Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) versus Bridger Aerospace Group (NASDAQ:BAER) Head-To-Head Survey

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

Volatility and Risk

Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridger Aerospace Group has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fidelity National Information Services and Bridger Aerospace Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Information Services	$10.13 billion	3.71	$1.45 billion	$2.61	27.17
Bridger Aerospace Group	$84.14 million	1.18	-$77.36 million	($0.93)	-1.97

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Fidelity National Information Services and Bridger Aerospace Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity National Information Services	1	10	11	0	2.45
Bridger Aerospace Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

Fidelity National Information Services currently has a consensus price target of $88.65, indicating a potential upside of 24.99%. Bridger Aerospace Group has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 213.35%. Given Bridger Aerospace Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bridger Aerospace Group is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.2% of Bridger Aerospace Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity National Information Services	14.54%	17.30%	8.41%
Bridger Aerospace Group	-40.25%	N/A	-12.15%

Summary

Fidelity National Information Services beats Bridger Aerospace Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Bridger Aerospace Group

Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. provides aerial wildfire management, relief and suppression, and firefighting services to federal and state government agencies in the United States. It offers fire suppression services, such as direct fire suppression aerial firefighting support services for ground crew to drop large amounts of water quickly and directly on wildfires. The company also provides aerial surveillance services, including fire suppression aircraft over an incident and tactical coordination with the incident commander through its manned and unmanned aircraft. It operates an aircraft fleet of 18 planes. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Belgrade, Montana.