MANH vs. SSNC, INFA, GWRE, MSTR, TYL, FROG, BLKB, ACIW, 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), Informatica (INFA), Guidewire Software (GWRE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BlackLine (BL), and Q2 (QTWO). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $70.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.57%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus target price of $234.86, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. Given Manhattan Associates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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.
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.
In the previous week, SS&C Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Manhattan Associates. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SS&C Technologies and 14 mentions for Manhattan Associates. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Manhattan Associates' score of 0.78 indicating that Manhattan Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SS&C Technologies and Manhattan Associates tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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