Financial Survey: Accenture (NYSE:ACN) versus InterCloud Systems (OTCMKTS:ICLD)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares InterCloud Systems and Accenture”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InterCloud Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Accenture	$64.90 billion	3.41	$7.26 billion	$11.43	30.96

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than InterCloud Systems.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

75.1% of Accenture shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of InterCloud Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Accenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares InterCloud Systems and Accenture’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterCloud Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A
Accenture	11.20%	26.83%	14.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for InterCloud Systems and Accenture, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterCloud Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00
Accenture	0	9	13	0	2.59

Accenture has a consensus target price of $368.23, suggesting a potential upside of 4.06%. Given Accenture’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Accenture is more favorable than InterCloud Systems.

Risk & Volatility

InterCloud Systems has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Accenture beats InterCloud Systems on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InterCloud Systems

InterCloud Systems, Inc. provides networking orchestration and automation for software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization environments to telecommunications service provider and corporate enterprise markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Applications and Infrastructure and Professional Services. The Applications and Infrastructure segment provides applications and services, including SDN training, SDN software development and integration, and vertical network function validation; and cabling and other field installations, as well as designs, engineers, installs, and maintains various types of Wi-Fi and DAS networks to enterprise customers. The Professional Services segment engages in the design and deployment of SDN and software-defined wide area networking solutions for enterprise and carrier accounts. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

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.