BLKB vs. ACIW, SWI, SPNS, BB, MOMO, CRNC, TWOU, GWRE, INFA, and MANH
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), BlackBerry (BB), Hello Group (MOMO), Cerence (CRNC), 2U (TWOU), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of 0.16%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 16.30% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.
Blackbaud presently has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. ACI Worldwide has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.56%. Given ACI Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACI Worldwide is more favorable than Blackbaud.
Blackbaud has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackbaud received 72 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 8 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 6 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat ACI Worldwide's score of 0.58 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Blackbaud shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats Blackbaud on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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