Contrasting Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and ScanTech AI Systems (NASDAQ:STAI)

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and ScanTech AI Systems (NASDAQ:STAI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Accenture and ScanTech AI Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	1	9	15	1	2.62
ScanTech AI Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00

Accenture currently has a consensus target price of $353.76, indicating a potential upside of 38.96%. Given Accenture’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Accenture is more favorable than ScanTech AI Systems.

Risk & Volatility

Accenture has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ScanTech AI Systems has a beta of -0.9, meaning that its stock price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of ScanTech AI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Accenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of ScanTech AI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Accenture and ScanTech AI Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	11.61%	26.55%	13.44%
ScanTech AI Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Accenture and ScanTech AI Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accenture	$64.90 billion	2.46	$7.26 billion	$12.56	20.27
ScanTech AI Systems	$540,000.00	32.88	-$23.07 million	N/A	N/A

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than ScanTech AI Systems.

Summary

Accenture beats ScanTech AI Systems on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Accenture

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services. It also provides change management, HR transformation and delivery, organization strategy and design, talent strategy and development, and leadership and culture services; digital commerce; infrastructure services, including cloud infrastructure managed, cloud and data center, network, digital workplace, database platforms, service management, and cloud and infrastructure security services; data-enabled operating models; technology consulting and AI services; and technology consulting services. In addition, the company offers engineering and R&D digitization, smart connected products, product as-a-service enablement, capital projects, intelligent asset management, digital industrial workforce, and autonomous robotic systems; business process outsourcing; and services related to technology innovation. Further, it provides cloud, ecosystem, marketing, security, supply chain management, zero-based transformation, customer experience, finance consulting, mergers and acquisitions, and sustainability services. The company has a collaboration with Salesforce, Inc. to develop Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

About ScanTech AI Systems

Scantech AI Systems, Inc. engages in the innovation, emerging technology, and machine learning expertise. ScanTech specializes in developing advanced screening technology that provides the most accurate and fastest detection of prohibited materials. The company was founded on September 5, 2023 and is headquartered in Buford, GA.