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$16.68 +0.09 (+0.54%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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MLNK vs. NBIS, OS, VRNS, QTWO, CLBT, BOX, PYCR, BILL, GDS, and GRND

Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include Nebius Group (NBIS), Onestream (OS), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Q2 (QTWO), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), BOX (BOX), Paycor HCM (PYCR), BILL (BILL), GDS (GDS), and Grindr (GRND). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

MeridianLink vs.

MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) and Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, MeridianLink had 2 more articles in the media than Nebius Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MeridianLink and 4 mentions for Nebius Group. MeridianLink's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Nebius Group's score of 0.50 indicating that MeridianLink is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MeridianLink
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nebius Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MeridianLink currently has a consensus target price of $20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 20.40%. Nebius Group has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 77.17%. Given Nebius Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nebius Group is more favorable than MeridianLink.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MeridianLink
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Nebius Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Nebius Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MeridianLink. Nebius Group 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
MeridianLink$316.30M4.07-$42.54M-$0.39-42.77
Nebius Group$117.50M50.90$221.50M-$0.57-44.56

MeridianLink received 10 more outperform votes than Nebius Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Nebius Group an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MeridianLinkOutperform Votes
16
26.67%
Underperform Votes
44
73.33%
Nebius GroupOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

MeridianLink has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nebius Group has a beta of 2.54, suggesting that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Nebius Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nebius Group has a net margin of -4.76% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -16.57%. Nebius Group's return on equity of 7.18% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MeridianLink-16.57% -9.57% -4.47%
Nebius Group -4.76%7.18%4.00%

Summary

Nebius Group beats MeridianLink on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MLNK vs. The Competition

MetricMeridianLinkPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$25.30B$22.32B$19.22B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%2.59%4.00%
P/E Ratio-24.90116.4731.1733.45
Price / Sales4.0718.35172.6229.18
Price / Cash76.2086.0631.5117.52
Price / Book2.578.825.604.55
Net Income-$42.54M$438.40M$194.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.12%2.26%2.53%2.18%
1 Month Performance-8.75%3.24%15.82%-2.05%
1 Year Performance-2.34%15.16%29.88%5.45%

MeridianLink Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLNK
MeridianLink
2.8672 of 5 stars
$16.68
+0.5%
$20.08
+20.4%
-2.3%$1.29B$316.30M-24.90620Positive News
NBIS
Nebius Group
1.437 of 5 stars
$20.72
-3.8%
$45.00
+117.2%
N/A$4.88B$117.50M-36.3526,361
OS
Onestream
3.8192 of 5 stars
$18.66
-5.1%
$33.47
+79.4%
N/A$4.45B$489.41M0.001,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
VRNS
Varonis Systems
4.3403 of 5 stars
$39.42
-2.4%
$57.11
+44.9%
-2.7%$4.44B$550.95M-45.842,140Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
QTWO
Q2
3.033 of 5 stars
$72.28
-3.6%
$102.33
+41.6%
+35.1%$4.39B$696.46M-111.202,250Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CLBT
Cellebrite DI
2.9115 of 5 stars
$18.19
-3.8%
$23.43
+28.8%
+85.6%$4.36B$401.20M-13.09900Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
BOX
BOX
4.5168 of 5 stars
$29.34
-1.0%
$36.44
+24.2%
+19.0%$4.22B$1.09B36.682,170Positive News
PYCR
Paycor HCM
0.7437 of 5 stars
$22.49
flat
$21.53
-4.3%
N/A$4.09B$699.73M-187.40460Positive News
BILL
BILL
4.2619 of 5 stars
$39.90
-1.7%
$71.72
+79.8%
-28.5%$4.07B$1.39B-3,990.002,270Analyst Forecast
GDS
GDS
2.8948 of 5 stars
$21.21
-1.2%
$39.48
+86.1%
+217.5%$4.04B$10.32B-6.951,880Gap Up
GRND
Grindr
2.1015 of 5 stars
$19.29
-1.5%
$20.75
+7.6%
+127.2%$4.02B$344.64M-55.11112Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MLNK) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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