Comparing Accor (ACRFF) & Its Peers

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.9% of Accor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Accor pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Accor pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.4% and pay out 45.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Accor lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Accor and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accor	N/A	N/A	80.66
Accor Competitors	$3.33 billion	$245.62 million	10.81

Accor’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Accor. Accor is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Accor and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accor	N/A	N/A	N/A
Accor Competitors	-9.44%	-36.77%	1.90%

Summary

Accor competitors beat Accor on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Accor

Accor SA operates a chain of hotels worldwide. It operates through three segments: Management & Franchise; Services to Owners; and Hotel Assets & Others. The company owns, operates, manages, and franchises hotels. It also provides digital services to independent hotel operators through D-edge platform; Gekko solutions for leisure and travel industry and large companies; and concierge and customized services through John Paul, as well as hotel booking services; and other services in events, fine dining, and entertainment through Paris Society and Potel & Chabot platforms. In addition, the company offers distribution activities, such as private sales of hotel accommodation and luxury vacations through VeryChic platform; rental of private residences operated by onefinestay; and coworking spaces through Wojo and Mama Works. Further, it provides hotel management, procurement, cash management, IT, and advertising services, as well as various advisory services. Accor SA was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.