WEX vs. GPN, BR, JKHY, G, EEFT, MMS, EXLS, WU, PAY, and CSGS
Should you be buying WEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEX include Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), and CSG Systems International (CSGS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
WEX (NYSE:WEX) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
WEX has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than WEX. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Global Payments has a net margin of 13.40% compared to WEX's net margin of 10.21%. WEX's return on equity of 30.92% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
In the previous week, WEX had 3 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WEX and 5 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat WEX's score of 0.70 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WEX presently has a consensus price target of $240.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.12%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $149.11, suggesting a potential upside of 46.40%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than WEX.
Global Payments received 571 more outperform votes than WEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.28% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave WEX an outperform vote.
Summary
Global Payments beats WEX on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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