Critical Survey: CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CCC) versus CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU)

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CCC) and CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock and CLEAR Secure, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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	3	5	0	2.44

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock currently has a consensus target price of $9.12, indicating a potential upside of 20.22%. CLEAR Secure has a consensus target price of $58.29, indicating a potential upside of 37.38%. Given CLEAR Secure’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CLEAR Secure is more favorable than CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock.

Volatility & Risk

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLEAR Secure has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Common Stock and CLEAR Secure”s gross 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	4.23	$410,000.00	$0.08	94.88
CLEAR Secure	$900.78 million	6.37	$109.17 million	$1.47	28.86

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.

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.