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Manhattan Associates, Inc.MANHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

US software company making supply chain and warehouse management software used by retailers and logistics companies.

Momentum leader 97
Mkt cap
$14.7B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$229M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
42.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.1%
Hurdle
+16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
88 days
2 Feb 2027
Close · USD$252.78
1D-0.9%
1W+1.8%
1M+22.2%
3M+29.2%
6M+76.7%
YTD+45.9%
1Y+40.3%
ATR %3.4%
Beta0.30
52w lowhigh4.1% off high

What Manhattan Associates does

US software company making supply chain and warehouse management software used by retailers and logistics companies.

Used to sell perpetual licences plus annual maintenance, but new business is sold as Manhattan Active cloud subscriptions, so revenue is spread over contract years. Implementation consulting is a large second line because the software must be fitted to each customer's warehouses. Most revenue comes from the Americas.

Products and services

  • Warehouse management (WMS)
  • Omnichannel/order management
  • Transportation management

Customers

  • Retailers
  • Third-party logistics (3PL) providers
  • Manufacturers/distributors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Software
  • Supply chain/warehouse management…
  • Retailers, 3PLs, manufacturers…

What could go right

  • E-commerce/omnichannel fulfillment complexity driving demand
  • Cloud migration of on-prem WMS customers

What could go wrong

  • Retail/logistics capex cyclicality
  • On-prem-to-cloud transition execution risk

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base). WMS software runs core warehouse operations; replacing it requires costly, risky re-implementation.

Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, US · Founded: 1990 · Employees: 4,370

Named competitors

Manhattan Associates at a glance

Size Manhattan Associates (MANH) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $14.7B, the 610th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $252.78 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 76.7%, against +32.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.6%); the operating margin is 24.9% (peer median 16.0%).

Valuation It trades at 42.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.8× (4th most expensive of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 29% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is +16 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $2.60B at 30 Sep 2026, up 24% on a year earlier — 2.2 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 5.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MANH 184Peer median 134
Six months, rebased to 100: Manhattan Associates against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Manhattan Associates financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.16B$1.08B$1.04B$929M$767M
Revenue growth—+4%+12%+21%—
Gross profit$640M$603M$565M$492M$402M
EBITDA$294M$289M$268M$216M$159M
Net income$213M$220M$218M$177M$129M
Free cash flow$380M$374M$286M$241M$173M
Capital expenditure$10.8M$15.5M$8.68M$4.73M$6.59M
Total debt$51.7M$61.1M$51.3M$24.1M$20.0M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Manhattan Associates competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%-25%0%+25%DOCUSGE002602TEMEVO688111TRMBDTFROGCRCLFFIVGENCHYMSSNCPCOR9697SAILTOSTPAYCMANH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Manhattan Associates is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%25×50×75×DOCUSGE002602EVO688111TRMBDTFROGCRCLFFIVGENCHYMSSNCPCOR9697SAILTOSTMANHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Manhattan Associates is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%DOCUSGE002602EVO688111TRMBDTFROGCRCLFFIVGENCHYMSSNC9697SAILTOSTMANHGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Manhattan Associates is the large dot.

Manhattan Associates competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MANH vs ORCL vs SAP.DE vs DSG.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Manhattan Associates MANH$14.7B+77%+8%25%42.0×29.4%
Oracle ORCL$351B-41%+22%34%13.6×n/a
Sap SAP.DE$276B+49%+8%29%29.8×14.9%
Descartes Systems DSG.TO$8.10B+32%+12%33%37.9×4.4%
Wisetech Global WTC.AX$10.3B+15%+71%31%32.6×30.1%
Kinaxis KXS.TO$4.01B+35%+16%18%30.9×12.9%

How Manhattan Associates compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Manhattan Associates against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMANHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+22.2%+3.5%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+76.7%+32.6%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-4.1%-13.7%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.4%+17.6%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin24.9%16.0%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E42.0×21.8×4th most expensive of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)29.4%14.1%4th most demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+13.0%+20.8%5th lowest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+16.3 pp-5.7 pp2nd most demanding of 19
EV / EBITDA49.4×15.7×most expensive of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5×-1.3×7th most indebted of 15

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Manhattan Associates MANHUnited States$14.7B+77%+8%25%42.0×29.4%+13.0%
DocuSign DOCUUnited States$14.5B+62%+9%12%15.9×12.9%+17.2%
Sage SGE.LUnited Kingdom$14.1B+33%+9%23%23.1×3.1%+5.7%
Zhejiang Century Huatong 002602.SZChina$14.0B-20%+28%21%11.1×-0.2%+20.4%
Tempus AI TEMUnited States$13.9B+53%+37%-18%n/an/an/a
Evolution EVO.STSweden$15.8B+33%-3%57%14.4×-0.3%+31.2%
Beijing Kingsoft Office Software 688111.SSChina$16.1B-8%+20%22%35.6×32.7%+21.3%
Trimble TRMBUnited States$12.6B-11%+7%18%13.6×15.3%+2.6%
Dynatrace DTUnited States$12.5B+7%+18%14%22.6×18.8%+23.5%
JFrog FROGUnited States$12.5B+43%+26%-13%89.6×37.7%+28.7%
Circle Internet CRCLUnited States$17.3B-40%+26%13%68.1×23.2%+52.7%
F5, Inc. FFIVUnited States$17.7B-12%+11%24%17.1×9.7%+5.6%
Gen Digital GENUnited States$17.7B+32%+17%43%9.6×1.8%+14.4%
Chime Financial CHYMUnited States$11.9B+70%+18%-1%35.2×18.2%+24.8%
SS&C Technologies SSNCUnited States$18.2B+13%+9%24%10.2×6.9%+6.1%
Procore Technologies PCORUnited States$11.4B+41%+16%-1%33.8×19.9%+27.0%
Capcom 9697.TJapan$11.0B+25%+21%41%27.0×-2.2%+15.4%
SailPoint SAILUnited States$11.0B+57%+20%-19%53.5×42.0%+24.7%
Cerebras Systems CBRSUnited States$20.1Bn/a+91%-81%n/an/an/a
Toast TOSTUnited States$20.1B+38%+22%7%20.9×28.6%+49.5%
Paycom Software PAYCUnited States$10.5B+73%+9%30%15.9×3.3%+19.5%

Manhattan Associates backlog

Manhattan Associates reported $2.60B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 24% from a year earlier and up 4% from the previous quarter. That is 2.2 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.33.

Questions

Who are Manhattan Associates's main competitors?
Named competitors: Blue Yonder (Panasonic) (private or unlisted), Oracle (NetSuite/WMS) (ORCL), SAP (Extended WM) (SAP.DE), Korber Supply Chain (private or unlisted), Descartes Systems (DSG.TO), WiseTech Global (WTC.AX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes DocuSign (DOCU), Sage (SGE.L), Zhejiang Century Huatong (002602.SZ), Tempus AI (TEM), Evolution (EVO.ST), Beijing Kingsoft Office Software (688111.SS).
Is Manhattan Associates expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 42.0× against a peer median of 21.8×, 4th most expensive of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 29% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is +16 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Manhattan Associates stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +76.7% against +32.6% for the median peer; over one year +40.3%.
What is Manhattan Associates's backlog?
Manhattan Associates's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $2.60B at 30 Sep 2026, +24% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.