Accenture plc vs Alibaba Group Holding Limited, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACN and BABA diverge most: on debt / equity, ACN reads 0.00 and BABA reads 0.05; on implied growth (priced in), ACN reads -2.0% and BABA reads -0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ACN price has a different growth bar priced in than BABA (-2.0% implied for ACN vs -0.1% for BABA); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ACN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What BABA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACN | BABA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $165.97 | $122.26 |
| Market cap | $102.2B | $294.0B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.0% | -0.1% |
| P/E | 13.3 | 19.1 |
| P/B | 3.09 | 1.81 |
| P/S | 1.40 | 1.98 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 23.4 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | +2.6% |
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 4.9% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 9.3% |
| Return on assets | 11.3% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 3.3% |
| FCF yield | 12.3% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | 3.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.83 | 2.26 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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