Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FIS or FI?

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 63.72% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 789 67.61%	Underperform Votes 378 32.39%
Fiserv	Outperform Votes 799 63.72%	Underperform Votes 455 36.28%

Which has more volatility & risk, FIS or FI?

Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FIS or FI?

Fiserv has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13B	3.89	$1.45B	$2.61	28.47
Fiserv	$383.42M	324.84	$3.13B	$5.39	41.17

Do analysts prefer FIS or FI?

Fidelity National Information Services currently has a consensus target price of $88.65, indicating a potential upside of 19.29%. Fiserv has a consensus target price of $239.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Fiserv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Fiserv	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FIS or FI a better dividend stock?

Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fiserv pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fiserv pays out 5.6% 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.

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

96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FIS or FI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Information Services	14.54%	17.30%	8.41%
Fiserv	15.31%	17.93%	5.97%

Does the media prefer FIS or FI?

In the previous week, Fiserv had 13 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Fiserv and 33 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Fiserv's score of 1.15 indicating that Fidelity National Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Information Services	27 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fiserv	33 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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