MLNK vs. NBIS, BZ, QTWO, FRSH, WK, SAIC, TENB, INTA, SOUN, and VRNS
Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include Nebius Group (NBIS), Kanzhun (BZ), Q2 (QTWO), Freshworks (FRSH), Workiva (WK), Science Applications International (SAIC), Tenable (TENB), Intapp (INTA), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Varonis Systems (VRNS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
MeridianLink vs.
MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) and Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Nebius Group had 15 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Nebius Group and 13 mentions for MeridianLink. Nebius Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat MeridianLink's score of -0.03 indicating that Nebius Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Nebius Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MeridianLink currently has a consensus target price of $22.08, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Nebius Group has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.15%. Given Nebius Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nebius Group is more favorable than MeridianLink.
Nebius Group has a net margin of -4.76% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -16.57%. Nebius Group's return on equity of 7.18% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.
MeridianLink has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nebius Group has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nebius Group has higher revenue and earnings than MeridianLink. Nebius Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MeridianLink, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MeridianLink received 12 more outperform votes than Nebius Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Nebius Group an outperform vote while only 25.93% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
Summary
Nebius Group beats MeridianLink on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MLNK) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
