MLNK vs. BILL, RBRK, GLBE, QLYS, SMAR, VERX, TENB, VRNS, CVLT, and ZI
Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include BILL (BILL), Rubrik (RBRK), Global-E Online (GLBE), Qualys (QLYS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Vertex (VERX), Tenable (TENB), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), and ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) and BILL (NYSE:BILL) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
BILL received 138 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave BILL an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
MeridianLink has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BILL. BILL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MeridianLink, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BILL has a net margin of -4.21% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -13.86%. BILL's return on equity of 0.98% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.
In the previous week, BILL had 61 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for BILL and 1 mentions for MeridianLink. BILL's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat MeridianLink's score of -1.00 indicating that BILL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MeridianLink presently has a consensus target price of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. BILL has a consensus target price of $96.65, suggesting a potential upside of 85.69%. Given BILL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BILL is more favorable than MeridianLink.
MeridianLink has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BILL has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of BILL shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of BILL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BILL beats MeridianLink on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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