Contrasting InterCloud Systems (OTCMKTS:ICLD) & Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD)

Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) and InterCloud Systems (OTCMKTS:ICLD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Accolade has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterCloud Systems has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Accolade and InterCloud Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accolade	0	3	12	0	2.80
InterCloud Systems	0	0	0	0	N/A

Accolade currently has a consensus price target of $11.65, indicating a potential upside of 179.47%.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accolade	$431.53 million	0.77	-$99.81 million	($1.16)	-3.59
InterCloud Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

InterCloud Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Accolade.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.0% of Accolade shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Accolade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of InterCloud Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accolade	-20.62%	-20.30%	-11.14%
InterCloud Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Accolade beats InterCloud Systems on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Accolade

Accolade, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and provision of personalized and technology-enabled solutions that help people to understand, navigate, and utilize the healthcare system and their workplace benefits in the United States. The company offers a platform with cloud-based technology and multimodal support from a team of health assistants and clinicians, including registered nurses, physician medical directors, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, women's health specialists, case management specialists, expert medical opinion providers, and virtual primary care physicians. It also provides medical opinion and decision support services; and technology and administrative services to the medical practice PCs providing virtual primary care services. The company serves employers who provide their employees and their employees' families a single place to turn for their health, healthcare, and benefits needs. Accolade, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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.