CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CCC – Get Free Report) and CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock and CLEAR Secure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 3.81% | 7.18% | 3.75% |
| CLEAR Secure | 14.78% | 71.51% | 10.90% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| CLEAR Secure | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock presently has a consensus target price of $9.12, suggesting a potential upside of 37.42%. CLEAR Secure has a consensus target price of $58.29, suggesting a potential upside of 40.45%. Given CLEAR Secure’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CLEAR Secure is more favorable than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock and CLEAR Secure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock | $1.06 billion | 3.70 | $410,000.00 | $0.08 | 83.00 |
| CLEAR Secure | $1.00 billion | 5.61 | $109.17 million | $1.47 | 28.23 |
CLEAR Secure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock. CLEAR Secure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLEAR Secure has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CLEAR Secure beats CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About CLEAR Secure
Clear Secure, Inc. operates a secure identity platform under the CLEAR brand name primarily in the United States. Its secure identity platform is a multi-layered infrastructure consisting of front-end, including enrollment, verification, and linking, as well as back-end. The company also offers CLEAR Plus, a consumer aviation subscription service, which enables access to predictable entry lanes in airport security checkpoints, as well as access to broader network; and CLEAR mobile app, which is used to enroll new members and improve the experience for existing members. In addition, it provides RESERVE powered by CLEAR, a virtual queuing technology that provides users with the ability to book a dedicated time slot to go through security at the airport; CLEAR Verified, a B2B offering that extends secure identity platform to partners to create friction-free experiences for their customers; TSA PreCheck Enrollment Provided by CLEAR, as well as online renewal services; Atlas Certified, an automated solution to verify professional licenses and certification data across industries; and Sora ID that enables adding know your customer services to platform offerings, as well as virtual queuing technology that enables customers to manage lines. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Clear Secure, Inc. is a subsidiary of Alclear Investments, Llc.
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