Global Payments (GPN) Competitors

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend GPN or FIS?

Global Payments currently has a consensus target price of $110.91, suggesting a potential upside of 36.08%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $90.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Payments	1 Sell rating(s)	18 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is GPN or FIS more profitable?

Global Payments has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 8.10%. Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity of 18.15% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Payments	15.48%	12.33%	5.82%
Fidelity National Information Services	8.10%	18.15%	8.62%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GPN or FIS?

89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GPN or FIS a better dividend stock?

Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Global Payments pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 106.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity National Information Services has raised 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GPN or FIS?

Global Payments has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Payments	$10.11B	1.97	$1.57B	$6.20	13.15
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13B	4.17	$1.45B	$1.51	53.28

Does the media refer more to GPN or FIS?

In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 8 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 13 mentions for Global Payments. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Global Payments' score of 1.33 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
Global Payments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Information Services	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GPN or FIS?

Global Payments has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity National Information Services beats Global Payments on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.