Head to Head Review: SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) versus CACI International (NYSE:CACI)

CACI International (NYSE:CACI) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.4% of CACI International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CACI International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for CACI International and SS&C Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CACI International	1	1	9	0	2.73
SS&C Technologies	1	2	8	1	2.75

CACI International currently has a consensus target price of $727.70, suggesting a potential upside of 15.19%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $96.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.37%. Given SS&C Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than CACI International.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CACI International and SS&C Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CACI International	$9.57 billion	1.47	$535.81 million	$24.36	25.93
SS&C Technologies	$6.27 billion	2.98	$796.90 million	$3.48	22.86

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CACI International	5.55%	15.56%	6.15%
SS&C Technologies	12.76%	21.74%	7.25%

Risk and Volatility

CACI International has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SS&C Technologies beats CACI International on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CACI International

CACI International Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of expertise and technology to enterprise and mission customers in support of national security in the intelligence, defense, and federal civilian sectors. The company operates through two segments, Domestic Operations and International Operations. The Domestic Operations segment offers digital solutions by modernizing enterprise and agency-unique applications, enterprise infrastructure, and business processes; C4ISR solutions, including command, control, communications, and computer (C4), as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technology and networks; and cyber solutions for cybersecurity, cyberspace, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence operations. This segment also provides space solutions, comprising intelligence fusion, data analytic, and decision support, as well as logistics solutions; engineering services, such as platform integration, modernization and sustainment, system engineering, naval architecture, training and simulation, and logistics engineering; design, implement, protect, and manage secure enterprise IT solutions for federal agencies; and mission support solutions, that include analytic services, as well as scenario-based instruction across the spectrum of intelligence processing, collection, and products. The International Operations segment provides a range of IT services, proprietary data, and software products to the commercial and government customers in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Reston, 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.