BBAI vs. MLNK, EVBG, ZUO, PDFS, MTTR, OPRA, BASE, VTEX, ENFN, and COUR
Should you be buying BigBear.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BigBear.ai include MeridianLink (MLNK), Everbridge (EVBG), Zuora (ZUO), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Matterport (MTTR), Opera (OPRA), Couchbase (BASE), VTEX (VTEX), Enfusion (ENFN), and Coursera (COUR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
MeridianLink has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. MeridianLink is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BigBear.ai, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MeridianLink has a net margin of -13.86% compared to BigBear.ai's net margin of -109.01%. BigBear.ai's return on equity of 0.00% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.
BigBear.ai currently has a consensus target price of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 121.48%. MeridianLink has a consensus target price of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 6.93%. Given BigBear.ai's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than MeridianLink.
MeridianLink received 5 more outperform votes than BigBear.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 33.33% of users gave BigBear.ai an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of BigBear.ai shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BigBear.ai had 2 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BigBear.ai and 1 mentions for MeridianLink. BigBear.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat MeridianLink's score of -1.00 indicating that BigBear.ai is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.73, meaning that its stock price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MeridianLink beats BigBear.ai on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BBAI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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