ACVA vs. HQY, ETSY, LIF, AMTM, LYFT, MARA, WPP, QBTS, WSC, and HNGE
Should you be buying ACV Auctions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACV Auctions include HealthEquity (HQY), Etsy (ETSY), Life360 (LIF), Amentum (AMTM), Lyft (LYFT), Marathon Digital (MARA), WPP (WPP), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), WillScot (WSC), and Hinge Health (HNGE). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
ACV Auctions vs. Its Competitors
HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) and ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
HealthEquity presently has a consensus target price of $118.55, indicating a potential upside of 31.98%. Given HealthEquity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe HealthEquity is more favorable than ACV Auctions.
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 beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HealthEquity has a net margin of 9.80% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -9.09%. HealthEquity's return on equity of 11.01% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.
In the previous week, HealthEquity had 13 more articles in the media than ACV Auctions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for HealthEquity and 0 mentions for ACV Auctions. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat ACV Auctions' score of 0.00 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of HealthEquity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of ACV Auctions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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