ACV Auctions (ACVA) Competitors

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and ACV Auctions (NASDAQ:ACVA) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer MEDP or ACVA?

Medpace currently has a consensus price target of $357.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.80%. ACV Auctions has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.57%. Given ACV Auctions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACV Auctions is more favorable than Medpace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medpace	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
ACV Auctions	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has better earnings and valuation, MEDP or ACVA?

Medpace has higher revenue and earnings than ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, 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
Medpace	$2.11B	4.24	$404.39M	$12.63	23.43
ACV Auctions	$637.16M	3.76	-$79.70M	-$0.49	-28.96

Is MEDP or ACVA more profitable?

Medpace has a net margin of 19.17% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -12.51%. Medpace's return on equity of 51.48% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medpace	19.17%	51.48%	20.47%
ACV Auctions	-12.51%	-12.94%	-5.75%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MEDP or ACVA?

78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MEDP or ACVA?

Medpace received 280 more outperform votes than ACV Auctions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Medpace an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave ACV Auctions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medpace	Outperform Votes 353 63.15%	Underperform Votes 206 36.85%
ACV Auctions	Outperform Votes 73 57.48%	Underperform Votes 54 42.52%

Does the media refer more to MEDP or ACVA?

In the previous week, Medpace had 22 more articles in the media than ACV Auctions. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Medpace and 5 mentions for ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Medpace's score of 0.79 indicating that ACV Auctions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Medpace	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ACV Auctions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, MEDP or ACVA?

Medpace has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Medpace beats ACV Auctions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.