Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) Vs. V, MA, ADP, FISV, FIS, PAYX, GPN, FLT, JKHY, and G
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FISV), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Paychex (PAYX), Global Payments (GPN), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), and Genpact (G). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Broadridge Financial Solutions vs.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $429.29, indicating a potential upside of 17.20%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $180.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.03%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Mastercard has a net margin of 45.50% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.62%. Mastercard's return on equity of 116.88% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.
73.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mastercard shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mastercard had 35 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Mastercard and 2 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Mastercard's score of 0.47 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mastercard has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mastercard received 1053 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.41% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote while only 50.27% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mastercard pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 55.1% 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. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Broadridge Financial Solutions has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Broadridge Financial Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Mastercard beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) vs. Its Competitors
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