BLKB vs. MANH, PEGA, INFA, HCP, ACIW, SWI, PLUS, NTCT, SPNS, and VRNT
Should you be buying Blackbaud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackbaud include Manhattan Associates (MANH), Pegasystems (PEGA), Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Sapiens International (SPNS), and Verint Systems (VRNT). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Blackbaud vs.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) and Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blackbaud currently has a consensus target price of $78.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.47%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus target price of $208.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.19%. Given Blackbaud's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blackbaud is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
Manhattan Associates received 145 more outperform votes than Blackbaud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote while only 60.59% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
Blackbaud has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 15 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 2 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Manhattan Associates' score of 0.99 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manhattan Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Manhattan Associates beats Blackbaud on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLKB) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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