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.
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) 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 risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Fiserv presently has a consensus price target of $164.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.86%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $206.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Broadridge Financial Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Fiserv. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions and 12 mentions for Fiserv. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Fiserv's score of 0.93 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.68% compared to Fiserv's net margin of 10.92%. Fiserv's return on equity of 40.88% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Fiserv beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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