BR vs. FLT, GPN, WEX, EXLS, MMS, FIS, GRAB, RBA, FOUR, and TNET
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Global Payments (GPN), WEX (WEX), ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Grab (GRAB), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), and TriNet Group (TNET). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Broadridge Financial Solutions vs.
FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE:FLT) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
FLEETCOR Technologies received 219 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave FLEETCOR Technologies an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
FLEETCOR Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $249.46, suggesting a potential upside of 6.23%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus target price of $161.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given FLEETCOR Technologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe FLEETCOR Technologies is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
FLEETCOR Technologies has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FLEETCOR Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FLEETCOR Technologies and 4 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. FLEETCOR Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 0.60 indicating that FLEETCOR Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.5% of FLEETCOR Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of FLEETCOR Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FLEETCOR Technologies has a net margin of 26.88% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 9.33%. FLEETCOR Technologies' return on equity of 44.25% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.
FLEETCOR Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions. FLEETCOR Technologies 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.
Summary
FLEETCOR Technologies beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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