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

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

Paychex vs. Its Competitors

Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Paychex presently has a consensus price target of $149.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.42%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $307.08, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Given Paychex's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paychex is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paychex
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
Automatic Data Processing
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Paychex has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Automatic Data Processing pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years.

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Paychex. Automatic Data Processing 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
Paychex$5.57B9.50$1.66B$4.5732.17
Automatic Data Processing$19.20B6.53$3.75B$9.7731.62

Paychex has a net margin of 29.75% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of 19.79%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 77.33% beat Paychex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paychex29.75% 45.01% 14.77%
Automatic Data Processing 19.79%77.33%7.18%

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 26 more articles in the media than Paychex. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 30 mentions for Paychex. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Paychex's score of 0.94 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
Paychex
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Automatic Data Processing
44 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Paychex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAYX vs. The Competition

MetricPaychexINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.96B$18.06B$27.57B$9.02B
Dividend Yield2.96%2.53%3.12%4.10%
P/E Ratio32.1774.3037.0320.30
Price / Sales9.50314.702,036.27104.24
Price / Cash23.1491.7037.8357.47
Price / Book12.838.687.255.68
Net Income$1.66B$337.50M$763.57M$249.13M
7 Day Performance2.14%3.58%2.69%3.30%
1 Month Performance-7.73%2.46%5.96%5.20%
1 Year Performance25.20%67.59%52,290.41%21.37%

Paychex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAYX
Paychex
4.2755 of 5 stars
$147.02
+0.7%
$149.11
+1.4%
+25.2%$52.96B$5.57B32.1716,500
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.8815 of 5 stars
$310.24
+1.3%
$307.08
-1.0%
+30.4%$125.93B$19.20B31.7564,000Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.8146 of 5 stars
$170.62
+4.4%
$221.23
+29.7%
+18.0%$94.60B$20.46B30.1438,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.6087 of 5 stars
$80.54
+0.5%
$90.75
+12.7%
+7.8%$42.31B$10.13B53.3450,000Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.4563 of 5 stars
$240.50
+1.7%
$250.83
+4.3%
+21.4%$28.25B$6.77B36.1714,600Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.982 of 5 stars
$76.37
-0.3%
$110.91
+45.2%
-15.3%$18.63B$10.11B12.3227,000Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.4168 of 5 stars
$181.02
+1.5%
$184.10
+1.7%
+10.8%$13.18B$2.22B30.847,170Positive News
G
Genpact
3.394 of 5 stars
$41.51
+2.1%
$50.71
+22.2%
+44.3%$7.26B$4.77B14.17140,000Analyst Forecast
EXLS
ExlService
4.6208 of 5 stars
$43.95
+0.2%
$51.50
+17.2%
+44.1%$7.15B$1.84B33.3059,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
WEX
WEX
4.1754 of 5 stars
$141.89
+0.9%
$176.90
+24.7%
-14.5%$4.86B$2.63B18.286,500
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4253 of 5 stars
$100.35
+0.4%
$125.57
+25.1%
+3.9%$4.34B$3.99B14.8710,600Analyst Forecast

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