FIS vs. GPN, ADP, FI, PAYX, BR, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, and MMS
Should you be buying Fidelity National Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Information Services include Global Payments (GPN), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fidelity National Information Services vs. Its Competitors
Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Global Payments has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Payments currently has a consensus price target of $112.21, suggesting a potential upside of 29.23%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $91.63, suggesting a potential upside of 29.28%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Global Payments.
Global Payments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity National Information Services. Global Payments 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.
In the previous week, Global Payments and Global Payments both had 28 articles in the media. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Global Payments' score of 0.97 indicating that Fidelity National Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Global Payments pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity National Information Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Fidelity National Information Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Global Payments has a net margin of 15.07% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 1.09%. Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity of 18.73% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Global Payments 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fidelity National Information Services beats Global Payments on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FIS) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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