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Should you be buying Franklin Covey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Covey include Acacia Research (ACTG), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Franklin Covey vs.
Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Franklin Covey currently has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.13%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than Acacia Research.
Acacia Research has a net margin of 31.44% compared to Franklin Covey's net margin of 6.85%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 25.23% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.
Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Covey received 224 more outperform votes than Acacia Research when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.99% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.
69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Acacia Research has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Covey. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 3 more articles in the media than Acacia Research. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Acacia Research. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Acacia Research's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Covey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Franklin Covey beats Acacia Research on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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