Accenture plc vs Trip.com Group Limited, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Accenture bills clients for consulting and technology work; Trip.com books hotels and flights across China. Trip.com's 53.27% net margin towers over Accenture's 10.66%, but that figure likely carries investment gains and deserves a wary eye rather than applause. On returns a buyer can lean on, both land near two dozen: Trip.com earns 19.31% on equity, Accenture 23.6%. Cash tells the cleaner story. Accenture converts 15.86% of its value into free cash and pays 4.59% out; Trip.com yields 6.81% and keeps it. Accenture trades at 10.3 times earnings against a travel platform priced at 1.16 times book. One returns cash, the platform reinvests in a recovering travel market.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ACN | TCOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $135.19 | $42.79 |
| Market cap | $83.2B | $29.9B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 10.8 | — |
| P/B | 2.52 | 1.21 |
| P/S | 1.14 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.5 | 12.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | +36.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 80.5% |
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 25.3% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 53.3% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 11.3% | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 15.1% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 4.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.83 | 1.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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