WU vs. JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, MMS, EEFT, PAY, CSGS, EVRI, and INOD
Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), and Innodata (INOD). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Western Union vs.
Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Western Union's net margin of 16.07%. Western Union's return on equity of 120.39% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.
98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 1 more articles in the media than Western Union. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 9 mentions for Western Union. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Western Union's score of 0.65 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than Jack Henry & Associates. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack Henry & Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus target price of $186.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.88%. Western Union has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 20.99%. Given Western Union's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Union is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
Western Union received 298 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.25% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote while only 52.91% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Western Union pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Jack Henry & Associates pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Union pays out 48.2% 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. Jack Henry & Associates has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Western Union on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
