IHS Markit Ltd. (INFO) and Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX) Comparison side by side

IHS Markit Ltd. (NYSE:INFO) and Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX), both competing one another are Business Services companies. We will contrast their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IHS Markit Ltd.	56	6.19	N/A	1.00	56.62
Deluxe Corporation	43	0.90	N/A	2.82	14.31

Table 1 showcases the gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of IHS Markit Ltd. and Deluxe Corporation. Deluxe Corporation appears to has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IHS Markit Ltd. Currently more expensive of the two stocks is the company with a higher P/E ratio. IHS Markit Ltd. is thus presently the expensive of the two stocks because it has a higher P/E ratio.

Profitability

Table 2 represents IHS Markit Ltd. (NYSE:INFO) and Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX)’s net margins, return on assets and return on equity.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IHS Markit Ltd.	0.00%	5.1%	2.6%
Deluxe Corporation	0.00%	0%	0%

Risk & Volatility

IHS Markit Ltd. has a 0.84 beta, while its volatility is 16.00%, thus making it less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Deluxe Corporation on the other hand, has 1.33 beta which makes it 33.00% more volatile compared to Standard and Poor’s 500.

Liquidity

IHS Markit Ltd.’s Current Ratio is 0.6 while its Quick Ratio is 0.6. On the competitive side is, Deluxe Corporation which has a 1.2 Current Ratio and a 1.1 Quick Ratio. Deluxe Corporation is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to IHS Markit Ltd.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Institutional investors owned 98% of IHS Markit Ltd. shares and 93.9% of Deluxe Corporation shares. IHS Markit Ltd.’s share owned by insiders are 0.3%. Comparatively, Deluxe Corporation has 0.8% of it’s share owned by insiders.

Performance

In this table we provide the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
IHS Markit Ltd.	0.84%	2.7%	6.13%	7.01%	9.03%	18.03%
Deluxe Corporation	-5.08%	-12.13%	-18.56%	-18.1%	-42.49%	4.99%

For the past year IHS Markit Ltd. was more bullish than Deluxe Corporation.

Summary

IHS Markit Ltd. beats Deluxe Corporation on 8 of the 10 factors.

IHS Markit Ltd. provides critical information, analytics, and solutions for various industries and markets that drive economies worldwide. The companyÂ’s information, analytics, and solutions enhance operational efficiency and provide deep insights for customers in business, finance, and government. Its Resources segment offers upstream, midstream, downstream, and power/gas/coal/renewables services. This segment also provides data for manufacturing processes, as well as capital expenditure, cost, price, production, trade, demand, and capacity industry analysis and forecasts. The companyÂ’s Transportation segment offers authoritative analysis and forecasts of sales and production for light vehicles, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, powertrain, components, and technology systems; and performance measurement tools and marketing solutions for car makers, dealers, and agencies. It also provides comprehensive data on ships, as well as monthly import and export statistics on approximately 80 countries; and specifications for military vehicles, naval vessels, and aircraft types. Its Consolidated Markets & Solutions segment offers content and analysis on engineering and technical standards, codes, specifications, handbooks, reference books, journals, and other scientific and technical documents, as well as software-based engineering decision engines; components and devices, performance analytics, and end market intelligence for technology, media, and telecom industries; and economic and risk data, forecast, and analytic tools. The companyÂ’s Financial Services segment provides pricing and reference data, indices, valuation and trading services, trade processing, enterprise software, and managed services to traders, portfolio managers, risk managers, research professionals, and other financial markets participants, as well as operations, compliance, and enterprise data managers. IHS Markit Ltd. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Deluxe Corporation provides checks, forms, marketing solutions, accessories, and other products and services for small businesses and financial institutions. It operates through three segments: Small Business Services, Financial Services, and Direct Checks. The company provides checks; printed forms, such as deposit tickets, billing forms, work orders, job proposals, purchase orders, invoices, and personnel forms, as well as computer forms and check registers; and accessories and other products comprising envelopes, office supplies, stamps, and labels, as well as checkbook covers. It also offers Web services, which include logo and Web design; hosting and other Web services; search engine optimization; and marketing programs, including email, mobile, and social media, and other self-service marketing solutions. In addition, the company provides fraud protection and security, online and offline payroll services, and electronic checks; and promotional solutions, such as postcards, brochures, retail packaging supplies, apparel, greeting cards, and business cards. Further, it offers financial technology solutions to larger financial institutions, which comprise data-driven marketing solutions, including outsourced marketing campaign targeting and execution; treasury management solutions; and digital enablement solutions, including loyalty and rewards programs. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, and North and South America. The company was formerly known as Deluxe Check Printers, Incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation in 1988. Deluxe Corporation was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota.