ACIW vs. BLKB, SWI, SPNS, ALTR, BAND, LPSN, GWRE, INFA, CYBR, and MANH
Should you be buying ACI Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACI Worldwide include Blackbaud (BLKB), SolarWinds (SWI), Sapiens International (SPNS), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Bandwidth (BAND), LivePerson (LPSN), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 7 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 10 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat ACI Worldwide's score of 0.38 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blackbaud received 70 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Blackbaud shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ACI Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.48%. Blackbaud has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.96%. Given Blackbaud's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackbaud is more favorable than ACI Worldwide.
ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbaud has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of 1.94%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 17.31% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.
ACI Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Blackbaud. ACI Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackbaud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats Blackbaud on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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