AVPT vs. MLNK, AMPL, GETY, UP, HLMN, NYAX, LSPD, ML, MKTW, and MTTR
Should you be buying AvePoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AvePoint include MeridianLink (MLNK), Amplitude (AMPL), Getty Images (GETY), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Nayax (NYAX), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), MoneyLion (ML), MarketWise (MKTW), and Matterport (MTTR).
AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of AvePoint shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of MeridianLink shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AvePoint received 2 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.72% of users gave AvePoint an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
AvePoint presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.42%. MeridianLink has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. Given AvePoint's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AvePoint is more favorable than MeridianLink.
In the previous week, AvePoint had 1 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AvePoint and 3 mentions for MeridianLink. AvePoint's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat MeridianLink's score of 0.33 indicating that AvePoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvePoint has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvePoint has a net margin of -7.94% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -14.01%. MeridianLink's return on equity of -6.77% beat AvePoint's return on equity.
AvePoint has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MeridianLink. AvePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MeridianLink, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvePoint beats MeridianLink on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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