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