Accenture vs Visa
ACN and V 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 V compare
Visa is the larger company, worth 4.3 times as much as Accenture ($738B against $172B).
Visa grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.4% versus 6.5% for Accenture).
Visa keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 50.8% compared with 11.3% at Accenture.
Both pay dividends: Accenture yields 1.9% and Visa 0.65%.
Accenture scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 11 for Visa), 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 | V |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $172B | $738B |
| Share price | $258.24 | $413.59 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.2% | 21.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −29.9% | 90.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.96 | 0.84 |
| Employees | 814K | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.0× | – |
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 16.6× |
| P/B | 5.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.0× (better) | 26.4× |
| P/FCF | 14.8× (better) | 35.1× |
| PEG | 2.39 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.7% (better) | 2.8% |
| Fair value | $307.54 | $204.07 |
| Margin of safety | 16.0% (better) | −103% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.5% | 14.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% | 12.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.0% | 11.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.6% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.0% | – |
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 60.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 50.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | 47.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 26.7% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 31.8% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.24 | 0.41 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 37.6× (better) | 34.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.43 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.68 | 9.05 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% (better) | 0.65% |
| Payout ratio | – | 22.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.5% |
| Buyback yield | 4.4% (better) | 2.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.3% (better) | 3.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.2% | 83.6% |
| Held by insiders | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.8M (better) | −$84.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 | 23 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 1.2% |
Go deeper
- ACN stock overview
- ACN income statement
- ACN valuation and score
- V stock overview
- V income statement
- V valuation and score
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