Head-To-Head Review: Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) versus Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP)

Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Cantaloupe and Fidelity National Information Services, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cantaloupe	1	7	0	0	1.88
Fidelity National Information Services	1	7	12	0	2.55

Cantaloupe currently has a consensus target price of $12.73, indicating a potential upside of 19.96%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $85.41, indicating a potential upside of 31.78%. Given Fidelity National Information Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Cantaloupe.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Cantaloupe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cantaloupe and Fidelity National Information Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cantaloupe	$312.57 million	2.50	$64.53 million	$0.21	50.55
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.46 billion	3.21	$1.45 billion	$0.27	240.06

Fidelity National Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than Cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Cantaloupe and Fidelity National Information Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cantaloupe	21.33%	10.43%	6.62%
Fidelity National Information Services	1.09%	18.73%	8.58%

Risk and Volatility

Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity National Information Services beats Cantaloupe on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe, Inc., a digital payments and software services company, provides technology solutions for self-service commerce market. The company offers integrated solutions for payments processing, logistics, and back-office management. It also provides G11 cashless and pulse kits that are 4G LTE digital payment devices for payment and consumer engagement applications; G11 chip kit, a digital reader that accepts contact EMV and contactless EMV payment methods; Engage series comprising Engage and Engage Combo, which are digital touchscreen devices that offers networking, security, and interactivity payment methods; and card touchscreen card readers, including P66, P100, P100Pro, and P30. In addition, the company offers self-checkout kiosks,?smart store?concepts, and the Cantaloupe Go management platform comprising Go Mini, Go MiniX, Go Plus100, Go Plus200, Go Plus300, Go Max, Cooler Cafe, and Smart Market; Go Portal, a robust cloud-based platform; and Cheq products, which supports attended and unattended self-service kiosks for the stadium, entertainment, and festival sectors. Further, it provides integrated software services for payment or asset tracking devices in the field to connect into platform for advanced data management, analytics, route scheduling, and loyalty and reward programs; and a range of self-service hardware solutions for vending, micro-markets, amusement, arcade, commercial laundry, air/vacuum, car wash, and other applications. Additionally, the company offers professional, network infrastructure, card processing, and customer/consumer services. Cantaloupe, Inc. was formerly known as USA Technologies, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

About Fidelity National Information Services

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. engages in the provision of financial services technology solutions for financial institutions, businesses, and developers worldwide. It operates through Banking Solutions, Capital Market Solutions, and Corporate and Other segments. The company provides core processing and ancillary applications; mobile and online banking; fraud, risk management, and compliance; card and retail payment; electronic funds transfer and network; wealth and retirement; and item processing and output solutions. It also offers trading and asset, lending, leveraged and syndicated loan markets, and treasury and risk solutions. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.