LUMN vs. MLNK, ADV, NWTN, BBU, KFRC, MTTR, SCS, AMPL, CRCT, and ADEA
Should you be buying Lumen Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumen Technologies include MeridianLink (MLNK), Advantage Solutions (ADV), NWTN (NWTN), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), Kforce (KFRC), Matterport (MTTR), Steelcase (SCS), Amplitude (AMPL), Cricut (CRCT), and Adeia (ADEA). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
MeridianLink (NYSE:MLNK) and Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, MeridianLink had 6 more articles in the media than Lumen Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for MeridianLink and 8 mentions for Lumen Technologies. MeridianLink's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lumen Technologies' score of -0.05 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.7% of MeridianLink shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of MeridianLink shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MeridianLink has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumen Technologies. MeridianLink is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lumen Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MeridianLink has a net margin of -13.86% compared to MeridianLink's net margin of -76.21%. MeridianLink's return on equity of 4.06% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.
MeridianLink has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MeridianLink presently has a consensus target price of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.08%. Lumen Technologies has a consensus target price of $1.76, suggesting a potential upside of 34.54%. Given MeridianLink's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than MeridianLink.
Lumen Technologies received 563 more outperform votes than MeridianLink when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.69% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote while only 27.08% of users gave MeridianLink an outperform vote.
Summary
MeridianLink and Lumen Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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