Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Competitors

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Is ADP or FIS a better dividend stock?

Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 106.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years and Fidelity National Information Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Information Services, 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
Automatic Data Processing	$19.04B	6.70	$3.75B	$9.77	32.19
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.19B	4.18	$1.45B	$1.51	53.72

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADP or FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services received 152 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Automatic Data Processing	Outperform Votes 642 57.89%	Underperform Votes 467 42.11%
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 794 67.57%	Underperform Votes 381 32.43%

Does the media prefer ADP or FIS?

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 32 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 13 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 0.98 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Automatic Data Processing	32 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Information Services	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $305.64, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $90.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Automatic Data Processing	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is ADP or FIS more profitable?

Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.76% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 14.54%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 80.86% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Automatic Data Processing	19.76%	80.86%	6.83%
Fidelity National Information Services	14.54%	17.30%	8.41%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ADP or FIS?

80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.