Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG – Get Free Report) and NCR Atleos (NYSE:NATL – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Acacia Research and NCR Atleos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Acacia Research | -5.39% | 0.44% | 0.33% |
| NCR Atleos | 4.44% | 83.41% | 5.87% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Acacia Research and NCR Atleos, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Acacia Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| NCR Atleos | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
Volatility & Risk
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCR Atleos has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of NCR Atleos shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of NCR Atleos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Acacia Research and NCR Atleos”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Acacia Research | $285.23 million | 1.48 | $21.68 million | ($0.15) | -28.93 |
| NCR Atleos | $4.35 billion | 0.79 | $162.00 million | $2.58 | 17.93 |
NCR Atleos has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NCR Atleos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NCR Atleos beats Acacia Research on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Acacia Research
Acacia is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: ACTG) company that is focused on acquiring and operating businesses across the industrial, energy and technology sectors where it believes it can leverage its expertise, significant capital base, and deep industry relationships to drive value. Acacia evaluates opportunities based on the attractiveness of the underlying cash flows, without regard to a specific investment horizon. Acacia operates its businesses based on three key principles of people, process, and performance and has built a management team with demonstrated expertise in research, transactions and execution, and operations and management.
About NCR Atleos
NCR Atleos Corporation operates as a financial technology company in the United States, rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Self-Service Banking, Network, and Telecommunications & Technology (T&T). The Self-Service Banking segment offers solutions, including a line of automated teller machine (ATM) and interactive teller machine (ITM) hardware and software, as well as related installation, maintenance, and managed and professional services; and solutions to manage and run the ATM channel end-to-end for financial institutions comprising back office, cash management, software management and ATM deployment, and others. The Network segment provides a network of ATMs and multi-functioning financial services kiosks for financial institutions, fintechs, neobanks, and retailers; Allpoint network for credit unions, banks, digital banks, fintechs, stored-value debit card issuers, and other consumer financial services providers; ReadyCode to convert a digital value to cash or cash to a digital value; ATM branding solutions to financial institutions; ATM management and services to retailers and other businesses; and engages in the buying and selling of Bitcoins. The T&T segment offers managed network and infrastructure services to enterprise clients across various industries through communications service providers and technology manufacturers; and professional, field, and remote services for modern network technologies, including software-defined wide area networking, network functions virtualization, wireless local area networks, optical networking, and edge networks. NCR Atleos Corporation is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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