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MLNK vs. FROG, BILL, BOX, PONY, KC, FRSH, RUM, DJT, YOU, and TENB

Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include JFrog (FROG), BILL (BILL), BOX (BOX), Pony AI (PONY), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Freshworks (FRSH), Rumble (RUM), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), CLEAR Secure (YOU), and Tenable (TENB). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

MeridianLink vs. Its Competitors

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

MeridianLink has a net margin of -9.11% compared to JFrog's net margin of -17.52%. MeridianLink's return on equity of -5.14% beat JFrog's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JFrog-17.52% -7.24% -5.03%
MeridianLink -9.11%-5.14%-2.26%

85.0% of JFrog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of JFrog shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of MeridianLink shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

JFrog presently has a consensus price target of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. MeridianLink has a consensus price target of $19.42, suggesting a potential upside of 16.25%. Given MeridianLink's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MeridianLink is more favorable than JFrog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JFrog
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
MeridianLink
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, JFrog and JFrog both had 3 articles in the media. JFrog's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat MeridianLink's score of 1.08 indicating that JFrog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JFrog
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MeridianLink
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MeridianLink has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JFrog. JFrog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MeridianLink, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JFrog$428.49M11.11-$69.24M-$0.71-58.51
MeridianLink$316.30M4.08-$29.77M-$0.38-43.95

JFrog has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JFrog beats MeridianLink on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MLNK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MLNK vs. The Competition

MetricMeridianLinkTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.28B$2.51B$19.07B$21.12B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%2.73%3.60%
P/E Ratio-43.9530.8429.5328.44
Price / Sales4.0837.7449.3560.38
Price / Cash30.6245.9727.3922.92
Price / Book2.955.496.264.69
Net Income-$29.77M$33.37M$197.18M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.97%2.02%1.57%1.64%
1 Month Performance3.42%10.78%6.52%5.92%
1 Year Performance-28.32%41.59%30.80%11.50%

MeridianLink Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLNK
MeridianLink
1.2474 of 5 stars
$16.70
+1.1%
$19.42
+16.3%
-28.5%$1.28B$316.30M-43.95620News Coverage
FROG
JFrog
3.0637 of 5 stars
$41.95
-0.7%
$42.25
+0.7%
+11.9%$4.84B$428.49M-59.081,600Positive News
BILL
BILL
4.3927 of 5 stars
$45.31
-1.2%
$62.10
+37.1%
-10.9%$4.72B$1.29B-377.512,187Trending News
BOX
BOX
4.1428 of 5 stars
$32.81
+1.2%
$38.50
+17.3%
+24.2%$4.66B$1.09B25.432,810Positive News
PONY
Pony AI
N/A$12.88
-1.0%
$19.20
+49.1%
N/A$4.56B$75.03M0.001,460
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
0.7964 of 5 stars
$15.74
-1.1%
$11.33
-28.0%
+520.6%$4.45B$1.07B-14.3112,355
FRSH
Freshworks
3.3456 of 5 stars
$14.77
+1.0%
$20.07
+35.9%
+12.1%$4.31B$720.42M-61.544,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RUM
Rumble
1.7505 of 5 stars
$9.89
+1.6%
$14.00
+41.6%
+52.8%$4.23B$95.49M-6.8770Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DJT
Trump Media & Technology Group
N/A$19.25
+3.1%
N/A-37.6%$4.12B$3.62M-37.752
YOU
CLEAR Secure
3.6967 of 5 stars
$29.54
-2.7%
$32.00
+8.3%
+43.9%$4.04B$770.49M18.464,022Positive News
TENB
Tenable
4.3619 of 5 stars
$33.29
+0.8%
$40.78
+22.5%
-22.5%$4.04B$900.02M-89.971,872News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:MLNK) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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