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$16.06 -0.07 (-0.41%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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MLNK vs. VRNS, GRND, BILL, CLBT, FROG, FRSH, BOX, INTA, SOUN, and RUM

Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include Varonis Systems (VRNS), Grindr (GRND), BILL (BILL), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), JFrog (FROG), Freshworks (FRSH), BOX (BOX), Intapp (INTA), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Rumble (RUM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

MeridianLink vs.

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

Varonis Systems received 877 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.50% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 26.23% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Varonis SystemsOutperform Votes
893
73.50%
Underperform Votes
322
26.50%
MeridianLinkOutperform Votes
16
26.23%
Underperform Votes
45
73.77%

In the previous week, Varonis Systems had 10 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Varonis Systems and 6 mentions for MeridianLink. Varonis Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat MeridianLink's score of 1.49 indicating that Varonis Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Varonis Systems
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MeridianLink
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Varonis Systems currently has a consensus price target of $55.06, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. MeridianLink has a consensus price target of $19.42, suggesting a potential upside of 20.87%. Given MeridianLink's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MeridianLink is more favorable than Varonis Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Varonis Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
MeridianLink
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

MeridianLink has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems 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
Varonis Systems$573.35M9.13-$95.76M-$0.81-57.73
MeridianLink$319.97M3.88-$42.54M-$0.38-42.27

Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of MeridianLink shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MeridianLink has a net margin of -16.57% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -17.38%. MeridianLink's return on equity of -9.57% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Varonis Systems-17.38% -20.35% -6.85%
MeridianLink -16.57%-9.57%-4.47%

Summary

Varonis Systems beats MeridianLink on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MLNK vs. The Competition

MetricMeridianLinkPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.24B$26.39B$24.28B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio-23.98118.7833.3534.52
Price / Sales3.8822.36283.6234.82
Price / Cash76.2086.0630.9317.51
Price / Book2.489.275.414.69
Net Income-$42.54M$436.62M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.95%-0.54%-0.68%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-1.99%28.07%16.74%6.27%
1 Year Performance-15.41%21.64%19.50%5.78%

MeridianLink Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLNK
MeridianLink
2.3762 of 5 stars
$16.06
-0.4%
$19.42
+20.9%
-15.2%$1.24B$319.97M-23.98620Positive News
VRNS
Varonis Systems
4.1728 of 5 stars
$45.84
+1.2%
$55.06
+20.1%
+4.3%$5.07B$573.35M-53.302,140Positive News
GRND
Grindr
1.7524 of 5 stars
$23.90
-0.4%
$23.25
-2.7%
+154.4%$4.98B$344.64M-68.27112Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
BILL
BILL
4.2705 of 5 stars
$47.32
+5.8%
$65.33
+38.1%
-20.4%$4.82B$1.39B-4,732.002,270Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CLBT
Cellebrite DI
3.4953 of 5 stars
$19.85
+0.1%
$23.00
+15.9%
+43.9%$4.75B$401.20M-14.28900News Coverage
FROG
JFrog
2.8287 of 5 stars
$40.43
+3.7%
$41.65
+3.0%
+27.8%$4.63B$428.49M-64.171,300Gap Up
FRSH
Freshworks
3.5156 of 5 stars
$15.67
+7.6%
$20.21
+29.0%
+6.4%$4.62B$751.55M-48.975,400Positive News
BOX
BOX
4.3563 of 5 stars
$31.88
+1.4%
$36.44
+14.3%
+20.2%$4.58B$1.09B39.842,170Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
INTA
Intapp
2.7753 of 5 stars
$56.31
+4.5%
$66.89
+18.8%
+51.1%$4.56B$483.46M-194.17950Positive News
SOUN
SoundHound AI
1.0331 of 5 stars
$11.01
+22.6%
$10.29
-6.6%
+88.4%$4.39B$84.69M-30.58200Trending News
High Trading Volume
RUM
Rumble
1.7053 of 5 stars
$9.96
+7.1%
$14.00
+40.6%
+31.8%$4.33B$101.46M-15.8170Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MLNK) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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