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GPN vs. FIS, MA, V, WEX, PAYX, BR, JKHY, G, EXLS, and EEFT

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), Paychex (PAYX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), and Euronet Worldwide (EEFT). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Global Payments vs. Its Competitors

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

89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

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

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 Payments15.48% 12.33% 5.82%
Fidelity National Information Services 8.10%18.15%8.62%

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

Global Payments currently has a consensus price target of $110.91, indicating a potential upside of 38.58%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $90.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Payments$10.11B1.93$1.57B$6.2012.91
Fidelity National Information Services$10.13B4.19$1.45B$1.5153.54

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GPN vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal PaymentsFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.96B$35.06B$13.21B$20.71B
Dividend Yield1.22%2.36%2.68%3.72%
P/E Ratio12.9130.4128.5927.82
Price / Sales1.9310.1940.1247.03
Price / Cash4.2320.6126.0718.22
Price / Book0.878.016.274.59
Net Income$1.57B$1.11B$188.15M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.34%0.13%1.86%0.65%
1 Month Performance4.10%2.31%2.50%4.26%
1 Year Performance-16.21%51.29%37.39%13.93%

Global Payments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPN
Global Payments
4.9892 of 5 stars
$80.03
-2.2%
$110.91
+38.6%
-16.8%$19.96B$10.11B12.9127,000Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.6393 of 5 stars
$81.47
+0.8%
$90.75
+11.4%
+7.2%$42.80B$10.19B53.9569,000Positive News
MA
Mastercard
4.7993 of 5 stars
$561.96
+2.1%
$611.50
+8.8%
+25.8%$512.34B$28.17B39.4135,300Positive News
V
Visa
4.4591 of 5 stars
$355.10
+1.9%
$372.80
+5.0%
+31.9%$655.22B$37.62B35.6931,600Positive News
Insider Trade
WEX
WEX
4.1385 of 5 stars
$147.02
+0.1%
$176.90
+20.3%
-15.8%$5.03B$2.63B18.956,500
PAYX
Paychex
4.278 of 5 stars
$145.46
+1.1%
$149.11
+2.5%
+23.9%$52.39B$5.57B31.8316,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.2503 of 5 stars
$242.85
+1.4%
$250.83
+3.3%
+18.9%$28.53B$6.51B36.5214,300Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.2688 of 5 stars
$180.17
+1.0%
$185.11
+2.7%
+10.7%$13.12B$2.22B30.697,170Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
G
Genpact
3.2405 of 5 stars
$44.02
+1.1%
$50.71
+15.2%
+48.4%$7.70B$4.85B15.02140,000
EXLS
ExlService
4.698 of 5 stars
$43.79
-0.1%
$51.50
+17.6%
+43.4%$7.12B$1.90B33.1759,500High Trading Volume
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.446 of 5 stars
$101.38
-0.5%
$125.57
+23.9%
+3.8%$4.38B$3.99B15.0210,600Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GPN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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