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Intuit's Money Momentum: Can Payments Sustain the Growth?
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Key Takeaways
Intuit's online money portfolio grew 31% in FY26, with payment volume topping $225 billion.
Payments revenues rose $257 million as customer growth, transaction volume and revenue yield improved.
Bill Pay, QuickBooks Free and the Business Credit Card to deepen monetization despite slower customer growth.
Intuit (INTU - Free Report) is expanding its money ecosystem to drive growth beyond software subscriptions. Payments, Bill Pay, QuickBooks Capital and the Intuit Business Credit Card are helping the company monetize existing QuickBooks customers more deeply. The online money portfolio grew 31% in fiscal 2026, while total payment volume, including Bill Pay, surpassed $225 billion.
Payments remain a key growth driver. Payments revenues increased $257 million in fiscal 2026, supported by payments customer growth, increased transaction volume per customer and improved revenue yield. In fourth-quarter 2026, online payment volume, including Bill Pay, jumped 32%, while volume, excluding Bill Pay, increased 21%, highlighting growing adoption of the broader payments ecosystem.
Intuit also has room to boost monetization. QuickBooks Online Advanced customers have nine percentage points higher payments penetration than core QuickBooks Online users. Meanwhile, Online Ecosystem ARPC rose 15% in fiscal 2026 compared with only 3% growth in online paying customers, showing that deeper service adoption is becoming increasingly important.
Bill Pay, QuickBooks Free and the new Business Credit Card could strengthen this opportunity. However, slower customer growth remains a concern. QuickBooks Capital is also facing lower yields as more loans move to forward-flow partners, while scaling payments and lending is also adding to costs.
Payments appear capable of remaining a major growth engine for Intuit. Yet sustaining recent momentum will depend on broader adoption, rising transaction volumes and faster customer acquisition.
How Are Intuit’s Competitors Faring?
Block's (XYZ - Free Report) Square competes in SMB payments, lending and banking. In the second quarter of 2026, Square GPV rose 13% year over year to $72.8 billion, while Square gross profit climbed 13% to $1.16 billion. Growth was driven mainly by stronger payments volume, increased software adoption and continued momentum in Square Loans.
Fiserv (FISV - Free Report) competes with Intuit in SMB payments through Clover. In the second quarter of 2026, Clover’s annualized GPV reached $367 billion, while GPV rose 9% year over year. Clover revenues increased 13%, excluding certain impacts, and Fiserv’s Small Business adjusted revenues totaled $1.76 billion.
INTU’s Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates
Shares of Intuit have gained 14.1% over the past three months, underperforming the broader industry and outperforming the S&P 500 composite.
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In terms of forward 12-month Price/Sales (P/S), Intuit is currently trading at 3.63X, which is at a discount to the industry average of 6.12X.
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Intuit’s estimate revisions reflect a negative trend. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2027 EPS has been revised downward 15.8% to $23.49 over the past month. The consensus estimate for 2026 calls for negative 3.2% growth year over year.
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Intuit's Money Momentum: Can Payments Sustain the Growth?
Key Takeaways
Intuit (INTU - Free Report) is expanding its money ecosystem to drive growth beyond software subscriptions. Payments, Bill Pay, QuickBooks Capital and the Intuit Business Credit Card are helping the company monetize existing QuickBooks customers more deeply. The online money portfolio grew 31% in fiscal 2026, while total payment volume, including Bill Pay, surpassed $225 billion.
Payments remain a key growth driver. Payments revenues increased $257 million in fiscal 2026, supported by payments customer growth, increased transaction volume per customer and improved revenue yield. In fourth-quarter 2026, online payment volume, including Bill Pay, jumped 32%, while volume, excluding Bill Pay, increased 21%, highlighting growing adoption of the broader payments ecosystem.
Intuit also has room to boost monetization. QuickBooks Online Advanced customers have nine percentage points higher payments penetration than core QuickBooks Online users. Meanwhile, Online Ecosystem ARPC rose 15% in fiscal 2026 compared with only 3% growth in online paying customers, showing that deeper service adoption is becoming increasingly important.
Bill Pay, QuickBooks Free and the new Business Credit Card could strengthen this opportunity. However, slower customer growth remains a concern. QuickBooks Capital is also facing lower yields as more loans move to forward-flow partners, while scaling payments and lending is also adding to costs.
Payments appear capable of remaining a major growth engine for Intuit. Yet sustaining recent momentum will depend on broader adoption, rising transaction volumes and faster customer acquisition.
How Are Intuit’s Competitors Faring?
Block's (XYZ - Free Report) Square competes in SMB payments, lending and banking. In the second quarter of 2026, Square GPV rose 13% year over year to $72.8 billion, while Square gross profit climbed 13% to $1.16 billion. Growth was driven mainly by stronger payments volume, increased software adoption and continued momentum in Square Loans.
Fiserv (FISV - Free Report) competes with Intuit in SMB payments through Clover. In the second quarter of 2026, Clover’s annualized GPV reached $367 billion, while GPV rose 9% year over year. Clover revenues increased 13%, excluding certain impacts, and Fiserv’s Small Business adjusted revenues totaled $1.76 billion.
INTU’s Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates
Shares of Intuit have gained 14.1% over the past three months, underperforming the broader industry and outperforming the S&P 500 composite.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
In terms of forward 12-month Price/Sales (P/S), Intuit is currently trading at 3.63X, which is at a discount to the industry average of 6.12X.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Intuit’s estimate revisions reflect a negative trend. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2027 EPS has been revised downward 15.8% to $23.49 over the past month. The consensus estimate for 2026 calls for negative 3.2% growth year over year.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Currently, Intuit carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.