ACN vs. IBM, CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, and HCKT
Should you be buying Accenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accenture include International Business Machines (IBM), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), and The Hackett Group (HCKT). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Accenture vs.
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than International Business Machines. Accenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Business Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Accenture pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. International Business Machines pays an annual dividend of $6.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Accenture pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Business Machines pays out 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Accenture has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and International Business Machines has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. International Business Machines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, International Business Machines had 22 more articles in the media than Accenture. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for International Business Machines and 38 mentions for Accenture. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat International Business Machines' score of 1.22 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Accenture received 70 more outperform votes than International Business Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 58.34% of users gave International Business Machines an outperform vote.
Accenture has a net margin of 11.41% compared to International Business Machines' net margin of 9.60%. International Business Machines' return on equity of 38.99% beat Accenture's return on equity.
75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of International Business Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Accenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Business Machines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Accenture presently has a consensus target price of $382.14, suggesting a potential upside of 20.06%. International Business Machines has a consensus target price of $249.06, suggesting a potential downside of 4.48%. Given Accenture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than International Business Machines.
Accenture has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Business Machines has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Accenture beats International Business Machines on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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