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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

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) 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 profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 61.7% 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. Broadridge Financial Solutions has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
Broadridge Financial Solutions12.19% 42.72% 12.23%
Automatic Data Processing 19.84%72.84%7.33%

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

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

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
Broadridge Financial Solutions$6.89B4.38$839.50M$7.0936.32
Automatic Data Processing$20.56B5.99$4.08B$9.9830.49

Broadridge Financial Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $261.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus target price of $317.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Automatic Data Processing's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Broadridge Financial Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Automatic Data Processing
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 19 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 33 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 1.41 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Broadridge Financial Solutions
21 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Automatic Data Processing
42 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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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$30.16B$19.50B$29.71B$21.27B
Dividend Yield1.36%3.62%3.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio36.3275.8055.9829.37
Price / Sales4.3868.501,087.4849.79
Price / Cash20.0982.2435.9523.86
Price / Book11.3618.509.485.38
Net Income$839.50M$347.77M$805.41M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-1.71%0.79%0.87%0.53%
1 Month Performance4.04%-0.23%1.78%3.60%
1 Year Performance21.41%62.09%24,147.80%12.11%

Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.2865 of 5 stars
$257.52
+0.2%
$261.50
+1.5%
+21.5%$30.16B$6.89B36.3214,300Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.6953 of 5 stars
$303.84
-1.3%
$317.00
+4.3%
+11.5%$123.07B$20.56B30.4467,000Positive News
DOCU
Docusign
4.7444 of 5 stars
$73.94
-1.2%
$89.77
+21.4%
+31.0%$14.94B$2.98B13.986,838News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
PAYX
Paychex
4.1378 of 5 stars
$138.50
-1.6%
$149.70
+8.1%
+6.7%$49.89B$5.57B30.3119,000Positive News
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.3407 of 5 stars
$267.07
-1.5%
$305.60
+14.4%
-1.9%$37.31B$2.88B41.157,800
IT
Gartner
4.9695 of 5 stars
$241.61
-3.3%
$369.25
+52.8%
-48.6%$18.30B$6.30B14.8721,044Positive News
MCO
Moody's
4.7466 of 5 stars
$509.99
-1.2%
$538.80
+5.6%
+5.7%$91.29B$7.09B43.3315,838Positive News
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8194 of 5 stars
$551.25
-1.0%
$611.69
+11.0%
+8.4%$168.30B$14.70B42.4042,350Positive News
Ex-Dividend
FI
Fiserv
4.9755 of 5 stars
$137.40
-1.6%
$207.08
+50.7%
-19.9%$74.69B$20.46B22.9438,000
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.4888 of 5 stars
$71.25
-0.7%
$91.63
+28.6%
-14.2%$37.22B$10.32B395.8350,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
GPN
Global Payments
4.9993 of 5 stars
$88.85
-1.3%
$112.21
+26.3%
-18.5%$21.56B$10.07B15.5327,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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