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FI vs. ADP, PAYX, FIS, BR, GPN, JKHY, G, EXLS, PAY, and EEFT

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), Paymentus (PAY), and Euronet Worldwide (EEFT). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Fiserv vs.

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

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

80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fiserv pays out 5.3% 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. 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.

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
Automatic Data Processing$19.04B6.93$3.75B$9.7733.28
Fiserv$383.42M228.80$3.13B$5.6627.96

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 17 more articles in the media than Fiserv. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 43 mentions for Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Fiserv's score of 0.87 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Automatic Data Processing
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fiserv
30 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $305.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.00%. Fiserv has a consensus target price of $221.60, indicating a potential upside of 40.05%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

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

Fiserv received 170 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Automatic Data ProcessingOutperform Votes
642
57.94%
Underperform Votes
466
42.06%
FiservOutperform Votes
812
63.79%
Underperform Votes
461
36.21%

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
Automatic Data Processing19.76% 80.86% 6.83%
Fiserv 15.31%17.93%5.97%

Summary

Automatic Data Processing and Fiserv tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FI vs. The Competition

MetricFiservBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$87.67B$21.69B$7.76B$19.44B
Dividend YieldN/A3.38%2.67%3.91%
P/E Ratio29.3438.3033.4934.92
Price / Sales228.8014.07370.2842.06
Price / Cash16.1532.3030.9317.51
Price / Book3.255.905.444.75
Net Income$3.13B$692.23M$195.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.70%1.11%1.31%1.42%
1 Month Performance-11.05%15.85%8.57%5.25%
1 Year Performance6.61%38.27%18.63%6.13%

Fiserv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FI
Fiserv
4.9489 of 5 stars
$160.69
+0.3%
$221.60
+37.9%
+6.4%$89.09B$383.42M29.8141,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.1687 of 5 stars
$321.88
+0.8%
$303.55
-5.7%
+30.9%$130.66B$19.04B33.5660,000Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.128 of 5 stars
$157.55
+1.0%
$141.00
-10.5%
+28.0%$56.75B$5.44B33.1716,000Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8665 of 5 stars
$80.93
+1.3%
$91.11
+12.6%
+2.7%$42.52B$10.19B31.0169,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
3.7588 of 5 stars
$242.12
+0.4%
$250.83
+3.6%
+19.7%$28.44B$6.77B37.8914,300Insider Trade
GPN
Global Payments
4.984 of 5 stars
$80.71
-2.0%
$112.43
+39.3%
-26.3%$19.68B$10.10B13.0625,000
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
3.8211 of 5 stars
$183.92
+0.7%
$184.10
+0.1%
+9.5%$13.39B$2.32B33.206,850Positive News
Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
3.7795 of 5 stars
$43.99
-0.5%
$50.71
+15.3%
+31.3%$7.69B$4.85B15.49109,600Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
4.0358 of 5 stars
$46.23
+0.3%
$52.33
+13.2%
+50.2%$7.52B$1.90B40.5545,400Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
2.73 of 5 stars
$39.74
+2.1%
$36.00
-9.4%
+96.2%$4.97B$962.11M128.191,260Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4913 of 5 stars
$110.73
-0.3%
$125.57
+13.4%
-5.4%$4.79B$4.05B17.119,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FI) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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