BR vs. GPN, WEX, FIS, FI, CPAY, GRAB, RBA, CART, TNET, and VLTO
Should you be buying Broadridge Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadridge Financial Solutions include Global Payments (GPN), WEX (WEX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FI), Corpay (CPAY), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), Maplebear (CART), TriNet Group (TNET), and Veralto (VLTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 10.22%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 41.12% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Payments pays out 26.5% 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.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Payments received 667 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.26% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 5 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Global Payments and 6 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Global Payments' score of 0.69 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Broadridge Financial Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.50%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $151.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.96%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Summary
Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Global Payments on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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