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

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 WEX (WEX). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

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$383.42M230.20$3.13B$5.6628.13
Automatic Data Processing$19.04B6.89$3.75B$9.7733.11

Fiserv currently has a consensus target price of $221.84, suggesting a potential upside of 39.35%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus target price of $305.64, suggesting a potential downside of 5.51%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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 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 increased 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 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 received 171 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FiservOutperform Votes
813
63.81%
Underperform Votes
461
36.19%
Automatic Data ProcessingOutperform Votes
642
57.94%
Underperform Votes
466
42.06%

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 8 more articles in the media than Fiserv. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 45 mentions for Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Fiserv's score of 0.96 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
28 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Automatic Data Processing
41 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fiserv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fiserv and Automatic Data Processing 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$88.26B$21.45B$24.34B$19.43B
Dividend YieldN/A3.38%2.66%3.91%
P/E Ratio29.5437.9833.3134.72
Price / Sales230.2014.26342.6841.84
Price / Cash16.1532.3030.9317.51
Price / Book3.275.945.434.73
Net Income$3.13B$686.90M$195.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.36%0.80%0.48%1.31%
1 Month Performance-14.08%16.23%8.38%4.72%
1 Year Performance7.64%41.80%19.38%6.93%

Fiserv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FI
Fiserv
4.9337 of 5 stars
$159.20
-1.0%
$221.84
+39.4%
+8.3%$88.26B$383.42M29.5441,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.0616 of 5 stars
$321.09
-0.2%
$305.64
-4.8%
+33.2%$130.34B$19.04B33.4860,000Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.079 of 5 stars
$156.09
-0.1%
$141.00
-9.7%
+30.5%$56.22B$5.44B32.8616,000Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.7993 of 5 stars
$78.33
0.0%
$91.11
+16.3%
+6.4%$41.15B$10.19B30.0169,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
3.8216 of 5 stars
$237.39
-0.3%
$250.83
+5.7%
+22.4%$27.89B$6.77B37.1514,300Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
GPN
Global Payments
4.9818 of 5 stars
$74.12
-2.1%
$112.43
+51.7%
-26.2%$18.08B$10.10B11.9925,000
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.0392 of 5 stars
$182.00
+0.1%
$184.10
+1.2%
+12.0%$13.25B$2.32B32.856,850Positive News
Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
3.8417 of 5 stars
$43.50
0.0%
$50.71
+16.6%
+32.6%$7.61B$4.85B15.32109,600Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
4.2363 of 5 stars
$45.58
-0.6%
$52.33
+14.8%
+52.7%$7.42B$1.90B39.9845,400Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
3.4854 of 5 stars
$37.15
-2.0%
$36.00
-3.1%
+93.2%$4.65B$962.11M119.831,260Positive News
Gap Down
WEX
WEX
4.597 of 5 stars
$133.21
-3.0%
$182.40
+36.9%
-26.2%$4.56B$2.61B17.765,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:FI) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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