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ACTG vs. MG, FC, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, EXPO, CBZ, and VSEC

Should you be buying Acacia Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acacia Research include Mistras Group (MG), Franklin Covey (FC), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

Acacia Research vs. Its Competitors

Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap research & consulting services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Mistras Group has a net margin of 1.64% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -2.60%. Mistras Group's return on equity of 9.37% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mistras Group1.64% 9.37% 3.54%
Acacia Research -2.60%1.33%1.00%

Mistras Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Mistras Group and Mistras Group both had 2 articles in the media. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Mistras Group's score of 0.92 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mistras Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acacia Research
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Mistras Group has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mistras Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mistras Group$729.64M0.42$18.96M$0.3726.14
Acacia Research$122.31M2.59-$36.06M-$0.06-54.83

74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Mistras Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mistras Group beats Acacia Research on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This 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.
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ACTG vs. The Competition

MetricAcacia ResearchBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$317.30M$5.82B$26.42B$9.78B
Dividend YieldN/A3.40%2.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio-54.8224.9422.1524.91
Price / Sales2.591.82879.27121.85
Price / Cash7.3016.7026.9459.36
Price / Book0.554.826.176.62
Net Income-$36.06M$155.37M$197.87M$265.42M
7 Day Performance1.54%1.42%11.29%3.58%
1 Month Performance-12.73%1.07%3.41%0.46%
1 Year Performance-30.44%60.70%36.40%19.41%

Acacia Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.057 of 5 stars
$3.29
flat
N/A-31.0%$317.30M$122.31M-54.821,036Positive News
MG
Mistras Group
3.7156 of 5 stars
$9.24
+0.6%
N/A-20.7%$291.32M$702.45M24.964,800News Coverage
FC
Franklin Covey
3.7381 of 5 stars
$19.16
+1.3%
$27.00
+41.0%
-50.9%$242.12M$287.23M24.251,084News Coverage
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$1.34
+5.5%
N/A-56.0%$42.00M$770K0.0010Gap Up
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.3578 of 5 stars
$271.91
+0.4%
$305.60
+12.4%
+0.1%$37.99B$2.88B41.907,800Analyst Revision
EFX
Equifax
4.8359 of 5 stars
$245.55
-1.1%
$283.53
+15.5%
-18.0%$30.40B$5.68B48.0514,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FCN
FTI Consulting
3.4841 of 5 stars
$168.99
+0.3%
$175.50
+3.9%
-25.4%$5.47B$3.66B23.808,374Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.3484 of 5 stars
$9.11
+0.1%
$11.63
+27.7%
-23.8%$4.06B$2.38B-101.176,247News Coverage
EXPO
Exponent
2.7935 of 5 stars
$70.48
+0.6%
N/A-32.5%$3.56B$558.51M35.241,168
CBZ
CBIZ
1.99 of 5 stars
$64.60
+0.9%
N/A-9.2%$3.49B$1.81B37.1210,000Positive News
VSEC
VSE
2.3302 of 5 stars
$162.93
+2.0%
$145.00
-11.0%
+82.5%$3.37B$1.08B145.471,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACTG) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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