ACVA vs. HQY, FOUR, LIF, LYFT, AMTM, WPP, MARA, ETSY, QBTS, and STNE
Should you be buying ACV Auctions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACV Auctions include HealthEquity (HQY), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Life360 (LIF), Lyft (LYFT), Amentum (AMTM), WPP (WPP), Marathon Digital (MARA), Etsy (ETSY), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), and StoneCo (STNE). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
ACV Auctions vs. Its Competitors
ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA) and HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of HealthEquity 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.
HealthEquity has a net margin of 11.49% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -9.09%. HealthEquity's return on equity of 12.04% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.
HealthEquity has higher revenue and earnings than ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HealthEquity has a consensus price target of $119.77, suggesting a potential upside of 29.49%. Given HealthEquity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HealthEquity is more favorable than ACV Auctions.
ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HealthEquity has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HealthEquity had 20 more articles in the media than ACV Auctions. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for HealthEquity and 0 mentions for ACV Auctions. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat ACV Auctions' score of 0.00 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HealthEquity beats ACV Auctions on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ACVA) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
