Blend Labs (BLND) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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. 37.8% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blend Labs has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and 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	$770.49M	4.83	$28.11M	$1.54	17.66
Blend Labs	$162.02M	5.01	-$178.69M	-$0.24	-13.02

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 MarketBeat Community prefer YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure received 10 more outperform votes than Blend Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 43.37% of users gave Blend Labs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 46 66.67%	Underperform Votes 23 33.33%
Blend Labs	Outperform Votes 36 43.37%	Underperform Votes 47 56.63%

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 9 mentions for Blend Labs and 7 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Blend Labs' score of 1.40 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Blend Labs	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend YOU or BLND?

Clear Secure presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.04%. Blend Labs has a consensus price target of $4.91, suggesting a potential upside of 57.26%. Given Blend Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blend Labs is more favorable than Clear Secure.

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

Summary

Clear Secure beats Blend Labs on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.