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Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) Competitors

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$236.78 +5.18 (+2.24%)
As of 04/14/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

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

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), Maximus (MMS), and Western Union (WU). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paychex$5.44B9.82$1.69B$4.8030.90
Broadridge Financial Solutions$6.68B4.13$698.10M$6.3936.93

In the previous week, Paychex had 20 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Paychex and 27 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Paychex's score of 1.02 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Paychex
24 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Broadridge Financial Solutions
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paychex currently has a consensus price target of $141.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $241.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paychex
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Broadridge Financial Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Paychex has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

83.5% of Paychex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Paychex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Broadridge Financial Solutions received 59 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.51% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote while only 41.33% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PaychexOutperform Votes
343
41.33%
Underperform Votes
487
58.67%
Broadridge Financial SolutionsOutperform Votes
402
49.51%
Underperform Votes
410
50.49%

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 81.7% 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paychex32.02% 45.28% 15.61%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 11.36%44.40%12.04%

Summary

Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Paychex on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BR vs. The Competition

MetricBroadridge Financial SolutionsBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.61B$19.36B$6.94B$18.48B
Dividend Yield1.54%2.94%2.71%4.25%
P/E Ratio36.9331.9029.7130.90
Price / Sales4.137.22148.7826.30
Price / Cash19.9632.3031.6117.54
Price / Book12.394.854.534.27
Net Income$698.10M$671.24M$196.25M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.20%3.07%2.32%3.67%
1 Month Performance3.60%-8.71%-7.45%-7.28%
1 Year Performance18.67%6.15%1.89%-0.54%

Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.2697 of 5 stars
$236.78
+2.2%
$241.00
+1.8%
+19.1%$27.71B$6.68B37.0514,300Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
3.478 of 5 stars
$140.43
-2.0%
$141.00
+0.4%
+21.2%$50.58B$5.44B29.5716,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.6943 of 5 stars
$68.56
-1.9%
$88.05
+28.4%
+0.5%$36.31B$10.13B26.2769,000Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9719 of 5 stars
$82.50
-2.8%
$134.10
+62.5%
-31.3%$20.29B$10.11B13.3527,000Positive News
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.1853 of 5 stars
$169.39
-1.9%
$186.45
+10.1%
+3.7%$12.35B$2.27B30.586,850Short Interest ↓
Positive News
G
Genpact
2.7146 of 5 stars
$46.76
-0.7%
$48.44
+3.6%
+53.8%$8.21B$4.77B16.46109,600Positive News
Gap Down
EXLS
ExlService
3.4579 of 5 stars
$42.21
-1.5%
$48.86
+15.8%
+51.0%$6.85B$1.84B37.0254,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
WEX
WEX
4.3191 of 5 stars
$120.45
-5.1%
$187.80
+55.9%
-45.7%$4.68B$2.63B16.065,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.8954 of 5 stars
$89.67
-3.8%
$125.86
+40.4%
-8.1%$3.92B$3.99B13.869,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
MMS
Maximus
3.8244 of 5 stars
$67.36
-1.9%
$90.00
+33.6%
-14.2%$3.81B$5.38B14.4939,500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
WU
Western Union
3.7574 of 5 stars
$9.68
-4.5%
$12.11
+25.2%
-25.1%$3.24B$4.21B3.548,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
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