BLKB vs. ACIW, SWI, SPNS, MOMO, CRNC, TWOU, GWRE, INFA, MANH, and SSNC
Should you be buying Blackbaud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackbaud include ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), Sapiens International (SPNS), Hello Group (MOMO), Cerence (CRNC), 2U (TWOU), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Blackbaud received 71 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
Blackbaud has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACI Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Blackbaud. ACI Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackbaud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackbaud currently has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.71%. ACI Worldwide has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.45%. Given ACI Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACI Worldwide is more favorable than Blackbaud.
94.2% of Blackbaud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Blackbaud shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of 1.94%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 17.31% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.
In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 4 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 20 mentions for Blackbaud. ACI Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Blackbaud's score of 0.52 indicating that ACI Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats Blackbaud on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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