Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG – Get Free Report) and Black Diamond Group (OTCMKTS:BDIMF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Acacia Research and Black Diamond Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Acacia Research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Black Diamond Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Acacia Research and Black Diamond Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Acacia Research | $122.31 million | 2.97 | -$36.06 million | $0.05 | 75.20 |
| Black Diamond Group | $294.14 million | 2.72 | $18.72 million | $0.41 | 28.56 |
Black Diamond Group has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. Black Diamond Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acacia Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Acacia Research and Black Diamond Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Acacia Research | 1.70% | 2.45% | 1.80% |
| Black Diamond Group | 8.23% | 10.76% | 4.79% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Black Diamond Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Diamond Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Black Diamond Group 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 Black Diamond Group
Black Diamond Group Limited rents and sells modular space and workforce accommodation solutions. It operates through two segments, Modular Space Solutions and Workforce Solutions. The Modular Space Solutions segment provides modular space rentals to customers in the construction, real estate development, education, manufacturing, health care, financial, government, and defense industries in North America. Its products include office units, lavatories, storage units, large multi-unit office complexes, classroom facilities, banking and health care facilities, high security modular buildings, custom manufactured modular facilities, blast resistant structures, SmartSpace interchangeable paneled units, and storage containers. This segment also sells new and used space rentals units; and provides delivery, installation, project management, and ancillary rental items, products, and services. The Workforce Solutions segment provides workforce housing solutions, including rental of accommodations and surface equipment, and provision of turnkey lodging and travel management logistics services in Canada, the United States, and Australia. This segment also provides associated services, such as installation, transportation, dismantlement, and sale of used fleet assets. This segment primarily serves the resource, infrastructure, construction, disaster recovery, and education sectors. It also provides specialized field rentals to oil and gas industries. The company markets its rental assets, custom sales, and ancillary products and services through in-house sales personnel, its website, social media, web campaigns, and its digital marketplace. Black Diamond Group Limited was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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