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BR vs. ADP, DOCU, PAYX, VRSK, IT, MCO, SPGI, FI, FIS, and GPN

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), S&P Global (SPGI), Fiserv (FI), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Global Payments (GPN).

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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $316.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus target price of $261.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.77%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Automatic Data Processing
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Broadridge Financial Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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, 1.1% of Broadridge Financial Solutions 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.

Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% 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%

Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 55.0% 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 had 22 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 15 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 1.42 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
31 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Broadridge Financial Solutions
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$20.56B5.63$4.08B$9.9828.65
Broadridge Financial Solutions$6.89B3.96$839.50M$7.0933.00

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BR vs. The Competition

MetricBroadridge Financial SolutionsINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.62B$19.82B$33.21B$22.09B
Dividend Yield1.65%3.49%3.17%3.59%
P/E Ratio33.0077.13495.9729.58
Price / Sales3.96109.481,679.3365.15
Price / Cash18.4184.6238.1624.53
Price / Book10.359.537.774.61
Net Income$839.50M$354.27M$819.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.19%1.17%1.80%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-7.31%6.04%9.31%2.30%
1 Year Performance6.49%98.14%23,975.63%14.51%

Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.7794 of 5 stars
$233.96
-1.1%
$261.50
+11.8%
+9.1%$27.62B$6.89B33.0015,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.856 of 5 stars
$292.66
+0.4%
$316.70
+8.2%
+1.8%$118.55B$20.56B29.3267,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOCU
Docusign
4.8018 of 5 stars
$82.14
+0.8%
$94.14
+14.6%
+7.0%$16.52B$2.98B61.766,838Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PAYX
Paychex
4.3054 of 5 stars
$128.53
+0.2%
$145.91
+13.5%
-8.4%$46.22B$5.57B28.1219,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.9885 of 5 stars
$248.78
+0.7%
$308.09
+23.8%
-10.6%$34.76B$2.88B38.337,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IT
Gartner
4.8026 of 5 stars
$261.19
-1.1%
$357.44
+36.9%
-52.5%$19.78B$6.30B16.0721,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MCO
Moody's
4.7239 of 5 stars
$480.58
+0.8%
$540.71
+12.5%
+4.0%$86.02B$7.09B40.8315,838Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9928 of 5 stars
$490.89
+0.8%
$614.46
+25.2%
-7.0%$149.87B$14.21B37.7642,350Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FI
Fiserv
4.9777 of 5 stars
$130.17
+0.5%
$205.96
+58.2%
-32.7%$70.76B$20.46B21.7338,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8132 of 5 stars
$65.66
+2.2%
$91.17
+38.8%
-20.7%$34.30B$10.13B364.8150,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GPN
Global Payments
4.9748 of 5 stars
$86.37
+2.4%
$103.75
+20.1%
-10.4%$20.95B$10.11B15.1027,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume

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This page (NYSE:BR) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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