Accenture vs Fiserv
ACN and FISV side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ACN and FISV compare
Accenture is the larger company, worth 6.5 times as much as Fiserv ($172B against $26.6B).
On earnings, Fiserv is cheaper: it trades at 9.6× trailing earnings, against 19.0× for Accenture.
Accenture grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.5% versus −1.2% for Fiserv).
Fiserv keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.4% compared with 11.3% at Accenture.
Accenture pays a dividend yielding 1.9%; Fiserv does not pay one.
Accenture scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 12 for Fiserv), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ACN | FISV |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $172B | $26.6B |
| Share price | $258.24 | $50.02 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.2% | −29.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −29.9% | −50.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.96 | 0.73 |
| Employees | 814K | 38K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.0× | 9.6× (better) |
| P/S | 2.3× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/B | 5.5× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.0× | 11.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 14.8× | 6.8× (better) |
| PEG | 2.39 | 0.55 (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.7% | 14.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $307.54 | $127.69 |
| Margin of safety | 16.0% | 60.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.5% (better) | −1.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% (better) | 7.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.0% (better) | −17.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.6% (better) | −13.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.2% | 35.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.0% | – |
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 22.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 13.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | 18.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 26.7% (better) | 10.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 31.8% (better) | 7.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 (better) | 1.04 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.24 | 5.85 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 37.6× (better) | 3.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.43 (better) | 1.04 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.68 (better) | 1.25 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | 4.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 6.3% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.2% | 92.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.04% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.8M | $3.8M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- ACN stock overview
- ACN income statement
- ACN valuation and score
- FISV stock overview
- FISV income statement
- FISV valuation and score
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