FIS vs. ADP, FI, PAYX, GPN, BR, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, and MMS
Should you be buying Fidelity National Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Information Services include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fidelity National Information Services vs.
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity National Information Services presently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus target price of $289.91, indicating a potential downside of 2.12%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $6.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 25 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 27 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 1.09 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fidelity National Information Services received 142 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.34% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Summary
Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FIS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff