Head-To-Head Survey: SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) vs. Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC)

Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Franklin Covey and SS&C Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Covey	1	1	2	0	2.25
SS&C Technologies	1	2	8	1	2.75

Franklin Covey currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 64.18%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $96.57, indicating a potential upside of 24.80%. Given Franklin Covey’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than SS&C Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin Covey and SS&C Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Covey	1.88%	25.57%	5.52%
SS&C Technologies	12.76%	21.74%	7.25%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Franklin Covey and SS&C Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Covey	$262.75 million	0.72	$3.07 million	$0.45	37.22
SS&C Technologies	$6.27 billion	2.89	$796.90 million	$3.48	22.24

SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey. SS&C Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SS&C Technologies beats Franklin Covey on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Franklin Covey

Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. engages in the development and provision of software solutions to the financial services and healthcare industries. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan, Canada, and the Americas, excluding the United States and Canada. Its products include advent genesis, antares, asset allocators, AWD, axys, BANC mall, BRIX, DST vision, evare, lightning, and moxy. The company was founded by William Charles Stone in March 1986 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.