Meridian (MRDN) Competitors

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CCC) and Meridian (NASDAQ:MRDN) are both services - prepackaged software industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer CCC or MRDN?

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.97%. Meridian has a consensus price target of $21.60, suggesting a potential upside of 93.03%. Given Meridian's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Meridian is more favorable than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Meridian	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is CCC or MRDN more profitable?

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a net margin of 3.18% compared to Meridian's net margin of -45.94%. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock's return on equity of 6.08% beat Meridian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock	3.18%	6.08%	3.33%
Meridian	-45.94%	-99.76%	-53.85%

Does the media prefer CCC or MRDN?

In the previous week, Meridian had 13 more articles in the media than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Meridian and 14 mentions for CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Meridian's score of 0.64 indicating that CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Meridian	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CCC or MRDN?

95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Meridian shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Meridian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CCC or MRDN?

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has higher revenue and earnings than Meridian. Meridian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock, 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
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock	$1.06B	2.95	$410K	$0.06	88.67
Meridian	$182.86M	0.78	-$89.90M	-$7.45	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, CCC or MRDN?

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meridian has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock beats Meridian on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.