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Flywire Corp.FLYWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Miscellaneous Commercial Services

Global payments platform specializing in high-value cross-border payments for education, healthcare, travel and B2B sectors.

Momentum leader 91
Mkt cap
$2.62B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
93%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$36.8M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 11.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · USD$21.57
1D+1.5%
1W+9.6%
1M+17.0%
3M+24.1%
6M+25.2%
YTD+52.3%
1Y+54.2%
ATR %3.9%
Beta1.38
52w lowhigh2.7% off high

What Flywire does

Global payments platform specializing in high-value cross-border payments for education, healthcare, travel and B2B sectors.

Takes a small fee on each payment moved, often including a currency-conversion margin when a student or patient pays from abroad, and adds software fees for billing tools. Education is the largest vertical. It has bought payments-software firms, including Invoiced in 2022, to extend beyond collecting tuition.

Products and services

  • International tuition payment processing
  • Healthcare patient payment processing
  • Travel/B2B payment processing

Customers

  • Universities
  • Hospitals/health systems
  • Travel companies
  • B2B clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services/fintech
  • Vertical-specific cross-border payments
  • Education, healthcare, travel & B2B…

What could go right

  • International student/patient payment volume growth
  • B2B cross-border payments expansion

What could go wrong

  • International student enrollment policy risk (visa restrictions)
  • FX/competitive payments pricing pressure

Moat: narrow (switching costs, distribution, network effects). Deep integrations into university/hospital billing systems and global payment rails create high switching costs.

Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts · Founded: 2009 · Employees: 1,400

Named competitors

Flywire at a glance

Size Flywire (FLYW) is a United States Financials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $2.62B, the 1624th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $21.57 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 25.2%, against +7.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 17 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 31.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.8%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 11.7%).

Valuation It trades at 33.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.7× (5th most expensive of 16).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $20.3M at 30 Sep 2026 — 0.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 9.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026FLYW 131Peer median 110
Six months, rebased to 100: Flywire against the median of its 16 peers (local-currency closes).

Flywire financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$764M$623M$492M$403M$289M
Revenue growth—+27%+22%+39%—
Gross profit$422M$355M$296M$238M$167M
EBITDA$97.9M$49.7M$12.9M-$285,000-$15.1M
Net income$78.9M$13.5M$2.90M-$8.57M-$39.3M
Free cash flow$134M$98.1M$97.0M$79.6M-$1.64M
Capital expenditure$22.8M$9.86M$6.24M$6.01M$7.07M
Total debt$1.41M$1.35M$1.72M$1.47M$3.15M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Flywire competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%0%+100%EEFTPAYOPAGSEVTCFOURSTNERELYWEXKPLTPICSPAYSPAYPFLYW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Flywire is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%0×50×100×EEFTPAYOPAGSFOURMQPAYSTNERELYKLARPICSPAYSCASSPAYPFLYWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Flywire is the large dot.

Flywire competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (FLYW vs WSE vs WU vs PAYO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Flywire FLYW$2.62B+25%+31%9%33.9×n/a
Wise WSE$13.2B-23%+20%22%17.4×n/a
Western Union WU$2.15B-24%-2%17%4.8×n/a
Payoneer Global PAYO$2.42B+39%+6%12%33.9×n/a
Corpay CPAY$29.9B+32%+20%46%14.7×n/a
Paymentus PAY$3.70B+20%+26%8%32.3×n/a

How Flywire compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Flywire against its 16 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureFLYWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+17.0%+0.7%2nd highest of 17
6-month return+25.2%+7.3%6th highest of 17
Distance from 52-week high-2.7%-18.4%2nd highest of 17
Revenue growth (TTM)+31.0%+16.8%5th highest of 17
Operating margin8.6%11.7%6th lowest of 17
Forward P/E33.9×15.7×5th most expensive of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Flywire FLYWUnited States$2.62B+25%+31%9%33.9×n/an/a
Euronet Worldwide EEFTUnited States$2.65B+3%+5%11%6.2×n/an/a
Payoneer Global PAYOUnited States$2.42B+39%+6%12%33.9×n/an/a
PagSeguro Digital PAGSUnited States$2.11B-25%+11%38%4.5×n/an/a
EVERTEC EVTCUnited States$2.00B+40%+16%20%7.8×n/an/a
Shift4 Payments FOURUnited States$3.47B+3%+32%10%8.4×n/an/a
Marqeta MQUnited States$1.93B+11%+17%2%38.5×n/an/a
Paymentus PAYUnited States$3.70B+20%+26%8%32.3×n/an/a
StoneCo STNEUnited States$1.83B-30%-30%-130%3.7×n/an/a
Remitly Global RELYUnited States$4.72B-7%+24%10%22.7×n/an/a
Klarna KLARUnited States$5.13B-6%+34%-1%106.5×n/an/a
WEX WEXUnited States$5.99B+29%+10%27%8.0×n/an/a
Katapult KPLTUnited States$939M+64%+13%17%n/an/an/a
PicS PICSUnited States$889M-44%+89%6%2.8×n/an/a
Paysign PAYSUnited States$829M+155%+47%17%40.3×n/an/a
Cass Information Systems CASSUnited States$694M+14%+2%22%15.7×n/an/a
PayPay Corporation Sponsored ADR PAYPUnited States$9.97B-24%+29%24%16.9×n/an/a

Flywire backlog

Flywire reported $20.3M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract.

Questions

Who are Flywire's main competitors?
Named competitors: Wise plc (WSE), Western Union (WU), Payoneer (PAYO), Corpay (CPAY), Paymentus (PAY). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Payoneer Global (PAYO), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), EVERTEC (EVTC), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Marqeta (MQ).
Is Flywire expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.9× against a peer median of 15.7×, 5th most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has Flywire stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +25.2% against +7.3% for the median peer; over one year +54.2%.
What is Flywire's backlog?
Flywire's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $20.3M at 30 Sep 2026.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.