MANH vs. SSNC, GWRE, INFA, TYL, BLKB, ACIW, QTWO, MSTR, BL, and FROG
Should you be buying Manhattan Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Associates include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Q2 (QTWO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), BlackLine (BL), and JFrog (FROG). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 19.91% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 11.46%. Manhattan Associates' return on equity of 85.28% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 9 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 12 mentions for SS&C Technologies. Manhattan Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat SS&C Technologies' score of 0.78 indicating that Manhattan Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SS&C Technologies received 179 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 63.03% 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.
Manhattan Associates currently has a consensus price target of $240.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $70.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
Summary
Manhattan Associates beats SS&C Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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