Accenture (ACN) Competitors

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

Is ACN or PDD more profitable?

PDD has a net margin of 26.93% compared to Accenture's net margin of 10.89%. PDD's return on equity of 45.04% beat Accenture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	10.89%	28.30%	14.96%
PDD	26.93%	45.04%	24.45%

Do analysts rate ACN or PDD?

Accenture presently has a consensus target price of $380.24, indicating a potential upside of 34.70%. PDD has a consensus target price of $188.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.74%. Given Accenture's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than PDD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
PDD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	2.95	$6.87B	$11.03	25.59
PDD	$34.88B	5.91	$8.45B	$7.55	19.84

Does the media prefer ACN or PDD?

In the previous week, PDD had 9 more articles in the media than Accenture. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PDD and 15 mentions for Accenture. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat PDD's score of 0.74 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accenture	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PDD	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACN or PDD?

Accenture received 736 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.30% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accenture	Outperform Votes 1167 70.30%	Underperform Votes 493 29.70%
PDD	Outperform Votes 431 59.20%	Underperform Votes 297 40.80%

Which has more risk and volatility, ACN or PDD?

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

Summary

Accenture beats PDD on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.