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$166.63 +7.50 (+4.71%)
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FI vs. ADP, PAYX, FIS, BR, GPN, JKHY, G, EXLS, EEFT, and PAY

Should you be buying Fiserv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fiserv include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Paymentus (PAY). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Fiserv vs.

Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

91.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fiserv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by company 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.

In the previous week, Fiserv had 21 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Fiserv and 40 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Fiserv's score of 1.14 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fiserv
42 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Automatic Data Processing
33 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fiserv. Fiserv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fiserv$383.42M240.95$3.13B$5.6629.44
Automatic Data Processing$19.04B6.81$3.75B$9.7732.69

Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.76% compared to Fiserv's net margin of 15.31%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 80.86% beat Fiserv's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fiserv15.31% 17.93% 5.97%
Automatic Data Processing 19.76%80.86%6.83%

Fiserv presently has a consensus target price of $230.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.03%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus target price of $303.55, indicating a potential downside of 4.95%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fiserv
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Automatic Data Processing
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

Fiserv has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fiserv received 166 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FiservOutperform Votes
808
63.77%
Underperform Votes
459
36.23%
Automatic Data ProcessingOutperform Votes
642
57.99%
Underperform Votes
465
42.01%

Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fiserv pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 63.1% 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. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Fiserv beats Automatic Data Processing on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FI vs. The Competition

MetricFiservBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$92.38B$22.14B$16.53B$19.69B
Dividend YieldN/A2.60%2.50%3.87%
P/E Ratio30.9138.9833.0935.55
Price / Sales240.958.18265.4635.61
Price / Cash16.1532.3031.5317.51
Price / Book3.425.985.364.78
Net Income$3.13B$692.23M$196.73M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.49%4.02%3.30%3.48%
1 Month Performance-20.09%30.77%16.43%10.70%
1 Year Performance9.11%36.33%16.77%5.39%

Fiserv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FI
Fiserv
4.9782 of 5 stars
$166.63
+4.7%
$230.00
+38.0%
+9.0%$92.38B$383.42M30.9141,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.4025 of 5 stars
$308.73
+0.3%
$303.55
-1.7%
+27.7%$125.32B$19.04B32.1960,000Trending News
PAYX
Paychex
4.1395 of 5 stars
$151.68
+0.7%
$141.00
-7.0%
+24.6%$54.64B$5.44B31.9416,000Trending News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8845 of 5 stars
$78.73
+0.5%
$91.11
+15.7%
+2.8%$41.46B$10.19B30.2169,000Trending News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.3178 of 5 stars
$235.89
-0.5%
$250.83
+6.3%
+18.3%$27.68B$6.77B36.8814,300Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
GPN
Global Payments
4.994 of 5 stars
$82.75
+2.8%
$112.09
+35.5%
-24.6%$20.31B$10.10B13.3725,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.3621 of 5 stars
$181.25
+0.2%
$184.10
+1.6%
+7.8%$13.20B$2.32B32.696,850Trending News
Dividend Announcement
G
Genpact
4.078 of 5 stars
$43.54
+2.5%
$50.71
+16.5%
+28.6%$7.66B$4.77B15.36109,600Trending News
EXLS
ExlService
4.0016 of 5 stars
$46.63
+2.4%
$52.33
+12.2%
+49.5%$7.58B$1.90B40.8745,400Positive News
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4507 of 5 stars
$111.47
+2.9%
$125.57
+12.7%
-3.6%$4.82B$4.05B17.239,500News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PAY
Paymentus
2.996 of 5 stars
$38.02
+3.2%
$36.00
-5.3%
+107.2%$4.76B$871.75M122.891,260Insider Trade
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:FI) was last updated on 5/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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