ACN vs. IBM, IT, CTSH, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, and HCKT
Should you be buying Accenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accenture include International Business Machines (IBM), Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), and The Hackett Group (HCKT). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Accenture vs.
International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
International Business Machines pays an annual dividend of $6.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Accenture pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. International Business Machines pays out 97.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Accenture pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Business Machines has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Accenture has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. International Business Machines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
International Business Machines presently has a consensus price target of $216.87, indicating a potential downside of 3.50%. Accenture has a consensus price target of $385.04, indicating a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Accenture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than International Business Machines.
Accenture received 74 more outperform votes than International Business Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.84% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave International Business Machines an outperform vote.
International Business Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Accenture. Accenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Business Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, International Business Machines had 23 more articles in the media than Accenture. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for International Business Machines and 56 mentions for Accenture. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat International Business Machines' score of 1.23 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.0% of International Business Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Accenture shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Business Machines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Accenture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
International Business Machines has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Accenture has a net margin of 11.41% compared to International Business Machines' net margin of 10.22%. International Business Machines' return on equity of 40.52% beat Accenture's return on equity.
Summary
Accenture beats International Business Machines on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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