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EXLS vs. GPN, JKHY, G, WEX, MMS, PAY, EEFT, WU, CSGS, and INOD

Should you be buying ExlService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ExlService include Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), Paymentus (PAY), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Western Union (WU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), and Innodata (INOD). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

ExlService vs. Its Competitors

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) are both data processing & outsourced services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Global Payments has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ExlService has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Global Payments has a net margin of 15.07% compared to ExlService's net margin of 12.00%. ExlService's return on equity of 25.38% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Payments15.07% 12.47% 5.97%
ExlService 12.00%25.38%15.01%

Global Payments currently has a consensus target price of $112.21, indicating a potential upside of 24.74%. ExlService has a consensus target price of $51.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Given Global Payments' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than ExlService.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Payments
1 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
ExlService
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Global Payments had 4 more articles in the media than ExlService. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Global Payments and 14 mentions for ExlService. ExlService's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Global Payments' score of 1.36 indicating that ExlService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Global Payments
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ExlService
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than ExlService. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Payments$10.11B2.16$1.57B$5.7215.73
ExlService$1.84B3.87$198.30M$1.4430.59

89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of ExlService shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of ExlService shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Global Payments and ExlService tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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EXLS vs. The Competition

MetricExlServiceIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.05B$16.10B$29.26B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.68%3.09%4.10%
P/E Ratio30.5937.2554.4226.04
Price / Sales3.8712.651,259.97102.77
Price / Cash25.4423.2135.2058.48
Price / Book6.704.449.586.61
Net Income$198.30M$443.54M$805.43M$265.56M
7 Day Performance4.04%2.20%1.55%1.97%
1 Month Performance2.90%-3.42%-0.64%-0.36%
1 Year Performance21.45%11.49%24,052.26%19.03%

ExlService Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXLS
ExlService
4.4864 of 5 stars
$44.05
+0.9%
$51.33
+16.5%
+23.4%$7.05B$1.84B30.5959,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GPN
Global Payments
4.9876 of 5 stars
$86.37
-0.5%
$112.21
+29.9%
-17.7%$21.06B$10.11B15.1027,000Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.8001 of 5 stars
$160.83
+0.3%
$187.80
+16.8%
+1.1%$11.68B$2.22B27.407,170Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
3.8735 of 5 stars
$44.09
+1.0%
$51.29
+16.3%
+16.6%$7.61B$4.77B14.65140,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WEX
WEX
4.5827 of 5 stars
$172.64
-1.0%
$181.50
+5.1%
-4.9%$5.98B$2.63B21.836,500Positive News
MMS
Maximus
3.0575 of 5 stars
$85.17
+0.9%
$90.00
+5.7%
-3.8%$4.76B$5.31B15.6941,100Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
1.5906 of 5 stars
$37.52
+0.2%
$37.00
-1.4%
+71.2%$4.69B$871.74M87.261,307
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.7913 of 5 stars
$95.82
-0.1%
$123.83
+29.2%
-4.8%$3.93B$3.99B13.1410,600Positive News
WU
Western Union
4.5812 of 5 stars
$8.47
+1.3%
$8.61
+1.7%
-25.7%$2.70B$4.21B3.219,100Positive News
Insider Trade
CSGS
CSG Systems International
3.623 of 5 stars
$62.35
+0.2%
$71.29
+14.3%
+35.6%$1.79B$1.20B21.575,800Dividend Announcement
INOD
Innodata
2.2453 of 5 stars
$39.58
-1.5%
$55.00
+39.0%
+115.7%$1.28B$170.46M31.926,648News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:EXLS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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