ACCD vs. LQDT, IMXI, VVI, CNDT, RGP, SHAP, PRTH, PSFE, SEZL, and PAYS
Should you be buying Accolade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accolade include Liquidity Services (LQDT), International Money Express (IMXI), Viad (VVI), Conduent (CNDT), Resources Connection (RGP), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Priority Technology (PRTH), Paysafe (PSFE), Sezzle (SEZL), and Paysign (PAYS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Liquidity Services had 9 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Liquidity Services and 14 mentions for Accolade. Accolade's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Liquidity Services' score of 0.21 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Liquidity Services' net margin of -24.09%. Accolade's return on equity of 18.51% beat Liquidity Services' return on equity.
Liquidity Services received 349 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
Liquidity Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Accolade. Accolade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liquidity Services presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.41%. Accolade has a consensus price target of $14.14, indicating a potential upside of 92.16%. Given Liquidity Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accolade is more favorable than Liquidity Services.
71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Accolade on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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