Accenture (ACN) Competitors

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, ACN or PDD?

Accenture has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACN or PDD?

75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Accenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ACN or PDD?

In the previous week, Accenture had 6 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Accenture and 15 mentions for PDD. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat PDD's score of 0.56 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accenture	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PDD	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACN or PDD?

Accenture received 742 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accenture	Outperform Votes 1166 70.37%	Underperform Votes 491 29.63%
PDD	Outperform Votes 424 58.81%	Underperform Votes 297 41.19%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ACN or PDD?

PDD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Accenture. PDD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accenture	$64.11B	3.25	$6.87B	$11.03	28.17
PDD	$34.88B	5.21	$8.45B	$5.73	24.02

Do analysts rate ACN or PDD?

Accenture currently has a consensus target price of $387.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.57%. PDD has a consensus target price of $146.85, suggesting a potential upside of 6.68%. Given Accenture's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accenture is more favorable than PDD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
PDD	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is ACN or PDD more profitable?

PDD has a net margin of 24.23% compared to Accenture's net margin of 10.89%. PDD's return on equity of 39.10% beat Accenture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	10.89%	28.30%	14.96%
PDD	24.23%	39.10%	20.64%

Summary

Accenture beats PDD on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.