Critical Analysis: Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) and DigiAsia (NASDAQ:FAAS)

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

Risk and Volatility

DigiAsia has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for DigiAsia and Fidelity National Information Services, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigiAsia	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fidelity National Information Services	1	8	13	0	2.55

Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Fidelity National Information Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than DigiAsia.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DigiAsia 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
DigiAsia	N/A	N/A	-$60,000.00	N/A	N/A
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13 billion	4.17	$1.45 billion	$1.51	53.19

Fidelity National Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than DigiAsia.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigiAsia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fidelity National Information Services	8.10%	18.15%	8.62%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.2% of DigiAsia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.3% of DigiAsia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned 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.

Summary

Fidelity National Information Services beats DigiAsia on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DigiAsia

DigiAsia Corp. operates as a financial technology frim. The company was founded by Alexander Steven Rusli on October 23, 2017 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.