Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) Competitors

Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FI or BR?

Fiserv received 408 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fiserv	Outperform Votes 814 63.84%	Underperform Votes 461 36.16%
Broadridge Financial Solutions	Outperform Votes 406 49.69%	Underperform Votes 411 50.31%

Is FI or BR more profitable?

Fiserv has a net margin of 15.31% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 11.36%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 44.40% beat Fiserv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fiserv	15.31%	17.93%	5.97%
Broadridge Financial Solutions	11.36%	44.40%	12.04%

Is FI or BR a better dividend stock?

Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fiserv pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 52.9% 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 increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Broadridge Financial Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, FI or BR?

Fiserv has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FI or BR?

In the previous week, Fiserv had 8 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Fiserv and 20 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Fiserv's score of 1.06 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fiserv	20 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Broadridge Financial Solutions	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FI or BR?

91.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fiserv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FI or BR?

Fiserv currently has a consensus price target of $220.27, indicating a potential upside of 35.31%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $250.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fiserv	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Broadridge Financial Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FI or BR?

Fiserv has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Fiserv 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fiserv	$383.42M	235.40	$3.13B	$5.66	28.76
Broadridge Financial Solutions	$6.77B	4.11	$698.10M	$6.65	35.63

Summary

Fiserv beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.