ACVA vs. AMTM, WPP, STNE, FTDR, DLO, HRI, HNGE, WSC, CARG, and ATHM
Should you be buying ACV Auctions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACV Auctions include Amentum (AMTM), WPP (WPP), StoneCo (STNE), Frontdoor (FTDR), DLocal (DLO), Herc (HRI), Hinge Health (HNGE), WillScot (WSC), CarGurus (CARG), and Autohome (ATHM). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
ACV Auctions vs. Its Competitors
ACV Auctions (NASDAQ:ACVA) and Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Amentum had 3 more articles in the media than ACV Auctions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Amentum and 5 mentions for ACV Auctions. Amentum's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat ACV Auctions' score of -0.39 indicating that Amentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ACV Auctions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amentum. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amentum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by 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.
Amentum has a net margin of 0.41% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -12.51%. Amentum's return on equity of 10.90% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.
ACV Auctions currently has a consensus price target of $19.27, suggesting a potential upside of 118.51%. Amentum has a consensus price target of $28.55, suggesting a potential upside of 21.93%. Given ACV Auctions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ACV Auctions is more favorable than Amentum.
Summary
Amentum beats ACV Auctions on 9 of the 15 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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This page (NASDAQ:ACVA) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
