GPN vs. BR, FIS, FLT, WEX, FI, CPAY, RBA, GRAB, CART, and VRSK
Should you be buying Global Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Payments include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), WEX (WEX), Fiserv (FI), Corpay (CPAY), RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Maplebear (CART), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 10.22%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 41.12% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
Global Payments has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Global Payments 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Global Payments pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 55.7% 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.
Global Payments currently has a consensus price target of $151.92, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $206.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.10%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Global Payments 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.
Global Payments received 666 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 8 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Global Payments and 6 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Global Payments' score of 0.73 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Global Payments on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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