FLT vs. BR, GPN, WEX, EXLS, MMS, WU, FIS, GRAB, RBA, and FOUR
Should you be buying FLEETCOR Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FLEETCOR Technologies include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), WEX (WEX), ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Western Union (WU), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Grab (GRAB), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), and Shift4 Payments (FOUR). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
FLEETCOR Technologies vs.
FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE:FLT) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
FLEETCOR Technologies has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FLEETCOR Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions. FLEETCOR Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FLEETCOR Technologies has a net margin of 26.88% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 9.33%. FLEETCOR Technologies' return on equity of 44.25% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.
FLEETCOR Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $249.46, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $161.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. Given FLEETCOR Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FLEETCOR Technologies is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
FLEETCOR Technologies received 219 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave FLEETCOR Technologies an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
90.5% of FLEETCOR Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of FLEETCOR Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FLEETCOR Technologies and FLEETCOR Technologies both had 5 articles in the media. FLEETCOR Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 0.41 indicating that FLEETCOR Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FLEETCOR Technologies beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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