SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) vs. Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) Financial Comparison

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Spire Global and SS&C Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	1	4	0	2.50
SS&C Technologies	0	3	5	1	2.78

Spire Global presently has a consensus target price of $16.70, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $92.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.34%. Given Spire Global’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spire Global is more favorable than SS&C Technologies.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	-145.22%	-54.03%	-30.80%
SS&C Technologies	13.16%	21.20%	7.19%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spire Global and SS&C Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$71.55 million	7.21	$51.31 million	($2.67)	-4.94
SS&C Technologies	$6.27 billion	3.10	$796.90 million	$3.48	23.84

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

Risk and Volatility

Spire Global has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

About Spire Global

Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

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.