Corpay Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Corporate Payments Strength

Corpay, Inc. CPAY reported impressive second-quarter 2026 results, with earnings and revenues beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

CPAY reported adjusted earnings per share of $7, rising 36% year over year and surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.60 by 6.1%. Revenues increased 21% to $1.33 billion, beating the consensus mark by 2.6%.

CPAY’s Corporate Payments Momentum Continues

Corporate Payments revenues jumped 42% year over year to $548.7 million and accounted for 41% of consolidated revenues. On a pro-forma and macro-adjusted basis, segment revenues advanced 16% to $538.1 million.

Spend volume surged 70% on a reported basis to $94.64 billion. Pro-forma and macro-adjusted spend increased 43%, reflecting strong customer activity across cross-border and payables. Revenues per spend dollar declined to 0.58% from 0.70%, partly reflecting the addition of larger enterprise clients carrying lower yields.

Corpay’s Vehicle Business Posts Solid Growth

Vehicle Payments revenues increased 13% year over year to $580.2 million, making it Corpay’s largest segment. Pro-forma and macro-adjusted revenues rose 8% to $523.5 million, supported by continued strength in Brazil and Europe.

Reported transactions declined 29% to 147.6 million because the prior-year period included activity from the PayByPhone business, which Corpay sold in March 2026. On an adjusted basis, transactions increased 8%, while revenues per transaction were unchanged at $3.56.

CPAY Sees Gradual Improvement in Lodging

Lodging Payments revenues rose 3% year over year to $123.2 million. Organic growth was 2%, improving sequentially as the company moved past difficult comparisons created by episodic events in the prior year.

Room nights declined 13% to 7.5 million. However, revenues per room night increased 18% to $16.34, helping the segment deliver revenue growth despite lower volume. Management expects Lodging organic growth to accelerate to the mid-single-digit range during the second half.

Corpay Expands Margins Despite Higher Costs

Adjusted EBITDA increased 24% year over year to $767.2 million. The adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 100 basis points to 57.3%, benefiting from operating leverage and favorable macroeconomic conditions.

Operating costs rose 9% after excluding foreign exchange movements, acquisitions, stock-based compensation, amortization and a settlement charge. The increase primarily reflected sales investments and modestly higher credit losses. Corpay also recorded a $100-million charge related to a preliminary settlement with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

CPAY Strengthens Its Financial Position

Corpay generated $1.41 billion in net cash from operating activities during the first six months of 2026, up from $1.07 billion in the prior-year period. The company ended June with $3.16 billion in cash and cash equivalents, and $7.00 billion in restricted cash.

The leverage ratio stood at 2.55X, while available capacity under the revolving credit facility was $1.6 billion. CPAY repurchased about 1 million shares for $321 million during the quarter and had $1.4 billion remaining under its authorization.

Corpay also refinanced its revolving credit facility and Term Loan A. The transaction increased the revolver by about $1 billion to $3.7 billion and included a $1-billion repayment of Term Loan B, extending maturities and improving financial flexibility.

Corpay’s Q3 & FY26 Guidance

For the third quarter, revenues are projected at $1.36 billion at the midpoint, suggesting 16% year-over-year growth, higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.31 billion.

Adjusted earnings are expected to be $7.15 at the midpoint, hinting at 26% year-over-year growth. It sits higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 6.59.

For 2026, Corpay updated its revenue guidance to $5.29-$5.33 billion from the year-ago quarter’s $5.25-$5.33 billion. The consensus estimate meets the midpoint ($5.31 billion) of the guided range. The outlook incorporates the second-quarter outperformance, improved business momentum and favorable macro conditions, partly offset by the planned sale of the Epyx maintenance business.

The adjusted earnings guidance is raised to $27.15-$27.55 per share from the year-ago quarter’s view of $26.3-$27.1. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pinned at $26.85. The company continues to expect 10% organic revenue growth for the year.

Corpay carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Earnings Snapshot

Insperity, Inc. NSP reported impressive second-quarter 2026 results.

NSP reported adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share in the second quarter of 2026, up 31% year over year and surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents by 3.0%. Revenues increased 2% to $1.69 billion, beating the consensus mark of $1.67 billion by 0.5%.

S&P Global Inc. SPGI registered impressive second-quarter 2026 results.

SPGI reported adjusted earnings of $4.83 per share, rising 23% year over year and beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.49 by 7.6%. Pro-forma revenues of $3.68 billion increased 11% and surpassed the consensus estimate of $3.64 billion by 0.8%.

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