BR vs. FI, PAYX, FIS, GPN, JKHY, EXLS, G, EEFT, WEX, and PAY
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), ExlService (EXLS), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), WEX (WEX), and Paymentus (PAY). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Broadridge Financial Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Fiserv (NYSE:FI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fiserv pays out 5.3% 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.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 7 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Fiserv and 22 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 1.14 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fiserv shares are owned 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.
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.
Broadridge Financial Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $250.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.94%. Fiserv has a consensus target price of $220.27, suggesting a potential upside of 33.54%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
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.
Summary
Fiserv beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BR) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff