AMPL vs. MLNK, MTTR, AVPT, NYAX, MKTW, COUR, XPER, LSPD, CLBT, and NABL
Should you be buying Amplitude stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amplitude include MeridianLink (MLNK), Matterport (MTTR), AvePoint (AVPT), Nayax (NYAX), MarketWise (MKTW), Coursera (COUR), Xperi (XPER), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), and N-able (NABL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
MeridianLink has higher revenue and earnings than Amplitude. MeridianLink is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplitude, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Amplitude had 9 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Amplitude and 1 mentions for MeridianLink. Amplitude's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat MeridianLink's score of 0.00 indicating that Amplitude is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amplitude received 3 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 29.09% of users gave Amplitude an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
Amplitude has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amplitude currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.23%. MeridianLink has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Amplitude's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amplitude is more favorable than MeridianLink.
73.2% of Amplitude shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of Amplitude shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of MeridianLink shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MeridianLink has a net margin of -14.01% compared to Amplitude's net margin of -32.71%. MeridianLink's return on equity of -6.77% beat Amplitude's return on equity.
Summary
MeridianLink beats Amplitude on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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