JKHY vs. FIS, BR, GPN, G, EXLS, EEFT, PAY, WEX, MMS, and WU
Should you be buying Jack Henry & Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack Henry & Associates include Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), and Western Union (WU). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Jack Henry & Associates vs.
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) 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 profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 106.0% 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 pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Jack Henry & Associates has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years.
Fidelity National Information Services currently has a consensus price target of $91.11, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus price target of $184.10, indicating a potential downside of 0.05%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 11 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 21 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 1.11 indicating that Fidelity National Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than Jack Henry & Associates. Jack Henry & Associates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.83% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 14.54%. Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity of 21.55% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.
96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fidelity National Information Services received 492 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidelity National Information Services beats Jack Henry & Associates on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JKHY) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff