
Group 1 - Blend Labs (BLND) has shown a year-to-date return of 31.8%, outperforming the Computer and Technology sector's average return of 13.4% [4] - The Zacks Consensus Estimate for BLND's full-year earnings has increased by 29.9% over the past 90 days, indicating improving analyst sentiment [4] - Blend Labs is ranked 2 (Buy) in the Zacks Rank system, which highlights stocks expected to outperform the market in the near term [3] Group 2 - Blend Labs is part of the Internet - Software industry, which includes 141 companies, and it currently ranks 95 in the Zacks Industry Rank [6] - The average return for stocks in the Internet - Software industry this year is 10.5%, indicating that BLND is performing better than its peers in this industry [6] - Another stock in the same sector, OneSpan (OSPN), has a year-to-date return of 39.7% and also holds a Zacks Rank of 2 (Buy) [5]