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Accenture PLC (ACN) vs Fiserv, Inc. (FISV)

Accenture PLC and Fiserv, Inc. are both Information Technology Services companies. Accenture PLC is the larger, with a market value of $156.7B against $33.4B — 4.7× the size. Fiserv, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Accenture PLC trades at 19.5×. Accenture PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.47% against −1.71%. Accenture PLC has the higher net margin (11.3% vs −18.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.8% vs −2.98%). Across the 21 metrics below, Accenture PLC leads on 14 and Fiserv, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
P/E 19.46 n/m 17.60
P/S 2.20 1.61 1.16
P/B 4.98 1,395.63 1.93
Price to free cash flow 14.01 10.61 13.52
EV/EBITDA 11.63 7.52 9.79
EV/Sales 2.16 2.89 1.35
Earnings yield 5.14% (11.80%) 2.99%
Free cash flow yield 7.14% 9.43% 0.07%

Profitability

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
Gross margin 32.05% 53.91% 30.04%
Operating margin 15.38% (10.91%) 1.67%
Net margin 11.28% (18.90%) 0.79%
Free cash flow margin 15.66% 15.18% 0.00%
Return on equity 25.76% (31.25%) 0.00%
Return on assets 12.04% (5.18%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 23.76% (2.98%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.47% (1.71%) 4.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.60% 17.84% 3.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.98% 7.37% 6.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.21% 29.43% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
Debt to equity 0.31 1.28 0.31
Current ratio 1.43 1.04 1.70
Net debt to EBITDA (0.20) 3.12 0.55

Dividend

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
Dividend yield 2.48% — 1.95%
Payout ratio 0.49 — 0.29

Size

Metric ACN FISV Information Technology Services median
Market cap 156.72b 33.36b 1.11b

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