Acacia Research (ACTG) Competitors

Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) and TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, ACTG or TIVO?

Acacia Research has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TiVo has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ACTG or TIVO?

Acacia Research presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.81%. Given Acacia Research's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than TiVo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acacia Research	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TiVo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ACTG or TIVO more profitable?

Acacia Research has a net margin of 40.89% compared to TiVo's net margin of -84.00%. Acacia Research's return on equity of 13.02% beat TiVo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acacia Research	40.89%	13.02%	11.28%
TiVo	-84.00%	7.80%	3.89%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ACTG or TIVO?

86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of TiVo shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of TiVo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACTG or TIVO?

TiVo received 829 more outperform votes than Acacia Research when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.53% of users gave TiVo an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acacia Research	Outperform Votes 282 61.04%	Underperform Votes 180 38.96%
TiVo	Outperform Votes 1111 77.53%	Underperform Votes 322 22.47%

Does the media favor ACTG or TIVO?

In the previous week, Acacia Research had 6 more articles in the media than TiVo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Acacia Research and 1 mentions for TiVo. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat TiVo's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acacia Research	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TiVo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ACTG or TIVO?

Acacia Research has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TiVo. TiVo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acacia Research, 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
Acacia Research	$125.10M	4.41	$67.06M	$0.36	15.33
TiVo	$668.13M	1.16	-$410.07M	$1.09	5.59

Summary

Acacia Research beats TiVo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.