FOUR vs. MMS, TNET, EXLS, NVEI, WU, CNXC, DLO, CBZ, ENV, and WEX
Should you be buying Shift4 Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shift4 Payments include Maximus (MMS), TriNet Group (TNET), ExlService (EXLS), Nuvei (NVEI), Western Union (WU), Concentrix (CNXC), DLocal (DLO), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), and WEX (WEX). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Maximus received 372 more outperform votes than Shift4 Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote.
Maximus has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Maximus has a net margin of 4.58% compared to Maximus' net margin of 3.38%. Maximus' return on equity of 25.21% beat Shift4 Payments' return on equity.
In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 24 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 2 mentions for Maximus. Shift4 Payments' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Maximus' score of 0.56 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Maximus has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shift4 Payments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maximus currently has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.73%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $83.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Maximus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than Maximus.
Summary
Shift4 Payments beats Maximus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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