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MMS vs. JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, PAY, EEFT, INOD, WU, CSGS, and CASS

Should you be buying Maximus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maximus include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Paymentus (PAY), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Innodata (INOD), Western Union (WU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), and Cass Information Systems (CASS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Maximus vs. Its Competitors

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) are both data processing & outsourced services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Maximus presently has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus price target of $174.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.47%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jack Henry & Associates is more favorable than Maximus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maximus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Jack Henry & Associates
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09

Maximus has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Jack Henry & Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack Henry & Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maximus$5.43B0.88$306.91M$5.4315.61
Jack Henry & Associates$2.38B4.72$455.75M$6.2424.70

Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Maximus pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 37.2% 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. Maximus has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Jack Henry & Associates has increased its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Jack Henry & Associates is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 19.19% compared to Maximus' net margin of 5.83%. Maximus' return on equity of 24.44% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maximus5.83% 24.44% 10.05%
Jack Henry & Associates 19.19%22.60%15.43%

97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 11 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 7 mentions for Maximus. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 0.97 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Maximus
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jack Henry & Associates
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Jack Henry & Associates beats Maximus on 12 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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MMS vs. The Competition

MetricMaximusGovernment Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.80B$2.95B$31.64B$21.76B
Dividend Yield1.40%1.02%2.93%3.64%
P/E Ratio15.6119.1926.5429.93
Price / Sales0.880.90937.6266.72
Price / Cash10.179.6131.1623.91
Price / Book2.772.088.314.68
Net Income$306.91M$149.68M$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-6.08%-6.08%-0.50%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-3.63%-12.23%4.91%1.18%
1 Year Performance-6.55%-12.82%56.51%14.46%

Maximus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMS
Maximus
3.0392 of 5 stars
$84.76
-0.5%
$90.00
+6.2%
-6.7%$4.80B$5.43B15.6141,100News Coverage
Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.7029 of 5 stars
$147.69
+1.0%
$178.38
+20.8%
-16.4%$10.63B$2.38B23.677,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
G
Genpact
4.3622 of 5 stars
$41.11
-0.2%
$52.29
+27.2%
+1.9%$7.18B$4.77B13.66140,000Dividend Announcement
EXLS
ExlService
4.915 of 5 stars
$42.54
-1.2%
$51.33
+20.7%
+2.8%$6.96B$1.84B29.5459,500
WEX
WEX
4.2915 of 5 stars
$158.34
-0.8%
$180.91
+14.3%
-29.0%$5.47B$2.63B20.026,500Gap Down
PAY
Paymentus
3.6841 of 5 stars
$32.97
+1.5%
$37.00
+12.2%
+28.0%$4.07B$871.74M76.671,307News Coverage
Positive News
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.8634 of 5 stars
$87.94
-0.1%
$121.17
+37.8%
-11.4%$3.61B$3.99B12.0610,600Upcoming Earnings
INOD
Innodata
2.3042 of 5 stars
$87.26
+3.7%
$63.00
-27.8%
+343.7%$2.68B$170.46M70.376,648Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WU
Western Union
4.1681 of 5 stars
$8.07
+0.7%
$8.50
+5.3%
-30.1%$2.59B$4.21B3.069,100
CSGS
CSG Systems International
3.3752 of 5 stars
$63.79
-1.7%
$71.29
+11.8%
+34.0%$1.87B$1.20B22.075,800News Coverage
CASS
Cass Information Systems
4.9462 of 5 stars
$39.15
-0.9%
$48.00
+22.6%
-11.7%$521.90M$199.19M21.051,248Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:MMS) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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