FIS vs. FI, ADP, PAYX, BR, GPN, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, and EEFT
Should you be buying Fidelity National Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity National Information Services include Fiserv (FI), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex (PAYX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), and Euronet Worldwide (EEFT). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fidelity National Information Services vs.
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv currently has a consensus target price of $239.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $87.36, indicating a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Fiserv.
Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fiserv pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 55.2% 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.
Fiserv has a net margin of 15.31% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of 14.54%. Fiserv's return on equity of 17.93% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.
Fiserv received 10 more outperform votes than Fidelity National Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 10 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Fiserv and 40 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 0.70 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fiserv has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fiserv beats Fidelity National Information Services on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FIS) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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