WU vs. JKHY, WEX, G, EXLS, MMS, EEFT, PAY, CSGS, EVRI, and CASS
Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), and Cass Information Systems (CASS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than Jack Henry & Associates. Western Union 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.
Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus target price of $174.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.55%. Western Union has a consensus target price of $13.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Union is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Jack Henry & Associates' net margin of 14.12%. Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity of 120.76% beat Western Union's return on equity.
Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Western Union pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Union pays out 55.6% 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. Jack Henry & Associates has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
Western Union received 301 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.80% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Western Union had 2 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Western Union and 10 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Western Union's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 0.75 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Western Union on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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