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Payment networks and processors peer review

Payment networks and processors Market-Risk Comparison

Descriptive market-risk statistics — not investment advice; past performance does not indicate future results. This companion page uses lmfin computations from a pinned Yahoo adjusted-close window. It is not a rating, recommendation, endorsement, forecast, or investment judgment. See Disclaimer.

Window: 3y ending 2026-06-30. Benchmark: SPY.

Member return/risk statistics

For Payment networks and processors, lmfin computes each included member's Sharpe ratio, beta vs SPY, annualized volatility, annualized return, and maximum drawdown over the pinned price window. The table below substitutes those values from the frozen pack.

PCA factor structure

lmfin's PCA run computes PC1 variance 55.64% and PC2 variance 13.66% from the aligned member return matrix. Loadings are reported as numeric factor coefficients, not as quality judgments.

Beta figure

Payment networks and processors beta vs SPY. Source: lmfin perf; Yahoo adjusted close; window ending 2026-06-30.Payment networks and processors beta vs SPYWindow 3y ending 2026-06-30Source: lmfin perf; Yahoo adjusted close; window ending 2026-06-30.Beta vs SPYBeta vs SPY (ratio)0.000.751.50V0.65return 15.07%MA0.68return 11.54%AXP1.18return 27.12%PYPL1.25return -7.11%GPN1.18return -2.68%FISV0.68return -21.99%

Comparison table

TickerSharpeBetaAnnualized volatilityAnnualized returnMax drawdown
V0.570.6519.78%15.07%-20.38%
MA0.390.6819.95%11.54%-20.91%
AXP0.861.1827.04%27.12%-28.76%
PYPL-0.291.2537.49%-7.11%-57.34%
GPN-0.181.1836.05%-2.68%-53.95%
FISV-0.640.6840.26%-21.99%-80.16%

PCA summary

PC1 variance explained: 55.64%. PC2 variance explained: 13.66%.

TickerPC1 loadingPC2 loading
V0.46-0.49
MA0.46-0.46
AXP0.410.02
PYPL0.360.49
GPN0.420.20
FISV0.320.53

Pair check

PairCointegrated?OLS hedge ratioR-squaredSpread z-score
No pair check stored for this cluster.

Provenance

lmfin: lmfin 0.1.0. PCA command: lmfin factors V MA AXP PYPL GPN FISV --window 3y --end 2026-06-30 --json. Price source: yahoo; price field: adjusted_close; window start: 2023-07-03; window end: 2026-06-30. Performance, PCA, and pair statistics are lmfin computations from Yahoo adjusted-close data over the pinned window. Descriptive data, not advice.