FIS vs. ADP, FI, PAYX, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, and MMS
Should you be buying Fidelity National Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Information Services include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out -14.1% 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. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 48 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 11 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 10 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 1.04 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of -54.14%. Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity of 93.09% beat Automatic Data Processing's return on equity.
Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $255.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.29%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $78.74, suggesting a potential upside of 3.76%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.
Fidelity National Information Services received 132 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.91% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Summary
Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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