Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) Competitors

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BR or PAYX?

90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BR or PAYX?

Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BR or PAYX?

Paychex has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Broadridge Financial Solutions	$6.51B	4.14	$698.10M	$5.78	39.85
Paychex	$5.28B	9.98	$1.69B	$4.75	30.80

Is BR or PAYX more profitable?

Paychex has a net margin of 32.02% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.57%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.28% beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadridge Financial Solutions	10.57%	41.79%	11.21%
Paychex	32.02%	45.28%	15.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BR or PAYX?

Broadridge Financial Solutions received 56 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.75% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote while only 41.63% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadridge Financial Solutions	Outperform Votes 399 49.75%	Underperform Votes 403 50.25%
Paychex	Outperform Votes 343 41.63%	Underperform Votes 481 58.37%

Does the media prefer BR or PAYX?

In the previous week, Paychex had 4 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Paychex and 20 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 0.84 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Broadridge Financial Solutions	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paychex	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BR or PAYX?

Broadridge Financial Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $226.71, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Paychex has a consensus price target of $132.23, indicating a potential downside of 9.61%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Paychex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadridge Financial Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Paychex	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.85

Is BR or PAYX a better dividend stock?

Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Paychex has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Paychex on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.