MeridianLink (MLNK) Competitors

MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) and BILL (NYSE:BILL) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MLNK or BILL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MeridianLink	Outperform Votes 13 27.08%	Underperform Votes 35 72.92%
BILL	Outperform Votes 151 55.93%	Underperform Votes 119 44.07%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MLNK or BILL?

MeridianLink has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MeridianLink	$303.62M	4.69	-$42.54M	-$0.54	-34.39
BILL	$1.06B	5.22	-$223.73M	-$0.79	-65.89

Is MLNK or BILL more profitable?

BILL has a net margin of -4.21% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -13.86%. BILL's return on equity of 0.98% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MeridianLink	-13.86%	-6.72%	-3.47%
BILL	-4.21%	0.98%	0.41%

Does the media prefer MLNK or BILL?

In the previous week, BILL had 61 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for BILL and 1 mentions for MeridianLink. BILL's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat MeridianLink's score of -1.00 indicating that BILL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MeridianLink	Negative
BILL	Neutral

Do analysts rate MLNK or BILL?

MeridianLink presently has a consensus target price of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. BILL has a consensus target price of $96.65, suggesting a potential upside of 85.69%. Given BILL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BILL is more favorable than MeridianLink.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MeridianLink	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BILL	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Which has more volatility and risk, MLNK or BILL?

MeridianLink has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BILL has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MLNK or BILL?

82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of BILL shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of BILL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BILL beats MeridianLink on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.