ACCD vs. VVI, IMXI, CNDT, PSFE, LQDT, RGP, RPAY, SEZL, SHAP, and PRTH
Should you be buying Accolade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accolade include Viad (VVI), International Money Express (IMXI), Conduent (CNDT), Paysafe (PSFE), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Resources Connection (RGP), Repay (RPAY), Sezzle (SEZL), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), and Priority Technology (PRTH).
Viad (NYSE:VVI) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Accolade had 2 more articles in the media than Viad. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Accolade and 2 mentions for Viad. Viad's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Accolade's score of 0.00 indicating that Accolade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.9% of Viad shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Viad shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Viad has higher revenue and earnings than Accolade. Viad is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accolade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viad has a net margin of 0.96% compared to Viad's net margin of -31.59%. Accolade's return on equity of 13.05% beat Viad's return on equity.
Viad has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viad presently has a consensus price target of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Accolade has a consensus price target of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 49.49%. Given Viad's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accolade is more favorable than Viad.
Viad received 213 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave Viad an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
Summary
Viad beats Accolade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Accolade News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ACCD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACCD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Accolade Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools