Accolade (ACCD) Competitors

Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) and Repay (NASDAQ:RPAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACCD or RPAY?

85.0% of Accolade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Repay shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Accolade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Repay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ACCD or RPAY?

Accolade has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Repay has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ACCD or RPAY?

Accolade presently has a consensus target price of $9.04, suggesting a potential upside of 160.57%. Repay has a consensus target price of $12.29, suggesting a potential upside of 56.51%. Given Accolade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Accolade is more favorable than Repay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accolade	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Repay	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media favor ACCD or RPAY?

In the previous week, Repay had 9 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Repay and 6 mentions for Accolade. Repay's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Accolade's score of -0.02 indicating that Repay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accolade	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Repay	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ACCD or RPAY more profitable?

Accolade has a net margin of -18.16% compared to Repay's net margin of -25.53%. Repay's return on equity of 8.73% beat Accolade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accolade	-18.16%	-18.43%	-10.35%
Repay	-25.53%	8.73%	4.65%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ACCD or RPAY?

Accolade has higher revenue and earnings than Repay. Repay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accolade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accolade	$441.03M	0.63	-$99.81M	-$1.03	-3.37
Repay	$296.63M	2.59	-$110.49M	-$0.87	-9.02

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACCD or RPAY?

Accolade received 3 more outperform votes than Repay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.26% of users gave Repay an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accolade	Outperform Votes 102 58.96%	Underperform Votes 71 41.04%
Repay	Outperform Votes 99 62.26%	Underperform Votes 60 37.74%

Summary

Accolade beats Repay on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.