FIS vs. ADP, FI, PAYX, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EXLS, 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 Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of -54.14%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 93.09% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.
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.
Fidelity National Information Services currently has a consensus price target of $79.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.94%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $253.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.33%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fidelity National Information Services pays out -14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 62.5% 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.
Fidelity National Information Services received 133 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.91% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 1 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 13 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 0.79 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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