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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ADP or FIS?

80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing currently has a consensus price target of $302.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.05%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $89.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.18%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

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%

Does the media prefer ADP or FIS?

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 26 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 21 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 1.06 indicating that Fidelity National Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Automatic Data Processing	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Information Services	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 2.1%. 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 64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 61.3% 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. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADP or FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services received 151 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Automatic Data Processing	Outperform Votes 641 58.06%	Underperform Votes 463 41.94%
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 792 67.63%	Underperform Votes 379 32.37%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, 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	$18.78B	6.49	$3.75B	$9.59	31.19
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13B	4.09	$1.45B	$2.61	29.96

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.