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.
BILL (NYSE:BILL) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
MeridianLink has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 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.
In the previous week, BILL had 65 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for BILL and 1 mentions for MeridianLink. MeridianLink's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat BILL's score of -1.00 indicating that BILL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BILL has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.0% of BILL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of BILL shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BILL has a net margin of -4.21% compared to BILL's net margin of -13.86%. MeridianLink's return on equity of 0.98% beat BILL's return on equity.
BILL presently has a consensus price target of $96.65, indicating a potential upside of 85.69%. MeridianLink has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given MeridianLink's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BILL is more favorable than MeridianLink.
Summary
BILL beats MeridianLink on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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