FIS vs. ADP, FI, PAYX, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, 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), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Fidelity National Information Services received 133 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.91% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of -54.14%. Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity of 93.09% beat Automatic Data Processing's return on equity.
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.
80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 6 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 14 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 0.98 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out -14.1% 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 48 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus target price of $255.42, indicating a potential upside of 4.98%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $78.74, indicating a potential upside of 4.79%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.
Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Automatic Data Processing beats Fidelity National Information Services on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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