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

Should you be buying Acacia Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acacia Research include Charles River Associates (CRAI), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), and Exponent (EXPO). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Charles River Associates had 3 more articles in the media than Acacia Research. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Charles River Associates and 4 mentions for Acacia Research. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Charles River Associates' score of 0.38 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Charles River Associates
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acacia Research
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Charles River Associates has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Charles River Associates presently has a consensus target price of $228.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.43%. Given Charles River Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Acacia Research
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charles River Associates7.31% 25.88% 9.44%
Acacia Research -5.21%2.09%1.60%

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$687.41M1.88$46.65M$7.4125.55
Acacia Research$122.31M2.88-$36.06M-$0.11-33.27

84.1% of Charles River Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Charles River Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are held 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.

Summary

Charles River Associates beats Acacia Research on 13 of the 16 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$362.57M$5.90B$14.91B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%2.71%4.03%
P/E Ratio-33.2722.1927.8719.60
Price / Sales2.881.8845.4773.66
Price / Cash8.3613.7125.4927.56
Price / Book0.645.216.315.55
Net Income-$36.06M$150.49M$195.98M$257.73M
7 Day Performance-3.43%-1.02%-0.52%0.95%
1 Month Performance-0.54%4.61%6.23%10.68%
1 Year Performance-34.41%52.89%24.35%15.67%

Acacia Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.0607 of 5 stars
$3.66
-2.9%
N/A-30.4%$362.57M$122.31M-33.271,036
CRAI
Charles River Associates
3.4803 of 5 stars
$196.39
+0.5%
$228.00
+16.1%
+14.9%$1.34B$687.41M26.50940Analyst Downgrade
FC
Franklin Covey
3.8736 of 5 stars
$21.85
-9.6%
$35.00
+60.2%
-49.9%$283.72M$286.20M16.421,084High Trading Volume
MG
Mistras Group
4.1179 of 5 stars
$8.15
+1.6%
N/A-8.6%$255.34M$729.64M17.344,800
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$1.20
+1.2%
N/A-69.7%$37.61M$770K0.0010Positive News
Gap Up
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.1899 of 5 stars
$303.96
+0.9%
$302.40
-0.5%
+10.2%$42.52B$2.93B44.507,800Positive News
EFX
Equifax
4.7405 of 5 stars
$262.25
0.0%
$294.94
+12.5%
+1.1%$32.57B$5.68B53.6314,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.1648 of 5 stars
$164.36
+0.3%
$175.50
+6.8%
-24.1%$5.64B$3.70B22.488,374Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.0315 of 5 stars
$9.11
+0.1%
$11.86
+30.2%
-8.3%$4.06B$2.38B-182.106,360
CBZ
CBIZ
3.0945 of 5 stars
$73.70
+1.7%
$86.00
+16.7%
-4.7%$4.01B$1.81B50.146,500Positive News
EXPO
Exponent
4.0309 of 5 stars
$77.32
-0.4%
$120.00
+55.2%
-24.9%$3.92B$558.51M37.711,310

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This page (NASDAQ:ACTG) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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