BLKB vs. BOX, CSOD, SINA, MIME, SPT, SSNC, FDS, MANH, AZPN, and GWRE
Should you be buying Blackbaud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackbaud include BOX (BOX), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), SINA (SINA), Mimecast (MIME), Sprout Social (SPT), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and Guidewire Software (GWRE).
BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
BOX presently has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.65%. Blackbaud has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. Given Blackbaud's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BOX is more favorable than Blackbaud.
BOX received 409 more outperform votes than Blackbaud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
BOX has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbaud has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Blackbaud had 1 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Blackbaud and 4 mentions for BOX. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat BOX's score of 0.90 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BOX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blackbaud. BOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackbaud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of BOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BOX has a net margin of 13.13% compared to BOX's net margin of 1.94%. BOX's return on equity of 16.66% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.
Summary
BOX beats Blackbaud on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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