DSGX vs SAP vs MANH Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Sap Se and Manhattan Associates Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SAP Sap Se
$230.25 +10.4% 1M -12.8% 1Y
Market cap
$279.58B
P/E
29.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.76B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
6 wins
MANH Manhattan Associates Inc
$255.14 +25.0% 1M +40.5% 1Y
Market cap
$15.28B
P/E
71.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
–
Supply Chain Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Sap Se leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sap Se 6, Descartes Systems 2, Manhattan Associates 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDSGXSAPMANHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.12B $279.58B $15.28B SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 43.2x 29.3x 71.7x SAP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.4x 27.0x 43.8x SAP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +13.5% +8.4% SAP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% 20.8% 18.4% DSGX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 35.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.3% -12.8% +40.5% MANH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.0%/yr +9.1%/yr +6.7%/yr SAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 39.1% 46.4% SAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 63/100 52/100 DSGX

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXSAPMANH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDSGXSAPMANH
Valuation 48 #47 of 89 51 #50 of 100 19 #72 of 89
Growth 68 #27 of 82 66 #34 of 99 46 #45 of 82
Profitability 97 #3 of 78 92 #9 of 96 94 #6 of 78
Financial Health 83 #17 of 95 79 #24 of 112 37 #60 of 95
Shareholder Returns 42 #31 of 53 27 #49 of 67 64 #20 of 53
Overall 68 63 52
  • DSGX ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • SAP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • MANH ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDSGXSAPMANHSPY
1 month +13.8%+10.4%+25.0% -2.0%
3 months +17.8%+17.7%+34.7% -2.2%
6 months +25.5%+33.6%+80.8% +4.2%
Year to date +4.0%-5.2%+47.2% +10.6%
1 year +3.3%-12.8%+40.5% +10.4%
3 years +24.9%+65.7%+22.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year +7.7%+18.3%+6.9% +20.2%
5 years +10.2%+54.6%+38.3% +61.6%
5 years, per year +2.0%+9.1%+6.7% +10.1%
10 years +350.2%+171.8%+409.6% +261.3%
10 years, per year +16.2%+10.5%+17.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDSGXSAPMANHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%39.1%46.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.1%40.2%46.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.340.610.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.08-0.330.87 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-53.2%-61.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.9%-12.8%0.0% -3.2%
52-week high $94.87$263.96$255.14 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$146.09$120.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDSGXSAPMANH
P/E now vs peer median 41.6xmedian 39.6x 28.2xmedian 27.1x 70.4xmedian 39.6x
P/S now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 2.5x 6.2xmedian 2.8x 12.8xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 19.2x 11.6xmedian 16.6x 51.1xmedian 19.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 20.1x 26.7xmedian 15.7x 39.0xmedian 20.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.8x 5.4xmedian 2.8x 73.8xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.37median 1.53 1.76median 0.87 6.57median 1.53

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDSGXSAPMANH
Revenue $775.17M $45.76B $1.16B
Gross profit $601.59M $33.40B $646.85M
Operating income $243.60M $22.06B $279.18M
Net income $188.01M $9.47B $212.94M
Free cash flow $297.47M $10.59B $379.61M
R&D $109.17M $8.26B $146.19M
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $8.11 $3.61
Cash & equivalents $401.06M $10.62B $199.45M
Total debt – $9.68B –
Shares (diluted) 87.58M 1.18B 59.00M
Enterprise value $6.70B $206.98B $14.34B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDSGXSAPMANH
P/E 41.6x 28.2x 70.4x
P/FCF 26.4x 26.7x 39.0x
P/Operating cash flow 25.7x 24.6x 37.9x
P/S 10.1x 6.2x 12.8x
P/B 4.8x 5.4x 73.8x
P/Tangible book 6.0x 5.7x 73.8x
EV/EBITDA 22.8x 11.6x 51.1x
EV/EBIT 30.5x 12.4x 52.3x
EV/Revenue 9.6x 6.0x 12.6x
EV/FCF 25.0x 25.7x 38.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.3x 23.7x 37.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.37 1.76 6.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXSAPMANH
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 13.5% 8.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% 11.7% 9.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% 12.6% 7.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 12.1% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% 30.9% 2.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 52.1% 12.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 18.5% -1.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 16.4% 8.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 22.0% 1.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 16.0% 10.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% 43.3% 12.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 19.0% 22.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% 46.4% 13.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 21.7% 22.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXSAPMANH
Gross margin 77.6% 73.0% 55.9%
EBITDA margin 42.1% 51.5% 24.7%
Operating margin 31.4% 48.2% 24.1%
Pretax margin 32.7% 29.2% 24.9%
Net margin 24.3% 20.8% 18.4%
FCF margin 38.4% 23.1% 32.8%
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% 25.1% 33.8%
Return on equity 11.4% 18.5% 118.9%
Return on assets – 11.2% 29.4%
Return on invested capital – 35.6% –
Return on capital employed – 34.0% 114.1%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.2x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% 3.9% 10.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXSAPMANH
Debt / assets – 11.2% –
Debt / equity – 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x –
Debt / FCF – 0.9x –
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 39.1% 73.3%
Equity / assets 84.1% 60.9% 26.7%
Interest coverage 168.0x 8.3x –
Current ratio 2.0x 1.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.9x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 16.43 7.36 19.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXSAPMANH
Dividend yield – 1.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.2% -0.1% 2.9%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 1.2% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDSGXSAPMANH
Forward P/E 41.4xFY2026 27.0xFY2026 43.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $5.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +4.9% +11.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $1.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% +14.3% +11.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXSAPMANH
Held by institutions – 7.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 816 508
Change in shares held, QoQ – -3.0% -0.7%
Institutions buying – 458 250
Institutions selling – 243 198
Buyers to sellers – 1.88 1.26

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DSGXSAPMANH
DSGX 1.00 0.62 0.63
SAP 0.62 1.00 0.61
MANH 0.63 0.61 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, SAP and MANH?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $8.12B, Sap Se (SAP) $279.58B, Manhattan Associates (MANH) $15.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, SAP and MANH?

Sap Se (SAP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 43.2x, Sap Se (SAP) 29.3x, Manhattan Associates (MANH) 71.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sap Se (SAP) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.4x, Sap Se (SAP) 27.0x, Manhattan Associates (MANH) 43.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sap Se (SAP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +13.2%, Sap Se (SAP) +13.5%, Manhattan Associates (MANH) +8.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Descartes Systems (DSGX) has the highest net margin (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 24.3%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%, Manhattan Associates (MANH) 18.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manhattan Associates (MANH) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +3.3%, Sap Se (SAP) -12.8%, Manhattan Associates (MANH) +40.5%. Over five years, Sap Se (SAP) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +2.0%/yr, Sap Se (SAP) +9.1%/yr, Manhattan Associates (MANH) +6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sap Se (SAP) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 40.7%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.1%, Manhattan Associates (MANH) 46.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DSGX, SAP and MANH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sap Se (SAP) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.