Blackbaud (BLKB) Competitors

Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, MANH or BLKB?

Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbaud has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MANH or BLKB?

Manhattan Associates received 142 more outperform votes than Blackbaud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manhattan Associates	Outperform Votes 531 63.37%	Underperform Votes 307 36.63%
Blackbaud	Outperform Votes 389 60.69%	Underperform Votes 252 39.31%

Do analysts recommend MANH or BLKB?

Manhattan Associates presently has a consensus target price of $212.38, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. Blackbaud has a consensus target price of $85.33, indicating a potential upside of 40.95%. Given Blackbaud's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blackbaud is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manhattan Associates	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Blackbaud	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has better valuation & earnings, MANH or BLKB?

Manhattan Associates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blackbaud. Blackbaud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manhattan Associates	$1.05B	10.25	$218.36M	$3.50	50.68
Blackbaud	$1.16B	2.54	$1.82M	-$5.90	-10.26

Is MANH or BLKB more profitable?

Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of -24.83%. Manhattan Associates' return on equity of 84.62% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manhattan Associates	20.95%	84.62%	32.00%
Blackbaud	-24.83%	26.30%	4.42%

Does the media refer more to MANH or BLKB?

In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 26 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 25 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Manhattan Associates' score of 0.79 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manhattan Associates	22 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blackbaud	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MANH or BLKB?

98.4% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Blackbaud 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.

Summary

Manhattan Associates beats Blackbaud on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.