NICE vs. SSNC, MANH, NTNX, BSY, OKTA, DT, TYL, CDAY, TWLO, and CHKP
Should you be buying NICE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NICE include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Nutanix (NTNX), Bentley Systems (BSY), Okta (OKTA), Dynatrace (DT), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Twilio (TWLO), and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, NICE had 37 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for NICE and 8 mentions for SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat NICE's score of 0.69 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NICE has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NICE currently has a consensus price target of $291.55, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $70.78, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Given NICE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NICE is more favorable than SS&C Technologies.
SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than NICE. SS&C Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NICE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SS&C Technologies received 48 more outperform votes than NICE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.22% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 68.82% of users gave NICE an outperform vote.
63.3% of NICE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of NICE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SS&C Technologies shares are held 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.
NICE has a net margin of 14.23% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 11.03%. SS&C Technologies' return on equity of 16.74% beat NICE's return on equity.
Summary
NICE and SS&C Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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