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Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) Competitors

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$176.74 +0.75 (+0.43%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

JKHY vs. PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, PAY, and MMS

Should you be buying Jack Henry & Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack Henry & Associates include Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Jack Henry & Associates vs.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus price target of $189.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Paychex has a consensus price target of $131.62, suggesting a potential downside of 5.68%. Given Jack Henry & Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jack Henry & Associates is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jack Henry & Associates
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Paychex
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.85

In the previous week, Paychex had 20 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Paychex and 13 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Paychex's score of 0.74 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jack Henry & Associates
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Paychex
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paychex received 43 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.00% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote while only 41.68% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Jack Henry & AssociatesOutperform Votes
300
53.00%
Underperform Votes
266
47.00%
PaychexOutperform Votes
343
41.68%
Underperform Votes
480
58.32%

98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Paychex has a net margin of 31.98% compared to Jack Henry & Associates' net margin of 17.79%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.97% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jack Henry & Associates17.79% 21.81% 13.94%
Paychex 31.98%45.97%14.93%

Paychex has higher revenue and earnings than Jack Henry & Associates. Paychex 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jack Henry & Associates$2.25B5.74$381.82M$5.4632.37
Paychex$5.31B9.46$1.69B$4.6929.75

Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jack Henry & Associates has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Paychex has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Paychex beats Jack Henry & Associates on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JKHY vs. The Competition

MetricJack Henry & AssociatesComputer integrated systems design IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.89B$3.86B$25.09B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.24%1.87%2.76%4.21%
P/E Ratio32.3715.61244.8317.15
Price / Sales5.7438.143,244.05116.80
Price / Cash22.4122.2834.9237.88
Price / Book6.9919.347.934.78
Net Income$381.82M$30.17M$671.33M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-1.70%-1.49%0.67%-1.23%
1 Month Performance2.54%0.65%6.86%3.07%
1 Year Performance8.25%8.59%22.91%16.48%

Jack Henry & Associates Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.4607 of 5 stars
$176.74
+0.4%
$189.00
+6.9%
+8.5%$12.89B$2.25B32.377,170Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PAYX
Paychex
4.1205 of 5 stars
$141.53
+0.4%
$131.62
-7.0%
+9.1%$50.94B$5.28B30.0616,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.9455 of 5 stars
$83.44
-0.8%
$91.50
+9.7%
+38.3%$44.92B$9.82B33.5160,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9573 of 5 stars
$114.49
+0.2%
$137.41
+20.0%
-10.0%$29.14B$9.65B21.5127,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.7041 of 5 stars
$232.81
-0.3%
$226.71
-2.6%
+15.1%$27.21B$6.51B40.4014,600
G
Genpact
1.7412 of 5 stars
$44.34
-0.7%
$42.33
-4.5%
+23.4%$7.82B$4.48B12.27129,100Insider Trade
Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.8212 of 5 stars
$46.22
+0.6%
$42.86
-7.3%
+47.9%$7.44B$1.63B40.2954,000Positive News
WEX
WEX
4.8558 of 5 stars
$177.19
+0.6%
$235.91
+33.1%
-10.8%$7.05B$2.66B22.365,500Analyst Forecast
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.6041 of 5 stars
$107.20
+3.6%
$127.13
+18.6%
+3.1%$4.71B$3.90B14.9510,000Analyst Forecast
PAY
Paymentus
3.059 of 5 stars
$35.58
+3.6%
$28.80
-19.1%
+93.4%$4.43B$614.49M110.811,273Positive News
MMS
Maximus
3.4498 of 5 stars
$71.40
+2.3%
N/A-11.1%$4.31B$5.31B13.9641,100Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:JKHY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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