JKHY vs. PSN, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, SGMS, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, and WEX
Should you be buying Jack Henry & Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack Henry & Associates include Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Scientific Games (SGMS), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and WEX (WEX).
Parsons (NYSE:PSN) and Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Jack Henry & Associates' net margin of 0.49%. Parsons' return on equity of 22.18% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.
Jack Henry & Associates received 192 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 56.0% of Parsons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Parsons has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 7 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 2 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 0.00 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parsons currently has a consensus price target of $83.10, suggesting a potential upside of 11.51%. Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus price target of $174.42, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
Jack Henry & Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Parsons. Jack Henry & Associates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Parsons on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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