Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) Vs. V, MA, ADP, FIS, FISV, GPN, PAYX, FLT, BR, and JKHY
Should you be buying Cass Information Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cass Information Systems include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Cass Information Systems vs.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
Mastercard presently has a consensus price target of $430.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Mastercard's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Cass Information Systems.
Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cass Information Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Mastercard pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cass Information Systems pays out 59.3% 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. Mastercard has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Cass Information Systems has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Mastercard had 41 more articles in the media than Cass Information Systems. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Mastercard and 6 mentions for Cass Information Systems. Mastercard's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Cass Information Systems' score of 0.10 indicating that Mastercard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Cass Information Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Cass Information Systems shares are owned 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.
Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Cass Information Systems. Cass Information Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mastercard has a net margin of 45.50% compared to Cass Information Systems' net margin of 18.05%. Mastercard's return on equity of 116.88% beat Cass Information Systems' return on equity.
Mastercard has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cass Information Systems has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mastercard received 1244 more outperform votes than Cass Information Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.40% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Cass Information Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Mastercard beats Cass Information Systems on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CASS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) vs. Its Competitors
Cass Information Systems Competitors List
