BR vs. FI, PAYX, FIS, GPN, JKHY, WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, and EXLS
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and ExlService (EXLS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Fiserv (NYSE:FI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.68% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Fiserv's return on equity.
In the previous week, Broadridge Financial Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Fiserv. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions and 11 mentions for Fiserv. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 1.07 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Fiserv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fiserv received 355 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Broadridge Financial Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $206.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Fiserv has a consensus target price of $164.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.86%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Summary
Fiserv beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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