FI vs. ADP, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, and MMS
Should you be buying Fiserv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fiserv include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) and Fiserv (NYSE:FI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 11 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fiserv and 10 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 0.74 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of 16.68%. Fiserv's return on equity of 93.09% beat Automatic Data Processing's return on equity.
Fiserv received 114 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $255.42, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. Fiserv has a consensus target price of $164.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Automatic Data Processing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
Automatic Data Processing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fiserv beats Automatic Data Processing on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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