BOX vs. MANH, DT, NICE, MNDY, DOCU, CDAY, PATH, ESTC, CYBR, and TWLO
Should you be buying BOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOX include Manhattan Associates (MANH), Dynatrace (DT), NICE (NICE), monday.com (MNDY), DocuSign (DOCU), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), UiPath (PATH), Elastic (ESTC), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and Twilio (TWLO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Manhattan Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BOX. BOX 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 19.91% compared to BOX's net margin of 12.43%. Manhattan Associates' return on equity of 85.28% beat BOX's return on equity.
BOX received 288 more outperform votes than Manhattan Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote.
BOX has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BOX had 5 more articles in the media than Manhattan Associates. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for BOX and 18 mentions for Manhattan Associates. Manhattan Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat BOX's score of 0.45 indicating that Manhattan Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BOX currently has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus price target of $240.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Given BOX's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BOX is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
Summary
Manhattan Associates beats BOX on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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