GPN vs. PAYX, FIS, BR, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, PAY, and MMS
Should you be buying Global Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Payments include Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Global Payments vs.
Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Paychex has a net margin of 32.02% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 15.54%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.28% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
Paychex has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paychex pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Payments pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Global Payments received 757 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.88% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 41.63% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.
Paychex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 10 more articles in the media than Paychex. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Global Payments and 28 mentions for Paychex. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Global Payments' score of 0.66 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.5% of Paychex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Paychex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Paychex presently has a consensus target price of $132.23, suggesting a potential downside of 10.96%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $134.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.18%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Paychex.
Summary
Global Payments beats Paychex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GPN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
