Barclays Analyst Maintains Sell Rating on MeridianLink with $20 Target

Barclays analyst Saket Kalia maintains a Sell rating on MeridianLink with a $20 price target. Kalia has a 5-star rating and a 63.64% success rate on TipRanks. The company's latest earnings report showed a quarterly revenue of $81.49 million and a GAAP net loss of $4.69 million. The word on the Street suggests a Moderate Sell analyst consensus rating with a $17.90 average price target.

MeridianLink (NYSE: MLNK) has been in the spotlight following the announcement of its acquisition by Centerbridge Partners and the upcoming earnings release. The company's stock has seen significant movement, driven by analyst ratings and market expectations.

Stifel analysts recently raised their price target on MeridianLink to $20.00 from $18.00, maintaining a Hold rating. The acquisition by Centerbridge Partners, valued at $20.00 per share, represents a 26% premium over the closing price on August 8. This acquisition is expected to value the company at approximately 5.4 times enterprise value to revenue based on Stifel's fiscal year 2026 estimates [1].

Barclays analyst Saket Kalia, however, maintains a Sell rating on MeridianLink with a $20 price target. Kalia has a 5-star rating and a 63.64% success rate on TipRanks. The company's latest earnings report showed a quarterly revenue of $81.49 million and a GAAP net loss of $4.69 million. The word on the Street suggests a Moderate Sell analyst consensus rating with a $17.90 average price target [2].

MeridianLink is set to release its quarterly earnings on Monday, August 11, 2025. Analysts expect an EPS of $0.04. The company's stock has a neutral consensus rating, with an average 1-year price target of $18.0, suggesting a 12.29% upside. MeridianLink ranks in the middle for consensus rating among peers, with Verint Systems favored to Buy, SEMrush Hldgs Neutral, and Karooooo Outperform [3].

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy, and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Based on 8 analysts, the stock has a consensus rating of "Reduce." Out of the 8 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 5 have given a hold rating, and 1 has given a buy rating for MLNK. The average price target for MeridianLink is $19.50, with a high forecast of $24.00 and a low forecast of $16.00 [3].

Investors should closely monitor MeridianLink's upcoming earnings release for insights into the company's financial health and future prospects. The company's ability to meet or exceed analyst expectations will be crucial in determining its stock performance in the coming months.

References:
[1] https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/meridianlink-stock-price-target-raised-to-20-from-18-at-stifel-on-acquisition-news-93CH-4183450
[2] https://www.ainvest.com/news/meridianlink-q2-earnings-preview-analysts-expect-0-04-eps-neutral-rating-2508/
[3] https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/MLNK/forecast/