LQDT vs. ACCD, IMXI, VVI, RGP, EEX, CNDT, SHAP, PRTH, SEZL, and PAYS
Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Accolade (ACCD), International Money Express (IMXI), Viad (VVI), Resources Connection (RGP), Emerald (EEX), Conduent (CNDT), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Priority Technology (PRTH), Sezzle (SEZL), and Paysign (PAYS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Liquidity Services had 8 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Liquidity Services and 12 mentions for Accolade. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Accolade's score of 0.23 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Accolade's net margin of -24.09%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 18.51% beat Accolade's return on equity.
Liquidity Services currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.90%. Accolade has a consensus price target of $14.14, suggesting a potential upside of 87.32%. Given Accolade's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Accolade is more favorable than Liquidity Services.
Liquidity Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Accolade. Accolade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liquidity Services received 348 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.91% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Accolade on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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