GPN vs. FIS, MA, V, WEX, FI, PAYX, BR, JKHY, G, and EXLS
Should you be buying Global Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Payments include Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V), WEX (WEX), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), and ExlService (EXLS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Global Payments vs. Its Competitors
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Information Services presently has a consensus price target of $91.17, indicating a potential upside of 37.59%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $110.70, indicating a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Global Payments.
Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Global Payments pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 2 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 18 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 1.22 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Payments has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Summary
Fidelity National Information Services beats Global Payments on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GPN) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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