FIS vs. ADP, FI, PAYX, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, and MMS
Should you be buying Fidelity National Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Information Services include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), 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.
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fidelity National Information Services pays out -14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 62.5% 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.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of -54.14%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 93.09% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.
Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Information Services received 132 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.91% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Information Services currently has a consensus target price of $78.74, indicating a potential upside of 3.76%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus target price of $255.42, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Automatic Data Processing's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 11 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 11 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 1.02 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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