Accenture plc vs Mastercard Incorporated, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACN and MA diverge most: on debt / equity, ACN reads 0.16 and MA reads 4.39; on p/b, ACN reads 3.89 and MA reads 92.72. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ACN price has a different growth bar priced in than MA (+1.2% implied for ACN vs +18.4% for MA); 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 MA's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACN | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $208.88 | $589.17 |
| Market cap | $128.6B | $520.2B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.2% | +18.4% |
| P/E | 16.7 | 32.4 |
| P/B | 3.89 | 92.72 |
| P/S | 1.76 | 14.83 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 24.6 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | +16.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 60.2% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 46.3% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 289.7% |
| Return on assets | 11.3% | 28.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.1% | 54.1% |
| FCF yield | 9.8% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 4.39 |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.83 | 9.18 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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