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$176.35 -4.55 (-2.52%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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JKHY vs. PAYX, FIS, BR, GPN, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, MMS, and PAY

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

Jack Henry & Associates vs. Its Competitors

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex pays out 94.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jack Henry & Associates has increased its dividend for 35 consecutive years and Paychex has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Paychex has higher revenue and earnings than Jack Henry & Associates. Jack Henry & Associates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jack Henry & Associates$2.22B5.80$381.82M$5.8730.04
Paychex$5.57B9.57$1.66B$4.5732.38

Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus target price of $185.11, indicating a potential upside of 4.97%. Paychex has a consensus target price of $150.20, indicating a potential upside of 1.49%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Jack Henry & Associates is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jack Henry & Associates
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
Paychex
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.91

In the previous week, Paychex had 12 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Paychex and 10 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 1.03 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jack Henry & Associates
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Paychex
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paychex has a net margin of 29.75% compared to Jack Henry & Associates' net margin of 18.50%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.01% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jack Henry & Associates18.50% 22.07% 14.68%
Paychex 29.75%45.01%14.77%

98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Paychex beats Jack Henry & Associates on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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JKHY vs. The Competition

MetricJack Henry & AssociatesIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.17B$17.00B$28.91B$9.50B
Dividend Yield1.28%1.50%3.01%4.01%
P/E Ratio30.0440.0734.2320.05
Price / Sales5.8012.821,711.0190.07
Price / Cash22.6725.4538.3858.56
Price / Book6.985.067.795.87
Net Income$381.82M$434.10M$782.91M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-1.28%1.63%0.81%3.74%
1 Month Performance-0.70%4.84%6.12%11.75%
1 Year Performance3.53%13.70%52,641.07%18.03%

Jack Henry & Associates Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
3.5889 of 5 stars
$176.35
-2.5%
$185.11
+5.0%
+5.3%$13.17B$2.22B30.047,170Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
3.8835 of 5 stars
$142.66
-0.6%
$150.20
+5.3%
+19.4%$51.39B$5.57B31.2219,000Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.6974 of 5 stars
$80.12
-0.3%
$91.00
+13.6%
+10.0%$42.10B$10.13B53.0650,000News Coverage
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.1189 of 5 stars
$241.40
+1.0%
$250.83
+3.9%
+22.1%$28.35B$6.51B36.3014,600Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9932 of 5 stars
$81.16
-0.9%
$111.55
+37.4%
-13.0%$19.79B$10.11B13.0927,000Positive News
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Gap Up
G
Genpact
3.2924 of 5 stars
$44.91
-1.0%
$49.75
+10.8%
+33.5%$7.85B$4.77B15.33140,000Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
4.775 of 5 stars
$42.59
+0.1%
$51.50
+20.9%
+24.6%$6.93B$1.84B32.2759,500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WEX
WEX
4.6154 of 5 stars
$154.43
+0.8%
$174.45
+13.0%
+2.0%$5.29B$2.63B19.906,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4121 of 5 stars
$101.02
+1.5%
$126.86
+25.6%
+5.5%$4.37B$3.99B14.9710,600News Coverage
MMS
Maximus
3.3835 of 5 stars
$70.91
-0.2%
$90.00
+26.9%
-19.9%$4.00B$5.31B14.1041,100News Coverage
Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
4.1551 of 5 stars
$29.32
+1.3%
$36.80
+25.5%
+41.0%$3.67B$871.74M75.191,307Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:JKHY) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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