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$76.63 +0.32 (+0.42%)
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GPN vs. PAYX, FIS, BR, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, PAY, and MMS

Should you be buying Global Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Payments include Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Global Payments vs.

Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Global Payments received 762 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 41.33% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PaychexOutperform Votes
343
41.33%
Underperform Votes
487
58.67%
Global PaymentsOutperform Votes
1105
70.56%
Underperform Votes
461
29.44%

83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Paychex 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Paychex presently has a consensus price target of $141.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.83%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $112.86, suggesting a potential upside of 47.28%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paychex
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Global Payments
1 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Paychex pays out 81.7% 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 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Paychex has a net margin of 32.02% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 15.54%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.28% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paychex32.02% 45.28% 15.61%
Global Payments 15.54%12.21%5.64%

Paychex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paychex$5.44B9.71$1.69B$4.8030.54
Global Payments$10.11B1.86$1.57B$6.1812.40

Paychex has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Global Payments had 15 more articles in the media than Paychex. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Global Payments and 21 mentions for Paychex. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Global Payments' score of 0.94 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Paychex
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Global Payments
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Global Payments beats Paychex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GPN vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal PaymentsBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.84B$20.44B$22.15B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.38%2.66%2.59%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.4033.6730.7032.87
Price / Sales1.867.46171.4928.03
Price / Cash5.5832.3031.5117.52
Price / Book0.835.235.024.47
Net Income$1.57B$676.58M$194.53M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.63%-0.59%0.23%0.59%
1 Month Performance-23.18%1.57%2.48%-3.54%
1 Year Performance-30.68%19.81%11.15%3.80%

Global Payments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPN
Global Payments
4.9901 of 5 stars
$76.63
+0.4%
$112.86
+47.3%
-29.7%$18.84B$10.11B12.4025,000Upcoming Earnings
PAYX
Paychex
3.8322 of 5 stars
$143.73
+0.4%
$141.00
-1.9%
+22.8%$51.78B$5.44B30.2616,000Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8092 of 5 stars
$77.92
-1.7%
$89.29
+14.6%
+15.6%$41.27B$10.13B29.8669,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
3.9195 of 5 stars
$237.29
-0.2%
$241.00
+1.6%
+18.0%$27.73B$6.68B37.0814,300Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.2093 of 5 stars
$170.11
-0.5%
$186.45
+9.6%
+7.0%$12.40B$2.27B30.716,850Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
G
Genpact
3.4631 of 5 stars
$47.99
-0.1%
$50.38
+5.0%
+60.6%$8.43B$4.77B16.91109,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.4893 of 5 stars
$44.19
-0.5%
$48.86
+10.6%
+59.3%$7.17B$1.84B38.7345,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WEX
WEX
4.7753 of 5 stars
$130.97
+0.8%
$185.80
+41.9%
-41.9%$4.47B$2.63B17.395,600Earnings Report
Positive News
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.7944 of 5 stars
$98.33
+1.6%
$125.57
+27.7%
-5.3%$4.26B$3.99B15.229,500
PAY
Paymentus
1.8411 of 5 stars
$31.88
+1.6%
$30.00
-5.9%
+63.5%$3.98B$871.75M102.791,260Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
MMS
Maximus
4.4223 of 5 stars
$67.17
-0.8%
$90.00
+34.0%
-17.9%$3.80B$5.38B14.4439,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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