Blend Labs (BLND) Competitors

Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) and Blend Labs (NYSE:BLND) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure presently has a consensus price target of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 38.97%. Blend Labs has a consensus price target of $5.11, indicating a potential upside of 36.74%. Given Clear Secure's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Blend Labs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clear Secure	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Blend Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has more risk & volatility, YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blend Labs has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure has higher revenue and earnings than Blend Labs. Blend Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clear Secure	$613.58M	5.75	$28.11M	$0.86	29.45
Blend Labs	$156.85M	6.09	-$178.69M	-$0.34	-10.98

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure received 7 more outperform votes than Blend Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.63% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Blend Labs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 42 65.63%	Underperform Votes 22 34.38%
Blend Labs	Outperform Votes 35 43.75%	Underperform Votes 45 56.25%

Is YOU or BLND more profitable?

Clear Secure has a net margin of 10.93% compared to Blend Labs' net margin of -49.34%. Clear Secure's return on equity of 48.28% beat Blend Labs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clear Secure	10.93%	48.28%	12.96%
Blend Labs	-49.34%	N/A	-34.07%

Does the media favor YOU or BLND?

In the previous week, Blend Labs had 2 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Blend Labs and 3 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Blend Labs' score of 0.46 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clear Secure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blend Labs	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of YOU or BLND?

73.8% of Clear Secure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Blend Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 37.9% of Clear Secure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Blend Labs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clear Secure beats Blend Labs on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.