Comparing Manhattan Associates (MANH) and The Competition

Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Manhattan Associates to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Manhattan Associates and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manhattan Associates	0	2	8	0	2.80
Manhattan Associates Competitors	5753	21542	44910	1498	2.57

Manhattan Associates presently has a consensus price target of $261.11, suggesting a potential upside of 3.73%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.23%. Given Manhattan Associates’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manhattan Associates has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Manhattan Associates and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manhattan Associates	18.41%	98.67%	28.60%
Manhattan Associates Competitors	-612.40%	21.13%	-8.86%

Volatility & Risk

Manhattan Associates has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates’ competitors have a beta of 1.34, suggesting that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Manhattan Associates and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manhattan Associates	$1.08 billion	$219.95 million	70.51
Manhattan Associates Competitors	$1.80 billion	$385.91 million	109.21

Manhattan Associates’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Manhattan Associates. Manhattan Associates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies 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.

Summary

Manhattan Associates competitors beat Manhattan Associates on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Manhattan Associates Company Profile

Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains software solutions to manage supply chains, inventory, and omni-channel operations. It offers Warehouse Management Solution for managing goods and information across the distribution centers; Manhattan Active Warehouse Management, a cloud native and version less application for the associate; and Transportation Management Solution for helping shippers navigate their way through the demands and meet customer service expectations at the lowest possible freight costs; Manhattan SCALE, a portfolio of logistics execution solution; and Manhattan Active Omni, which offers order management, store inventory and fulfillment, POS, and customer engagement tools for enterprises and stores. The company also provides inventory optimization and allocation solutions; technology platform including Manhattan Active Platform solutions, a cloud-native product designed to provide version-less product access; maintenance services, which offers on-premises software licensees with software upgrades for additional or improved functionality and technological advances; and professional services, such as solutions planning and implementation, and related consulting services. In addition, it provides training and change management services; and resells computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. The company offers products through direct sales personnel and partnership agreements with various organizations. It serves retail, consumer goods, food and grocery, logistics service providers, industrial and wholesale, high technology and electronics, life sciences, and government industries. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Manhattan Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.