Private Company Insights: Stripe
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This report examines Stripe’s business performance, competitive positioning and market developments including its announced collaboration with FedEx Dataworks1 and its agreement to acquire embedded finance platform Parafin.2 The report considers these developments in the context of digital payment infrastructure, embedded financial services and businesses’ use of integrated solutions for payments, financing and global commerce.
The analysis draws on publicly available information and MSCI Private Company Insights data.
The report also provides a broader view of the private growth market through the year-to-date (YTD) performance of the PM50 Growth versus selected public market indexes and the performance of the 10 most active private companies across sectors. This context helps frame the market environment in which Stripe has traded.
Highlights:
- 90-day most active: Stripe ranked first among the 10 most active private-market companies by the number of contributions (bids, asks and trades) observed within MSCI’s broker consortium over the 90 days to Oct. 12, 2026.
- Largest bid-side volume: As of Oct. 12, 2026, the company recorded its highest level of bid volume in a single quarter in Q3 of 2026, with bid-side volume of USD 2.56 billion, representing 30.2% of total bid-ask volume.
- Largest ask-side volume: As of Oct. 12, 2026, Stripe recorded its highest level of ask volume in a single quarter in Q3 of 2026, with ask-side volume coming at USD 5.93 billion, representing 69.8% of the total bid-ask volume.
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1 “FedEx Dataworks and Stripe to Join Forces to Reduce Friction in Global Commerce for SMBs,” Stripe, Oct. 6, 2026.
2 “Stripe Agrees to Acquire Parafin to Expand Revenue Opportunities for Platforms and Help Small Businesses Grow,” Stripe, Sept. 30, 2026.
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