Shift4 Payments (FOUR) Competitors

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate FOUR or FIS?

Shift4 Payments currently has a consensus price target of $114.19, indicating a potential upside of 18.68%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $87.36, indicating a potential upside of 23.72%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Shift4 Payments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shift4 Payments	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Fidelity National Information Services	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FOUR or FIS?

98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Shift4 Payments 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FOUR or FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services received 688 more outperform votes than Shift4 Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shift4 Payments	Outperform Votes 101 60.48%	Underperform Votes 66 39.52%
Fidelity National Information Services	Outperform Votes 789 67.61%	Underperform Votes 378 32.39%

Does the media refer more to FOUR or FIS?

In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 9 more articles in the media than Fidelity National Information Services. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 40 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 0.67 indicating that Fidelity National Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shift4 Payments	19 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity National Information Services	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FOUR or FIS more profitable?

Fidelity National Information Services has a net margin of 14.54% compared to Shift4 Payments' net margin of 6.89%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 29.38% beat Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shift4 Payments	6.89%	29.38%	7.14%
Fidelity National Information Services	14.54%	17.30%	8.41%

Which has more risk and volatility, FOUR or FIS?

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FOUR or FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shift4 Payments, 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
Shift4 Payments	$3.33B	2.60	$86.20M	$3.07	31.34
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13B	3.69	$1.45B	$2.61	27.06

Summary

Shift4 Payments and Fidelity National Information Services tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.