BLKB vs. BOX, CSOD, SINA, MIME, PD, FDS, SSNC, MANH, AZPN, and GWRE
Should you be buying Blackbaud stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackbaud include BOX (BOX), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), SINA (SINA), Mimecast (MIME), PagerDuty (PD), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and Guidewire Software (GWRE).
BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, BOX had 18 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for BOX and 10 mentions for Blackbaud. BOX's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Blackbaud's score of 0.43 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BOX has a net margin of 13.13% compared to BOX's net margin of 1.94%. BOX's return on equity of 16.66% beat Blackbaud's return on equity.
BOX has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less 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.
BOX pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Blackbaud pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. BOX pays out 164.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackbaud pays out 117.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BOX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blackbaud. BOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackbaud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOX received 409 more outperform votes than Blackbaud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
BOX currently has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Blackbaud has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. Given BOX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blackbaud is more favorable than BOX.
Summary
BOX beats Blackbaud on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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