Meridian (NASDAQ:MRDN – Get Free Report) and CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CCC – Get Free Report) are both companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Meridian and CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Meridian | $190.24 million | 0.69 | -$89.90 million | ($7.27) | -1.43 |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | $1.06 billion | 2.53 | $410,000.00 | $0.06 | 76.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Meridian and CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Meridian | -45.94% | -99.65% | -53.79% |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 3.18% | 6.08% | 3.33% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Meridian and CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Meridian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Meridian currently has a consensus target price of $21.60, indicating a potential upside of 108.29%. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a consensus target price of $9.33, indicating a potential upside of 104.68%. Given Meridian’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Meridian is more favorable than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.7% of Meridian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Meridian shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Meridian has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock beats Meridian on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Meridian
Meridian Holdings Inc is engaged in the online gaming and betting business, providing sports betting, online casino, and gaming operations across multiple jurisdictions in Europe, Africa, and Central and South America. The company has three reportable segments: MeridianBet Group, GMAG, and RKings & CFAC. The MeridianBet Group segment includes retail and online sports betting, casinos, and related gaming operations. The GMAG segment focuses on the resale of third-party gaming content, mainly serving customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The RKings & CFAC segment is involved in pay-to-enter prize competitions and trade promotions conducted in the United Kingdom and Australia. It generates the majority of its revenue from the MeridianBet Group segment.
About CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc is a provider of cloud, mobile, AI, telematics, hyperscale technologies, and applications for the property and casualty insurance economy. The company’s SaaS platform connects trading partners, facilitates commerce, and supports mission-critical, AI-enabled digital workflows. It operates in a single segment being Domestic segment, which provides SAAS platform for the P&C insurance economy and derives revenues from providing customers with software subscriptions to the platform in addition to providing professional services and non-software services. The company has its presence in the United States and China. The majority of the revenue is generated from the United States.
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