EEFT vs. JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, MMS, WU, PAY, CSGS, INOD, and EVRI
Should you be buying Euronet Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euronet Worldwide include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Innodata (INOD), and Everi (EVRI). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Euronet Worldwide vs.
Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) and Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Euronet Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $125.86, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus target price of $186.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.13%. Given Euronet Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Euronet Worldwide is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 3 more articles in the media than Euronet Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 11 mentions for Euronet Worldwide. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Euronet Worldwide's score of 1.16 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jack Henry & Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Euronet Worldwide. Euronet Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack Henry & Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.83% compared to Euronet Worldwide's net margin of 7.69%. Euronet Worldwide's return on equity of 27.74% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.
Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned 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.
Euronet Worldwide received 176 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.03% of users gave Euronet Worldwide an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Summary
Euronet Worldwide beats Jack Henry & Associates on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EEFT) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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