SSNC vs. MANH, TYL, INFA, GWRE, TTWO, SPLK, MDB, BLKB, MSTR, and ANSS
Should you be buying SS&C Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SS&C Technologies include Manhattan Associates (MANH), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Informatica (INFA), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Splunk (SPLK), MongoDB (MDB), Blackbaud (BLKB), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and ANSYS (ANSS). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
82.2% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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 has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 22 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 32 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 media.
SS&C Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $69.44, indicating a potential upside of 10.81%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus price target of $231.29, indicating a potential downside of 6.36%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
Summary
SS&C Technologies and Manhattan Associates tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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