Reviewing Deluxe Corporation (DLX)’s and HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY)’s results

Since Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX) and HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) are part of the Business Services industry, they are influenced by compare. The influences particularly affect the dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation of both companies.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deluxe Corporation	43	0.90	N/A	2.82	14.31
HMS Holdings Corp.	31	4.76	N/A	0.78	40.49

Table 1 demonstrates Deluxe Corporation and HMS Holdings Corp.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. HMS Holdings Corp. seems to has lower revenue and earnings compared to Deluxe Corporation. Presently more affordable of the two stocks is the business with a lower price-to-earnings ratio. Deluxe Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HMS Holdings Corp., indicating that it is presently more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

Table 2 demonstrates the return on assets, net margins and return on equity of Deluxe Corporation and HMS Holdings Corp.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deluxe Corporation	0.00%	0%	0%
HMS Holdings Corp.	0.00%	7.3%	4.7%

Volatility & Risk

Deluxe Corporation is 33.00% more volatile than S&P 500 due to its 1.33 beta. Competitively, HMS Holdings Corp.’s beta is 1.54 which is 54.00% more volatile than S&P 500.

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of Deluxe Corporation are 1.2 and 1.1. Competitively, HMS Holdings Corp. has 4.4 and 4.4 for Current and Quick Ratio. HMS Holdings Corp.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Deluxe Corporation.

Analyst Ratings

Deluxe Corporation and HMS Holdings Corp. Recommendations and Ratings are available on the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deluxe Corporation	0	0	0	0.00
HMS Holdings Corp.	0	0	2	3.00

Competitively HMS Holdings Corp. has a consensus target price of $38, with potential upside of 14.91%.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Institutional investors held 93.9% of Deluxe Corporation shares and 98.6% of HMS Holdings Corp. shares. Insiders held 0.8% of Deluxe Corporation shares. On the other hand, insiders held about 1.5% of HMS Holdings Corp.’s shares.

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)
Deluxe Corporation	-5.08%	-12.13%	-18.56%	-18.1%	-42.49%	4.99%
HMS Holdings Corp.	1.19%	3.7%	1.85%	-15.28%	50.87%	11.55%

For the past year Deluxe Corporation was less bullish than HMS Holdings Corp.

Summary

HMS Holdings Corp. beats Deluxe Corporation on 8 of the 11 factors.

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.

HMS Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates in the healthcare insurance benefit cost containment market in the United States. It provides coordination of benefits services to government and commercial healthcare payers and sponsors to coordinate benefits for claims; and payment integrity services that ensure healthcare claims billed are accurate and appropriate, as well as care management and member analytics technologies. The companyÂ’s services also enable customers to recover improper payments; prevent future improper payments; reduce fraud, waste, and abuse; and ensure regulatory compliance. It serves state Medicaid programs, commercial health plans, federal government health agencies, government and private employers, child support agencies, and other healthcare payers and sponsors. HMS Holdings Corp. was founded in 1974 and is based in Irving, Texas.