Accenture (ACN) Competitors

PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend PDD or ACN?

PDD presently has a consensus target price of $146.85, suggesting a potential upside of 17.49%. Accenture has a consensus target price of $387.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.26%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accenture is more favorable than PDD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PDD	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Accenture	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PDD or ACN?

29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Accenture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDD or ACN?

Accenture received 742 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PDD	Outperform Votes 424 58.81%	Underperform Votes 297 41.19%
Accenture	Outperform Votes 1166 70.41%	Underperform Votes 490 29.59%

Does the media refer more to PDD or ACN?

In the previous week, Accenture had 5 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Accenture and 18 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Accenture's score of 0.51 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PDD	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Accenture	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PDD or ACN more profitable?

PDD has a net margin of 24.23% compared to PDD's net margin of 10.89%. Accenture's return on equity of 39.10% beat PDD's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PDD	24.23%	39.10%	20.64%
Accenture	10.89%	28.30%	14.96%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PDD or ACN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PDD	$34.88B	4.74	$8.45B	$5.73	21.86
Accenture	$64.11B	3.21	$6.87B	$11.03	27.79

Which has more volatility and risk, PDD or ACN?

PDD has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Accenture beats PDD on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.