BR vs. PAYX, FIS, GPN, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, PAY, and MMS
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), 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.
Broadridge Financial Solutions vs.
Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Paychex has a net margin of 32.02% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 11.36%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.28% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.
Broadridge Financial Solutions received 58 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.63% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote while only 41.63% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Paychex had 8 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Paychex and 20 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 1.44 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Paychex pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 55.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years.
Paychex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Paychex 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.
Paychex presently has a consensus target price of $132.23, indicating a potential downside of 10.87%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus target price of $239.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.53%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Paychex.
Paychex has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Paychex on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
