MMS vs. JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, EXLS, WU, PAY, CSGS, EVRI, and CASS
Should you be buying Maximus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maximus include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), and Cass Information Systems (CASS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Maximus' net margin of 4.58%. Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity of 22.18% beat Maximus' return on equity.
Maximus presently has a consensus price target of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.62%. Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus price target of $174.42, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Maximus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Maximus is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Maximus pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Maximus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Jack Henry & Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack Henry & Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maximus received 148 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 3 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 6 mentions for Maximus. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Maximus' score of 1.12 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Maximus has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Maximus on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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