MMS vs. JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, EXLS, WU, PAY, CSGS, EVRI, and CASS
Should you be buying Maximus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maximus include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), 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 Maximus (NYSE:MMS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maximus has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 7 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 9 mentions for Maximus. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Jack Henry & Associates' score of 1.06 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Maximus received 148 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Jack Henry & Associates currently has a consensus target price of $174.42, suggesting a potential upside of 5.91%. Maximus has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.47%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maximus 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 4.58%. Maximus' return on equity of 22.18% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.
Jack Henry & Associates has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maximus pays out 31.5% 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. Jack Henry & Associates has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Maximus has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Maximus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Maximus on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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