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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidelity National Information Services14.37% 15.35% 6.79%
Automatic Data Processing 19.72%82.36%6.89%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fidelity National Information Services
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Automatic Data Processing
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Information Services$9.82B4.31-$6.65B$2.5131.35
Automatic Data Processing$19.20B6.28$3.75B$9.3731.61

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Information Services
16 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Automatic Data Processing
43 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fidelity National Information ServicesOutperform Votes
782
67.65%
Underperform Votes
374
32.35%
Automatic Data ProcessingOutperform Votes
640
58.34%
Underperform Votes
457
41.66%

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FIS vs. The Competition

MetricFidelity National Information ServicesBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.37B$21.22B$7.48B$19.93B
Dividend Yield1.87%2.66%2.33%3.71%
P/E Ratio31.3526.9828.4141.38
Price / Sales4.316.38103.4816.25
Price / Cash9.7233.3829.1419.84
Price / Book2.445.806.195.76
Net Income-$6.65B$526.53M$134.52M$993.25M
7 Day Performance0.17%2.98%3.11%3.12%
1 Month Performance-3.39%3.83%4.99%4.75%
1 Year Performance31.48%10.38%24.01%18.83%

Fidelity National Information Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.9777 of 5 stars
$78.70
0.0%
$92.00
+16.9%
+31.5%$42.37B$9.82B31.3560,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.7645 of 5 stars
$290.02
+1.1%
$289.91
0.0%
+24.3%$118.17B$18.45B30.9560,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.51 of 5 stars
$201.22
+0.4%
$222.88
+10.8%
+50.1%$114.48B$383.42M38.7042,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PAYX
Paychex
4.2942 of 5 stars
$140.85
+1.3%
$132.23
-6.1%
+19.8%$50.71B$5.37B30.0316,000Positive News
GPN
Global Payments
4.9896 of 5 stars
$106.31
+0.6%
$135.71
+27.7%
-16.3%$27.06B$10.02B20.0227,000
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.6308 of 5 stars
$223.89
+1.1%
$226.71
+1.3%
+12.4%$26.17B$6.50B38.7414,600Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.6182 of 5 stars
$173.42
+0.8%
$189.00
+9.0%
+4.1%$12.65B$2.25B31.766,850Positive News
G
Genpact
3.2193 of 5 stars
$44.01
+1.5%
$42.33
-3.8%
+27.6%$7.76B$4.66B12.09129,100Short Interest ↓
EXLS
ExlService
4.0539 of 5 stars
$45.62
+1.1%
$42.86
-6.1%
+45.1%$7.34B$1.77B40.0254,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
WEX
WEX
4.7455 of 5 stars
$173.19
+1.7%
$227.73
+31.5%
-8.5%$6.89B$2.66B21.985,600News Coverage
MMS
Maximus
3.22 of 5 stars
$77.95
+1.5%
$90.00
+15.5%
-3.9%$4.70B$5.31B15.5941,100

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This page (NYSE:FIS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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