Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADP or FIS 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
Automatic Data Processing	19.72%	82.36%	6.89%
Fidelity National Information Services	14.37%	15.35%	6.79%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ADP or FIS?

80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by company 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ADP or FIS?

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
Automatic Data Processing	$18.45B	6.49	$3.75B	$9.37	31.38
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.03B	4.37	-$6.65B	$2.51	32.45

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADP or FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services received 143 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.68% 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
Automatic Data Processing	Outperform Votes 638 58.32%	Underperform Votes 456 41.68%
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 781 67.68%	Underperform Votes 373 32.32%

Is ADP or FIS a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 57.4% 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 49 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate ADP or FIS?

Automatic Data Processing currently has a consensus target price of $289.91, suggesting a potential downside of 1.40%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $91.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Automatic Data Processing	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer ADP or FIS?

In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 9 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 6 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 1.13 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Automatic Data Processing	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Information Services	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.