4
QualityPCTY 92.4 · GRND 93.7level
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 GRND or PCTY the better stock?
GRND scores higher: GRND 90.4, PCTY 74.6 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 GRND and PCTY differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where GRND leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GRND also leads value, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are GRND and PCTY 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.