JKHY vs. PSN, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, SGMS, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, and WEX
Should you be buying Jack Henry & Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack Henry & Associates include Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Scientific Games (SGMS), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and WEX (WEX).
Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Jack Henry & Associates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Parsons. Jack Henry & Associates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.0% of Parsons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Parsons' net margin of 0.49%. Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity of 22.18% beat Parsons' return on equity.
Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus price target of $174.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Parsons has a consensus price target of $85.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Given Parsons' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
In the previous week, Parsons had 14 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Parsons and 10 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Parsons' score of 0.27 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jack Henry & Associates received 192 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.38% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Summary
Parsons beats Jack Henry & Associates on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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