Contrasting of Gridsum Holding Inc. (GSUM) and Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:MANH)

We will be comparing the differences between Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:MANH) as far as dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the Application Software industry.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gridsum Holding Inc.	N/A	0.00	N/A	-2.48	0.00
Manhattan Associates Inc.	576.99M	7.64	103.01M	1.57	41.33

Table 1 shows top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of the two companies.

Profitability

Table 2 hightlights the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of the two companies.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gridsum Holding Inc.	0.00%	-127.4%	-42.8%
Manhattan Associates Inc.	17.85%	73.4%	33%

Liquidity

The Current Ratio of Gridsum Holding Inc. is 0.9 while its Quick Ratio stands at 0.9. The Current Ratio of rival Manhattan Associates Inc. is 1.4 and its Quick Ratio is has 1.4. Manhattan Associates Inc. is better equipped to clear short and long-term obligations than Gridsum Holding Inc.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

The shares of both Gridsum Holding Inc. and Manhattan Associates Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 36.4% and 0% respectively. Insiders held roughly 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s shares. Competitively, 1.1% are Manhattan Associates Inc.’s share held by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Gridsum Holding Inc.	-6.17%	10.06%	11.11%	-26.78%	-43.37%	56.95%
Manhattan Associates Inc.	-3.05%	13.04%	21.9%	30.2%	46.23%	53.03%

For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc. was more bullish than Manhattan Associates Inc.

Summary

Manhattan Associates Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 9 of the 10 factors.

Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains software solutions to manage supply chains, inventory, and omni-channel operations for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, logistics providers, and other organizations. The company operates in three segments: the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific. It provides supply chain solutions, such as distribution management, transportation management, and visibility solutions; omni-channel central and local solutions; and inventory optimization and planning solutions. The company also offers Manhattan SCALE, a portfolio of logistics execution solutions that offers trading partner management, yard management, optimization, warehouse management, and transportation execution services. In addition, it provides professional services, including solutions planning and implementation, and related consulting services; customer training and support services; and software enhancement services. Further, the company 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. It offers products through direct sales personnel, as well as through partnership agreements with various organizations. Manhattan Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.