G vs. BR, JKHY, WEX, EEFT, MMS, EXLS, WU, PAY, CSGS, and CASS
Should you be buying Genpact stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genpact include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), and Cass Information Systems (CASS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Genpact (NYSE:G) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Genpact pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Genpact pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 54.6% 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. Genpact is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Genpact received 99 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Genpact an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
96.0% of Genpact shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Genpact shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genpact has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Genpact is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genpact presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus target price of $206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given Genpact's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Genpact is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
In the previous week, Genpact had 4 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Genpact and 9 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Genpact's score of 0.65 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genpact has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Genpact has a net margin of 14.21% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Genpact's return on equity.
Summary
Genpact beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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