ACTG vs. CRAI, FC, MG, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, EXPO, and CBZ
Should you be buying Acacia Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acacia Research include CRA International (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), and CBIZ (CBZ). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Acacia Research vs. Its Competitors
Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) and Charles River Associates (NASDAQ:CRAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Charles River Associates has a consensus target price of $228.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.70%. Given Charles River Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Charles River Associates is more favorable than Acacia Research.
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles River Associates has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Acacia Research received 107 more outperform votes than Charles River Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.58% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Charles River Associates an outperform vote.
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Charles River Associates had 4 more articles in the media than Acacia Research. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Charles River Associates and 1 mentions for Acacia Research. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Charles River Associates' score of 0.51 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Charles River Associates has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -5.21%. Charles River Associates' return on equity of 25.88% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.
Summary
Charles River Associates beats Acacia Research on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ACTG) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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