MANH vs. SSNC, GWRE, INFA, TYL, MSTR, FROG, BLKB, ACIW, QTWO, and BL
Should you be buying Manhattan Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Associates include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Q2 (QTWO), and BlackLine (BL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) and Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Manhattan Associates' net margin of 11.46%. SS&C Technologies' return on equity of 85.28% beat Manhattan Associates' return on equity.
SS&C Technologies received 181 more outperform votes than Manhattan Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.16% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.94% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote.
SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Manhattan Associates. SS&C Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 3 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 9 mentions for SS&C Technologies. Manhattan Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat SS&C Technologies' score of 1.12 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SS&C Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $70.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus target price of $234.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Manhattan Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
Summary
SS&C Technologies and Manhattan Associates tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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