ACCD vs. RPAY, FLYW, PAYO, GETY, PHR, EEX, MAX, PSFE, RSKD, and ADV
Should you be buying Accolade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accolade include Repay (RPAY), Flywire (FLYW), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Getty Images (GETY), Phreesia (PHR), Emerald (EEX), MediaAlpha (MAX), Paysafe (PSFE), Riskified (RSKD), and Advantage Solutions (ADV). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
85.0% of Accolade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Repay shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Accolade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Repay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Accolade has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Repay has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Repay received 1 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.44% of users gave Repay an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Repay had 2 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Repay and 5 mentions for Accolade. Accolade's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Repay's score of 0.55 indicating that Accolade is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Accolade has a net margin of -24.09% compared to Repay's net margin of -29.49%. Repay's return on equity of 7.74% beat Accolade's return on equity.
Accolade presently has a consensus target price of $14.14, suggesting a potential upside of 84.87%. Repay has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Accolade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Accolade is more favorable than Repay.
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.
Summary
Accolade beats Repay on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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