VVI vs. ACCD, CNDT, PSFE, LQDT, RPAY, RGP, SEZL, SHAP, PRTH, and PAYS
Should you be buying Viad stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viad include Accolade (ACCD), Conduent (CNDT), Paysafe (PSFE), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Repay (RPAY), Resources Connection (RGP), Sezzle (SEZL), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Priority Technology (PRTH), and PaySign (PAYS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Viad (NYSE:VVI) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
89.9% of Viad shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Viad shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Accolade had 8 more articles in the media than Viad. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Accolade and 2 mentions for Viad. Viad's average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat Accolade's score of -0.24 indicating that Viad is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viad has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viad received 212 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave Viad an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
Viad has a net margin of 0.96% compared to Accolade's net margin of -31.59%. Viad's return on equity of 13.05% beat Accolade's return on equity.
Viad has higher revenue and earnings than Accolade. Viad is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accolade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viad presently has a consensus target price of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.84%. Accolade has a consensus target price of $15.53, indicating a potential upside of 68.66%. Given Accolade's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Accolade is more favorable than Viad.
Summary
Viad beats Accolade on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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