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BR vs. ADP, DOCU, PAYX, VRSK, IT, MCO, MMC, ROP, SPGI, and FI

Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Docusign (DOCU), Paychex (PAYX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Gartner (IT), Moody's (MCO), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Roper Technologies (ROP), S&P Global (SPGI), and Fiserv (FI).

Broadridge Financial Solutions vs. Its Competitors

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

Automatic Data Processing currently has a consensus price target of $314.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.79%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $261.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Given Automatic Data Processing's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Automatic Data Processing
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Broadridge Financial Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Automatic Data Processing$20.56B6.02$4.08B$9.9830.64
Broadridge Financial Solutions$6.89B4.53$698.10M$7.0937.54

Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 49.6% 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 raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years and Broadridge Financial Solutions has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing and Automatic Data Processing both had 50 articles in the media. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 1.16 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Automatic Data Processing
45 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Broadridge Financial Solutions
27 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.84% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 12.19%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 72.84% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Automatic Data Processing19.84% 72.84% 7.33%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 12.19%42.72%12.23%

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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BR vs. The Competition

MetricBroadridge Financial SolutionsINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.21B$19.39B$29.51B$20.70B
Dividend Yield1.32%3.13%3.11%3.67%
P/E Ratio37.5472.9650.3128.45
Price / Sales4.5368.271,537.6056.07
Price / Cash20.7484.3136.3423.21
Price / Book11.747.907.284.33
Net Income$698.10M$346.72M$804.09M$996.14M
7 Day Performance8.82%0.37%1.34%1.98%
1 Month Performance11.61%-2.62%-1.27%-0.83%
1 Year Performance24.11%66.16%23,946.30%14.36%

Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.5249 of 5 stars
$266.19
-0.1%
$261.50
-1.8%
+23.4%$31.21B$6.89B37.5414,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.6099 of 5 stars
$302.26
+0.6%
$314.33
+4.0%
+16.4%$122.69B$20.56B30.2964,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DOCU
Docusign
4.8934 of 5 stars
$75.38
+2.1%
$89.77
+19.1%
+32.8%$15.23B$3.03B14.256,838Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.2362 of 5 stars
$139.43
+0.1%
$150.20
+7.7%
+13.5%$50.23B$5.57B30.5119,000Positive News
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.2561 of 5 stars
$268.00
-1.4%
$305.60
+14.0%
+0.2%$37.44B$2.99B41.297,800
IT
Gartner
4.9275 of 5 stars
$337.22
+2.6%
$482.57
+43.1%
-52.2%$25.96B$6.30B20.9821,044Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MCO
Moody's
4.6669 of 5 stars
$520.47
+3.8%
$538.80
+3.5%
+12.1%$93.16B$7.09B44.2215,838Positive News
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.7275 of 5 stars
$199.06
+0.6%
$239.79
+20.5%
-7.1%$97.86B$24.46B23.8790,000Positive News
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.2642 of 5 stars
$546.42
+0.8%
$637.18
+16.6%
+2.2%$58.75B$7.47B38.1015,800Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SPGI
S&P Global
4.3671 of 5 stars
$562.55
+3.1%
$611.69
+8.7%
+14.3%$172.53B$14.21B43.2742,350Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.9896 of 5 stars
$135.98
+0.5%
$207.08
+52.3%
-16.9%$73.92B$383.42M22.7038,000Trending News

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