PAYX vs. TNET, NSP, PAE, FORR, PRGX, ADP, FI, FIS, GPN, and BR
Should you be buying Paychex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paychex include TriNet Group (TNET), Insperity (NSP), PAE (PAE), Forrester Research (FORR), PRGX Global (PRGX), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), and Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR).
Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) and TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Paychex has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriNet Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TriNet Group received 10 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 42.56% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.
Paychex has a net margin of 31.86% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 6.78%. TriNet Group's return on equity of 124.38% beat Paychex's return on equity.
Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. TriNet Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paychex pays out 85.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TriNet Group pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of TriNet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Paychex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Paychex had 9 more articles in the media than TriNet Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Paychex and 0 mentions for TriNet Group. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat TriNet Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paychex presently has a consensus target price of $123.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.36%. TriNet Group has a consensus target price of $117.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.01%. Given TriNet Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TriNet Group is more favorable than Paychex.
Paychex has higher revenue and earnings than TriNet Group. TriNet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriNet Group beats Paychex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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