NVT vs. MANH, TRMB, AZPN, JBL, DT, AKAM, LOGI, SWKS, NICE, and FLEX
Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include Manhattan Associates (MANH), Trimble (TRMB), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Jabil (JBL), Dynatrace (DT), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Logitech International (LOGI), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), NICE (NICE), and Flex (FLEX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Manhattan Associates received 333 more outperform votes than nVent Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote.
Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Manhattan Associates' net margin of 17.02%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 85.28% beat Manhattan Associates' return on equity.
nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Manhattan Associates. nVent Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 6 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 10 mentions for nVent Electric. Manhattan Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat nVent Electric's score of 0.63 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manhattan Associates currently has a consensus target price of $240.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.38%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.92%. Given nVent Electric's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Manhattan Associates is more favorable than nVent Electric.
Summary
Manhattan Associates beats nVent Electric on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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