William Blair analyst Matthew Pfau started shares of Manhattan Associates with an Outperform rating saying the company is the leading provider of enterprise supply chain management solutions.

DA Davidson upgraded Manhattan Associates to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $240, up from $220. The stock correction this year is overdone, especially following a quarter where the company exceeded expectations and raised guidance, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says the shares now trade below its three-year bottom quartile forward price-to-earnings ratio, "an attractive entry for buyers today." The firm believes Manhattan is a "definitive" return on invested capital leader and "deserves more recognition from the market." Manhattan "generates pre-tax return on invested capital of 135%, a number we had to triple-check and sanity-check with management," writes DA Davidson.