Accenture vs Uber Technologies
ACN and UBER 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 UBER compare
Accenture is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Uber Technologies ($170B against $144B).
On earnings, Accenture is cheaper: it trades at 18.7× trailing earnings, against 41.8× for Uber Technologies.
Uber Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus 6.5% for Accenture).
Accenture keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.3% compared with 6.1% at Uber Technologies.
Accenture pays a dividend yielding 2.0%; Uber Technologies does not pay one.
Accenture scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 13 for Uber Technologies), 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 | UBER |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $170B | $144B |
| Share price | $253.66 | $70.68 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.7% | −24.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −31.4% | 59.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.94 | 1.27 |
| Employees | 814K | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.7× (better) | 41.8× |
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 5.4× | 5.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7× (better) | 19.2× |
| P/FCF | 14.6× | 13.9× (better) |
| PEG | 2.34 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.8% | 7.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $307.23 | $63.67 |
| Margin of safety | 17.4% (better) | −11.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.5% | 13.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% | 36.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.0% (better) | −79.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.6% (better) | −78.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.0% | 43.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 15.4% (better) | 12.4% |
| Net margin | 11.3% (better) | 6.1% |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | 18.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 26.7% (better) | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 31.8% (better) | 16.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 (better) | 0.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.24 | 0.72 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 37.6× (better) | 14.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.43 (better) | 1.23 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.64 (better) | 3.09 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 4.4% (better) | 4.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.4% (better) | 4.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.1% | 82.6% |
| Held by insiders | 0.04% | 0.19% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.9M | $12.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 | 11 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- ACN stock overview
- ACN income statement
- ACN valuation and score
- UBER stock overview
- UBER income statement
- UBER valuation and score
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