MANH · Technology(services-prepackaged software) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
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Manhattan Associates Inc reported revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025, after growing 6.7% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin narrowed from 32.1% in 2016 to 25.9%. Of the $2.0 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 85.8% went to buybacks; the share count fell 15.3%. On the accounting screens, it passes 6 of 8 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 5.21 is in the safe zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; none of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 20251.1B+6.7% a year over 9 years
Operating margin25.9%gross margin 56.3%
Return on invested capital—
Free cash flow after stock pay262.8M24.3% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA—net debt —
Piotroski F-score6/8tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
00.5B1.0B1.5B
2016Revenue 604.6MOperating income 194.3M
2017Revenue 594.6MOperating income 185.6M
2018Revenue 559.2MOperating income 133.9M
2019Revenue 617.9MOperating income 115.9M
2020Revenue 586.4MOperating income 114.1M
2021Revenue 663.6MOperating income 134.3M
2022Revenue 767.1MOperating income 152.7M
2023Revenue 928.7MOperating income 209.9M
2024Revenue 1.0BOperating income 261.6M
2025Revenue 1.1BOperating income 279.8M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+12.1%
+13.0%
+6.7%
Operating income
+22.4%
+19.7%
+4.1%
Net income
+19.5%
+20.3%
+6.6%
Earnings per share
+21.0%
+21.6%
+8.5%
Free cash flow per share
+30.9%
+23.3%
+14.3%
Shares
-1.3%
-1.0%
-1.8%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 10.3%
0%5%10%15%
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Economic profit
Needs a cost of capital, which comes from the valuation below.
Return on equity
69.9%
Return on assets
26.2%
Asset turnover
1.29×
Research & development
13.4% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
8.7% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
0100M200M300M400M
2016Net income 124.2MFree cash flow 132.5MAfter stock-based pay 116.6M
2017Net income 116.5MFree cash flow 157.9MAfter stock-based pay 141.6M
2018Net income 104.7MFree cash flow 130.0MAfter stock-based pay 110.2M
2019Net income 85.8MFree cash flow 131.7MAfter stock-based pay 99.9M
2020Net income 87.2MFree cash flow 138.2MAfter stock-based pay 104.8M
2021Net income 110.5MFree cash flow 181.2MAfter stock-based pay 137.9M
2022Net income 129.0MFree cash flow 173.0MAfter stock-based pay 113.7M
2023Net income 176.6MFree cash flow 241.5MAfter stock-based pay 169.9M
2024Net income 218.4MFree cash flow 286.3MAfter stock-based pay 193.1M
2025Net income 219.9MFree cash flow 374.0MAfter stock-based pay 262.8M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2016–2025
2.0B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 4%77.7M
Acquisitions 0%0
Dividends 0%0
Share buybacks 86%1.7B
Kept, or used to pay down debt 10%209.9M
Over the same years it paid 495.9M in stock. The share count fell 15.3%. 1.2B of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$0$2$4$6$8
2016Earnings per share $1.72Free cash flow per share $1.84
2017Earnings per share $1.68Free cash flow per share $2.27
2018Earnings per share $1.58Free cash flow per share $1.96
2019Earnings per share $1.32Free cash flow per share $2.02
2020Earnings per share $1.36Free cash flow per share $2.15
2021Earnings per share $1.72Free cash flow per share $2.82
2022Earnings per share $2.03Free cash flow per share $2.73
2023Earnings per share $2.82Free cash flow per share $3.86
2024Earnings per share $3.51Free cash flow per share $4.60
2025Earnings per share $3.60Free cash flow per share $6.13
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
60M65M70M75M
2016Diluted shares 72.1M
2017Diluted shares 69.4M
2018Diluted shares 66.4M
2019Diluted shares 65.1M
2020Diluted shares 64.3M
2021Diluted shares 64.3M
2022Diluted shares 63.4M
2023Diluted shares 62.6M
2024Diluted shares 62.2M
2025Diluted shares 61.1M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt and liquidity
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
—
Interest coverage
64× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
1.28 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
— collects in 72d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
6of 8 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✕Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforefailed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
–Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fell — not reportedno data
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✓No new sharesShare count did not growpassed
✓Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforepassed
✕Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforefailed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
5.21safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.15 × 6.56+1.00
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.41 × 3.26+1.34
Operating income ÷ assets 0.33 × 6.72+2.24
Equity ÷ liabilities 0.60 × 1.05+0.63
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-3.41below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.01+0.93
Gross margin slipping 0.97+0.51
Soft assets 0.87+0.35
Sales growth 1.04+0.93
Slower depreciation 1.45+0.17
Overheads vs sales 1.01-0.17
Profit not in cash -0.20-0.94
Leverage rising 1.03-0.34
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
None of the six cross-checks fires for the latest year: receivables and inventory move with revenue, profit turns into cash, investment keeps up with depreciation, the tax rate is ordinary and debt is moderate.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$30.87discounted at 10.3% a year · 52% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
8.6×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
6.6×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
1.7×
Free cash flow yield
13.9%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today905.1M
Everything after, today979.6M
The whole business1.9B
Minus net debt-0
What belongs to shareholders1.9B
Divided among 61.1M shares: <strong>$30.87</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
0100M200M300M
2016Reported 116.6M
2017Reported 141.6M
2018Reported 110.2M
2019Reported 99.9M
2020Reported 104.8M
2021Reported 137.9M
2022Reported 113.7M
2023Reported 169.9M
2024Reported 193.1M
2025Reported 262.8M
2026Projected 106.0M
2027Projected 118.6M
2028Projected 131.2M
2029Projected 143.7M
2030Projected 155.6M
2031Projected 166.8M
2032Projected 176.8M
2033Projected 185.4M
2034Projected 192.1M
2035Projected 197.0M
2016201820202022202420262028203020322034
Year by year
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
Revenue
1.2B
1.4B
1.5B
1.7B
1.8B
1.9B
2.0B
2.1B
2.2B
2.3B
Growth
13.0%
11.8%
10.7%
9.5%
8.3%
7.2%
6.0%
4.8%
3.7%
2.5%
Cash margin
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
8.7%
Free cash flow
106.0M
118.6M
131.2M
143.7M
155.6M
166.8M
176.8M
185.4M
192.1M
197.0M
Worth today
96.2M
97.5M
97.9M
97.2M
95.5M
92.8M
89.2M
84.9M
79.8M
74.2M
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
9.3%
32
34
36
38
41
9.8%
30
31
33
35
37
10.3%
28
29
31
33
35
10.8%
26
28
29
30
32
11.3%
25
26
27
28
30
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
9.0%
11.0%
13.0%
15.0%
17.0%
6.9%
22
24
26
28
30
7.8%
24
26
28
31
33
8.7%
26
29
31
33
36
9.5%
28
31
33
36
39
10.4%
30
33
36
39
42
All the inputs moving at once
5,000 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$22.11
Median$30.94
90th percentile$43.02
$20.00$40.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$25.93</b> and <b>$36.66</b>; one in ten below $22.11, one in ten above $43.02.
Does the long run make sense?
4.3×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 4.3 times that year's EBITDA.
4%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 56% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 4% on the new capital.
52%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
What lenders charge, after the tax saving on interest: 6.76% × (1 − 23.1%) = <strong>5.20%</strong>.
Weighted by how much of each the company uses (book value (no price given)): <strong>10.26%</strong>, the rate every future cash flow is discounted at.
What it has filed lately
The last twelve months at the SEC, most important first: annual and quarterly reports, events, large holders and insiders.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 5 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market—none in the period
Sold on the open market$2.0M4 sale(s) by 3 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans0%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.