We are comparing Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX) and IHS Markit Ltd. (NASDAQ:INFO) on their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation. They both are Business Services companies, competing one another.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Deluxe Corporation | 2.00B | 1.05 | 155.90M | 4.14 | 10.39 |
| IHS Markit Ltd. | 4.01B | 5.13 | 542.30M | 1.05 | 48.19 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, gross revenue and valuation of Deluxe Corporation and IHS Markit Ltd. IHS Markit Ltd. has lower earnings, but higher revenue than Deluxe Corporation. The business with a lower P/E ratio is currently more affordable of the two stocks. Deluxe Corporation’s currently lower P/E ratio makes it the more affordable of the two businesses.
Profitability
Table 2 shows us Deluxe Corporation and IHS Markit Ltd.’s net margins, return on assets and return on equity.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Deluxe Corporation | 7.80% | 15.1% | 6.9% |
| IHS Markit Ltd. | 13.52% | 7.1% | 3.8% |
Risk & Volatility
Deluxe Corporation is 0.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500 due to its 1 beta. Competitively, IHS Markit Ltd. is 25.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500, because of the 0.75 beta.
Liquidity
Deluxe Corporation has a Current Ratio of 1.3 and a Quick Ratio of 1.1. Competitively, IHS Markit Ltd.’s Current Ratio is 0.4 and has 0.4 Quick Ratio. Deluxe Corporation’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than IHS Markit Ltd.
Dividends
Deluxe Corporation pays out $1.2 per share annually while its annual dividend yield is 2.55%. No dividend is paid out for IHS Markit Ltd.
Analyst Recommendations
The next table highlights the delivered recommendations and ratings for Deluxe Corporation and IHS Markit Ltd.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Deluxe Corporation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| IHS Markit Ltd. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Deluxe Corporation’s average price target is $50, while its potential upside is 6.02%.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Roughly 93.2% of Deluxe Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors while 97.6% of IHS Markit Ltd. are owned by institutional investors. Insiders owned roughly 0.6% of Deluxe Corporation’s shares. Insiders Competitively, owned 0.2% of IHS Markit Ltd. shares.
Performance
In this table we provide the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Deluxe Corporation | -14.7% | -14.43% | -26.84% | -37.41% | -40.09% | -44.1% |
| IHS Markit Ltd. | -4.83% | -4.33% | -7.6% | 0.2% | 11.48% | 12.49% |
For the past year Deluxe Corporation had bearish trend while IHS Markit Ltd. had bullish trend.
Summary
IHS Markit Ltd. beats on 9 of the 15 factors Deluxe Corporation.
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.
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.
