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

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

Acacia Research vs. Its Competitors

Charles River Associates (NASDAQ:CRAI) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Acacia Research had 1 more articles in the media than Charles River Associates. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Acacia Research and 0 mentions for Charles River Associates. Charles River Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Acacia Research's score of 0.00 indicating that Charles River Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Charles River Associates Positive
Acacia Research Neutral

Charles River Associates pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Acacia Research pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Charles River Associates pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acacia Research pays out -833.3% 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. Charles River Associates has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Acacia Research is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Charles River Associates currently has a consensus target price of $235.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.17%. Given Charles River Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Charles River Associates is more favorable than Acacia Research.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Charles River Associates
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Acacia Research
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Charles River Associates has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

84.1% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Charles River Associates has a net margin of 7.93% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -2.60%. Charles River Associates' return on equity of 25.51% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charles River Associates7.93% 25.51% 9.12%
Acacia Research -2.60%1.33%1.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Charles River Associates$687.41M1.73$46.65M$8.2621.86
Acacia Research$247.81M1.36-$36.06M-$0.06-58.17

Summary

Charles River Associates beats Acacia Research on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACTG vs. The Competition

MetricAcacia ResearchBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$349.13M$5.44B$28.94B$10.49B
Dividend YieldN/A3.50%2.89%4.80%
P/E Ratio-58.1626.4126.2427.13
Price / Sales1.361.72952.42179.70
Price / Cash8.0315.3831.3461.22
Price / Book0.614.567.646.52
Net Income-$36.06M$156.97M$197.99M$276.93M
7 Day Performance3.87%1.56%0.66%1.94%
1 Month Performance2.65%-3.61%-0.34%2.20%
1 Year Performance-26.22%50.99%48.53%35.02%

Acacia Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.4875 of 5 stars
$3.49
-3.6%
N/A-26.8%$349.13M$247.81M-58.161,036News Coverage
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.283 of 5 stars
$179.35
-1.6%
$235.00
+31.0%
-8.0%$1.18B$687.41M21.71940
MG
Mistras Group
3.839 of 5 stars
$9.57
-1.9%
N/A-22.7%$301.95M$702.45M25.884,800News Coverage
FC
Franklin Covey
3.2067 of 5 stars
$17.97
-1.7%
$27.00
+50.3%
-57.4%$227.14M$287.23M22.751,084
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$2.94
-1.0%
N/A+537.9%$132.86M$620.05K0.0010News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Down
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.8895 of 5 stars
$241.27
-0.9%
$311.00
+28.9%
-13.1%$33.71B$2.88B37.187,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
EFX
Equifax
4.9362 of 5 stars
$233.05
-2.8%
$282.47
+21.2%
-19.1%$28.85B$5.68B45.6114,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.0936 of 5 stars
$160.44
-1.8%
$175.50
+9.4%
-33.8%$5.19B$3.66B22.608,374News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EXPO
Exponent
2.6959 of 5 stars
$65.28
-2.0%
N/A-40.5%$3.30B$560.51M32.641,168Trending News
Insider Trade
VSEC
VSE
3.4647 of 5 stars
$159.11
-3.3%
$161.50
+1.5%
+55.1%$3.29B$1.25B142.061,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CBZ
CBIZ
2.2781 of 5 stars
$55.50
-2.3%
N/A-24.1%$3.00B$2.42B31.9010,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACTG) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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