MLNK vs. GDS, FROG, SAIC, PONY, INTA, FRSH, BILL, DJT, GRND, and PYCR
Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include GDS (GDS), JFrog (FROG), Science Applications International (SAIC), Pony AI (PONY), Intapp (INTA), Freshworks (FRSH), BILL (BILL), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Grindr (GRND), and Paycor HCM (PYCR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
MeridianLink vs. Its Competitors
GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
GDS received 352 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.00% of users gave GDS an outperform vote while only 26.23% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
GDS has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GDS and GDS both had 4 articles in the media. MeridianLink's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat GDS's score of 0.40 indicating that MeridianLink is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of MeridianLink shares are owned 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.
MeridianLink has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS. MeridianLink is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MeridianLink has a net margin of -16.57% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. GDS's return on equity of -8.22% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.
GDS presently has a consensus target price of $39.48, indicating a potential upside of 53.74%. MeridianLink has a consensus target price of $19.42, indicating a potential upside of 23.20%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GDS is more favorable than MeridianLink.
Summary
GDS beats MeridianLink on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:MLNK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
