MANH vs. SSNC, TYL, MSTR, GWRE, INFA, SPLK, FROG, BLKB, BL, and QTWO
Should you be buying Manhattan Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Associates include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Splunk (SPLK), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), BlackLine (BL), and Q2 (QTWO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
SS&C Technologies received 180 more outperform votes than Manhattan Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.20% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote.
97.9% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Manhattan Associates presently has a consensus price target of $231.29, indicating a potential downside of 6.36%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $69.44, indicating a potential upside of 10.81%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
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.
Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 19.01% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 11.03%. Manhattan Associates' return on equity of 84.08% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.
Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 23 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 10 mentions for SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Manhattan Associates' score of 0.24 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Manhattan Associates and SS&C Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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