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Circle Internet GroupCRCL

Transaction & Payment Processing Services
Solid businessPricier than peers
$72.54−9.31%After hours: $72.96 (+0.58%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 44.9% over 1 year
Circle Internet Group over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$50$100$125Nov2026MarMayJulSep$72.54$50$100NovMarJul$72.54
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$18.51B
Price to earnings41.1x
Forward P/E55.1x
Dividend yield–
Year to date−8.5%
One year−44.9%
Next earningsWed 4 Nov, before the open
SectorFinancials
52-week range (closes)
$50.23$132.84

Quality and valuation

How Circle Internet Group compares with other financials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Circle Internet Group and 7 transaction & payment processing services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: pricier than most

An average business among financials companies, priced above most of them.

Circle Internet Group trades at 55.1 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 13.0x for the 84 financials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +37.2% vs +10.2%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 7.4% vs 22.3%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 26.2% vs 20.3%
CRCL trades at 55.1x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Transaction & Payment Processing Services peers
GPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xCRCL55.1xSector median 13.0xGPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xCRCL55.1xSector median 13.0x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Circle Internet Group's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 6.6% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $m, latest Q2 ’26
$0m$200m$400m$600mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$701mQ2 ’26$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$701mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +6.6% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%20%40%60%Q2 ’25Q3 ’25Q4 ’25Q1 ’266.6%Q2 ’260%50%Q2 ’25Q3 ’25Q4 ’25Q1 ’266.6%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 4.9% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−40%−20%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’254.9%Q2 ’26−25%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’254.9%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $762 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$516mQ2 ’26$0m$200m$400mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$516mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsCRCLSector median
Revenue growth+37.2%+10.2%
Operating margin7.4%22.3%
Free cash flow margin26.2%20.3%
Price to earnings41.1x14.6x

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