Accenture plc vs PayPal Holdings, Inc., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Accenture sells consulting hours and systems work; PayPal moves money between buyers and merchants. Accenture trades at 10.3 times earnings against PayPal at 8.31, so neither name asks much of a buyer. The gap sits elsewhere. Accenture converts 15.86% of its market value into free cash and hands back 4.59% as a dividend, a payout PayPal barely bothers with at 0.32%. PayPal answers with a 13.51% free-cash yield and 25.26% on equity, richer returns wrapped in a thinner 15% net margin. Accenture keeps no debt worth naming; PayPal carries a light 0.54 load. Two cash generators, one paying its holders quarterly, the other plowing everything back.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ACN | PYPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $135.19 | $46.33 |
| Market cap | $83.2B | $42.6B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 10.8 | 8.7 |
| P/B | 2.52 | 2.13 |
| P/S | 1.14 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | +5.8% |
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 17.8% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 25.3% |
| Return on assets | 11.3% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 15.1% | 12.9% |
| Dividend yield | 4.4% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.83 | 1.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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