MLNK vs. AVPT, AMPL, NYAX, LSPD, MKTW, MTTR, COUR, XPER, ZETA, and NABL
Should you be buying MeridianLink stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MeridianLink include AvePoint (AVPT), Amplitude (AMPL), Nayax (NYAX), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), MarketWise (MKTW), Matterport (MTTR), Coursera (COUR), Xperi (XPER), Zeta Global (ZETA), and N-able (NABL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
44.5% of AvePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of MeridianLink shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of AvePoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of MeridianLink shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AvePoint received 2 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.72% of users gave AvePoint an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
AvePoint has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MeridianLink. AvePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MeridianLink, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AvePoint has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MeridianLink has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvePoint has a net margin of -7.94% compared to AvePoint's net margin of -14.01%. AvePoint's return on equity of -6.77% beat MeridianLink's return on equity.
In the previous week, AvePoint had 1 more articles in the media than MeridianLink. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AvePoint and 3 mentions for MeridianLink. MeridianLink's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat AvePoint's score of 0.33 indicating that AvePoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvePoint currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.26%. MeridianLink has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.18%. Given MeridianLink's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AvePoint is more favorable than MeridianLink.
Summary
AvePoint beats MeridianLink on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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