BR vs. GPN, WEX, FIS, FI, KSPI, CPAY, GRAB, RBA, CART, and VLTO
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Global Payments (GPN), WEX (WEX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FI), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Corpay (CPAY), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), Maplebear (CART), and Veralto (VLTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Global Payments has a net margin of 13.40% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
Broadridge Financial Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $149.11, suggesting a potential upside of 36.60%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 2 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Global Payments and 10 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Global Payments' score of 0.63 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Payments received 676 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Global Payments 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 pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Payments pays out 19.8% 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.
Summary
Broadridge Financial Solutions and Global Payments tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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