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Global Payments (GPN) Competitors

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$112.03 +1.45 (+1.31%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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 media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paychex$5.31B9.46$1.69B$4.6929.75
Global Payments$10.02B2.84$986.23M$5.3121.10

Paychex has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Paychex presently has a consensus target price of $131.62, suggesting a potential downside of 5.68%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $138.55, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paychex
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.85
Global Payments
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

In the previous week, Paychex had 13 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Paychex and 21 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Paychex's score of 0.74 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Paychex
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Global Payments
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paychex pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Paychex pays out 83.6% 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 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Paychex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Paychex has a net margin of 31.98% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 13.61%. Paychex's return on equity of 45.97% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paychex31.98% 45.97% 14.93%
Global Payments 13.61%11.94%5.45%

Global Payments received 752 more outperform votes than Paychex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 41.68% of users gave Paychex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PaychexOutperform Votes
343
41.68%
Underperform Votes
480
58.32%
Global PaymentsOutperform Votes
1095
71.01%
Underperform Votes
447
28.99%

Summary

Global Payments beats Paychex on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GPN vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal PaymentsBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.51B$19.94B$7.04B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.90%2.57%2.32%3.58%
P/E Ratio21.1027.9427.8141.22
Price / Sales2.8410.81389.5517.58
Price / Cash6.8335.3430.6521.28
Price / Book1.255.905.755.32
Net Income$986.23M$525.34M$125.76M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.91%-0.65%4.03%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-3.80%-2.17%8.91%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-11.35%18.44%19.25%12.06%

Global Payments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPN
Global Payments
4.9608 of 5 stars
$112.03
+1.3%
$138.55
+23.7%
-10.0%$28.51B$10.02B21.1027,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.1298 of 5 stars
$141.55
+0.4%
$131.62
-7.0%
+9.1%$50.94B$5.28B30.0616,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.9446 of 5 stars
$83.18
-1.1%
$91.50
+10.0%
+38.3%$44.78B$9.82B33.5160,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
4.7099 of 5 stars
$233.12
-0.2%
$226.71
-2.7%
+15.1%$27.25B$6.51B40.4014,600
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.4663 of 5 stars
$180.38
+0.3%
$189.00
+4.8%
+8.5%$13.16B$2.25B33.117,170Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
1.7397 of 5 stars
$44.25
-0.9%
$42.33
-4.3%
+23.4%$7.80B$4.48B12.27129,100Insider Trade
Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.8257 of 5 stars
$46.13
+0.4%
$42.86
-7.1%
+47.9%$7.42B$1.63B40.2954,000Positive News
WEX
WEX
4.8649 of 5 stars
$177.12
+0.5%
$235.91
+33.2%
-10.8%$7.05B$2.66B22.365,500Analyst Forecast
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.6066 of 5 stars
$107.21
+3.6%
$127.13
+18.6%
+3.1%$4.71B$3.90B14.9510,000Analyst Forecast
PAY
Paymentus
3.0585 of 5 stars
$35.53
+3.4%
$28.80
-18.9%
+93.4%$4.43B$614.49M110.811,273Positive News
MMS
Maximus
3.4543 of 5 stars
$71.46
+2.4%
N/A-11.1%$4.31B$5.31B13.9641,100Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GPN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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