Trane Technologies (TT) Competitors

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, ACN or TT?

Accenture has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACN or TT more profitable?

Trane Technologies has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Trane Technologies' net margin of 10.89%. Accenture's return on equity of 32.78% beat Trane Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	10.89%	28.30%	14.96%
Trane Technologies	11.81%	32.78%	11.52%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACN or TT?

Accenture received 1081 more outperform votes than Trane Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.28% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 43.28% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accenture	Outperform Votes 1168 70.28%	Underperform Votes 494 29.72%
Trane Technologies	Outperform Votes 87 43.28%	Underperform Votes 114 56.72%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ACN or TT?

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than Trane Technologies. Accenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trane Technologies, 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
Accenture	$64.57B	3.00	$6.87B	$11.03	26.15
Trane Technologies	$17.68B	4.08	$2.02B	$9.36	34.08

Does the media prefer ACN or TT?

In the previous week, Trane Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Accenture. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Trane Technologies and 18 mentions for Accenture. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Trane Technologies' score of 0.54 indicating that Trane Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accenture	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trane Technologies	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ACN or TT?

Accenture currently has a consensus target price of $373.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.33%. Trane Technologies has a consensus target price of $309.79, suggesting a potential downside of 2.90%. Given Trane Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than Trane Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Trane Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is ACN or TT a better dividend stock?

Accenture pays an annual dividend of $5.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Trane Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Accenture pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trane Technologies pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Accenture has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Trane Technologies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Accenture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ACN or TT?

75.1% of Accenture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Accenture shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Accenture beats Trane Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.