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ACN vs. CAR, CCRN, CRAI, CTSH, NVDA, CLH, EFX, FDX, IBM, and IT

Should you be buying Accenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accenture include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), NVIDIA (NVDA), Clean Harbors (CLH), Equifax (EFX), FedEx (FDX), International Business Machines (IBM), and Gartner (IT).

Accenture vs. Its Competitors

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus target price of $143.80, indicating a potential downside of 6.41%. Accenture has a consensus target price of $358.08, indicating a potential upside of 40.21%. Given Accenture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than Avis Budget Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avis Budget Group
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Accenture
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Accenture has a net margin of 11.61% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -19.06%. Accenture's return on equity of 26.55% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group-19.06% -14.74% -0.88%
Accenture 11.61%26.55%13.44%

96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Accenture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Accenture had 27 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Accenture and 28 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Accenture
36 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group$11.29B0.48-$1.82B-$63.26-2.43
Accenture$64.90B2.46$7.26B$12.5620.33

Summary

Accenture beats Avis Budget Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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ACN vs. The Competition

MetricAccentureIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$159.97B$16.25B$29.70B$21.13B
Dividend Yield2.28%1.66%3.09%3.55%
P/E Ratio20.3337.1354.2128.96
Price / Sales2.4614.361,258.9653.19
Price / Cash16.6523.8033.6418.23
Price / Book5.494.997.274.69
Net Income$7.26B$445.11M$805.41M$995.89M
7 Day Performance2.52%1.35%1.18%2.12%
1 Month Performance-9.79%-3.57%0.02%1.92%
1 Year Performance-23.37%11.29%24,328.86%10.40%

Accenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACN
Accenture
4.9842 of 5 stars
$255.23
-1.5%
$358.08
+40.3%
-22.3%$160.01B$64.90B20.34774,000Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.4982 of 5 stars
$159.27
+2.3%
$151.50
-4.9%
+76.9%$5.61B$11.79B-2.5224,000Analyst Revision
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.3928 of 5 stars
$13.56
+1.4%
$17.93
+32.2%
-7.8%$447.67M$1.34B-52.568,205News Coverage
CRAI
Charles River Associates
3.8353 of 5 stars
$185.29
+0.8%
$228.00
+23.1%
+20.6%$1.22B$687.41M22.43940Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8065 of 5 stars
$70.19
+0.3%
$86.56
+23.3%
-5.6%$34.28B$19.74B14.27336,800Positive News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.4979 of 5 stars
$182.40
+1.1%
$186.33
+2.2%
+37.6%$4.45T$130.50B58.8736,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.1177 of 5 stars
$242.69
-0.2%
$263.40
+8.5%
+1.4%$13.02B$5.89B34.0922,796News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
EFX
Equifax
4.8306 of 5 stars
$246.75
-0.4%
$285.00
+15.5%
-15.6%$30.55B$5.68B48.3014,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FDX
FedEx
4.8012 of 5 stars
$228.00
+0.3%
$283.13
+24.2%
-20.5%$53.75B$87.93B13.50440,000Positive News
IBM
International Business Machines
4.8758 of 5 stars
$239.58
-0.1%
$268.75
+12.2%
+23.2%$222.78B$62.75B38.91293,400Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.9812 of 5 stars
$238.76
+0.0%
$369.25
+54.7%
-48.1%$18.39B$6.42B14.7121,044Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ACN) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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