BR vs. FI, PAYX, FIS, GPN, JKHY, WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, and EXLS
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and ExlService (EXLS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Fiserv (NYSE:FI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.68% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Fiserv's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 4 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Fiserv and 16 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 0.73 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Fiserv 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.
Broadridge Financial Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $206.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.94%. Fiserv has a consensus price target of $164.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Fiserv received 356 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Fiserv beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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