Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Competitors

Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Is FIS or ADP a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 48 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FIS or ADP?

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Information Services, 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
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.03B	4.77	-$6.65B	$2.51	35.41
Automatic Data Processing	$18.45B	6.79	$3.75B	$9.37	32.82

Which has more volatility & risk, FIS or ADP?

Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FIS or ADP more profitable?

Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.72% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 14.37%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 82.36% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Information Services	14.37%	15.35%	6.79%
Automatic Data Processing	19.72%	82.36%	6.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIS or ADP?

Fidelity National Information Services received 142 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 780 67.77%	Underperform Votes 371 32.23%
Automatic Data Processing	Outperform Votes 638 58.32%	Underperform Votes 456 41.68%

Does the media favor FIS or ADP?

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 36 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 1.09 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Information Services	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Automatic Data Processing	32 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FIS or ADP?

96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FIS or ADP?

Fidelity National Information Services presently has a consensus price target of $89.68, suggesting a potential upside of 0.90%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $289.91, suggesting a potential downside of 5.72%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Information Services	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Automatic Data Processing	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.