Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GRND scored 90.4, MDB scored 54.2 — GRND leads.
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GRND
Grindr Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
90.4
$15.03 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
36.2
GRND leads
MDB
MongoDB, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · Quality-Growth
54.2
$385.93 · $31.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthGRND+32.4%
Highest qualityGRND94 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueGRND-27%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GRND
stronger →← stronger
MDB
94
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
47
96
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
92
82
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
37
GRND is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GRND
MDB
$154mC
FCF
$659mC+
+32.4%A
Rev
+25.5%A-
Negative equity
D/E
0.02A-
32.0xB
P/E
—
1.13B+
PEG
1.67C+
—
P/S
11.2xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GRND
MDB
27% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
226% above
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~50%/yr
+5%
1-yr DCF upside
-76%
+37%
5-yr DCF upside
-69%
+102%
10-yr DCF upside
-57%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GRND
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
MDB
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
GRNDGrindr Inc.
Software - Application · $15.03 · beta 0.19
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $2.6b. 19% off the 52-week high of $18.50. Revenue growing +32% — in hypergrowth territory. 5 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $20.80 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 161% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
MDBMongoDB, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · $385.93 · beta 1.75
Why now
Software - Infrastructure · market cap $31.0b. 18% off the 52-week high of $473.10. Revenue growing +25% — in hypergrowth territory. 37 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $446.77 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($564m) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
Beta 1.75 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. P/S 11.2x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard. Net margin 2.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where GRND and MDB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 36.2 points in favor of GRND. The widest single difference is Quality, where GRND leads by 46.6 points.
QualityGRND 93.7 · MDB 47.1GRND +46.6
ValueGRND 81.9 · MDB 36.9GRND +45.0
GrowthGRND 96.3 · MDB 91.9GRND +4.4
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GRND or MDB the better stock?
GRND scores higher: GRND 90.4, MDB 54.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GRND and MDB differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where GRND leads by 47 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GRND leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are GRND and MDB scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.