ACCD vs. LQDT, CNDT, IMXI, VVI, RGP, PSFE, SEZL, SHAP, PAYS, and PRTH
Should you be buying Accolade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accolade include Liquidity Services (LQDT), Conduent (CNDT), International Money Express (IMXI), Viad (VVI), Resources Connection (RGP), Paysafe (PSFE), Sezzle (SEZL), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Paysign (PAYS), and Priority Technology (PRTH). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.03% compared to Liquidity Services' net margin of -24.09%. Accolade's return on equity of 17.62% beat Liquidity Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Liquidity Services had 13 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Liquidity Services and 7 mentions for Accolade. Accolade's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Liquidity Services' score of -0.29 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liquidity Services presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.10%. Accolade has a consensus target price of $14.14, indicating a potential upside of 96.70%. Given Liquidity Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Accolade is more favorable than Liquidity Services.
Liquidity Services received 347 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote.
Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liquidity Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Accolade. Accolade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Accolade on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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