Reviewing Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN)

Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Radian Group and Fidelity National Information Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radian Group	$1.20 billion	3.44	$582.64 million	$3.89	8.01
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.68 billion	1.61	$382.00 million	$6.51	5.10

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

Volatility & Risk

Radian Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radian Group	32.60%	13.65%	6.91%
Fidelity National Information Services	27.64%	20.95%	8.13%

Dividends

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Radian Group pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 27.0% 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. Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Fidelity National Information Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Radian Group and Fidelity National Information Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radian Group	0	3	6	0	2.67
Fidelity National Information Services	2	13	10	0	2.32

Radian Group presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.09%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus target price of $52.72, suggesting a potential upside of 58.90%. Given Fidelity National Information Services’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Radian Group.

Summary

Fidelity National Information Services beats Radian Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Radian Group

Radian Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mortgage and real estate services business in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Homegenius segments. The Mortgage Insurance segment aggregates, manages, and distributes U.S. mortgage credit risk for mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors, through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans; and other credit risk management solutions, including contract underwriting. The Homegenius segment offers title services, including a suite of insurance and non-insurance titles; tax and title data, centralized recording, document retrieval, and default curative title services; deed and property reports; closing and settlement services; mortgage underwriting and processing; escrow; appraisal management; and real estate brokerage. This segment also provides real estate valuation products and services; asset management services for managing real estate owned properties, which includes a web-based workflow solution; and a suite of real estate technology products and services to facilitate real estate transactions, such as proprietary platforms as a service solution. It serves mortgage originators, such as mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, and community banks; and consumers, mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, government-sponsored enterprises, real estate brokers and agents, and corporations for their employees. The company was formerly known as CMAC Investment Corp. and changed its name to Radian Group Inc. in June 1999. Radian Group Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Wayne, 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.