WU vs. JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, MMS, PAY, CSGS, INOD, and EVRI
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), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Maximus (MMS), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Innodata (INOD), and Everi (EVRI). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jack Henry & Associates had 1 more articles in the media than Western Union. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates and 11 mentions for Western Union. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Western Union's score of 0.56 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jack Henry & Associates currently has a consensus target price of $186.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.88%. Western Union has a consensus target price of $12.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Western Union's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Union is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.
Jack Henry & Associates pays an annual dividend of $2.32 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 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Union pays out 34.4% 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 raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Western Union is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Western Union received 297 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.11% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.
Western Union has a net margin of 22.19% compared to Jack Henry & Associates' net margin of 17.83%. Western Union's return on equity of 96.90% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.
98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union 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.
Summary
Jack Henry & Associates beats Western Union on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
