ADP vs. FI, WDAY, PAYX, FIS, VRSK, GPN, BR, JKHY, ZEN, and WEX
Should you be buying Automatic Data Processing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Automatic Data Processing include Fiserv (FI), Workday (WDAY), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Zendesk (ZEN), and WEX (WEX).
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Automatic Data Processing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 10 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fiserv and 11 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 0.86 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fiserv presently has a consensus price target of $164.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $255.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Automatic Data Processing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of 16.68%. Fiserv's return on equity of 93.09% beat Automatic Data Processing's return on equity.
Fiserv received 114 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Summary
Fiserv beats Automatic Data Processing on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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