Expensify (EXFY) Competitors

Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) and Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXFY or RDVT?

Red Violet received 45 more outperform votes than Expensify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Red Violet an outperform vote while only 34.43% of users gave Expensify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Expensify	Outperform Votes 21 34.43%	Underperform Votes 40 65.57%
Red Violet	Outperform Votes 66 62.26%	Underperform Votes 40 37.74%

Does the media favor EXFY or RDVT?

In the previous week, Red Violet had 3 more articles in the media than Expensify. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Red Violet and 5 mentions for Expensify. Red Violet's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Expensify's score of -0.42 indicating that Red Violet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Expensify	Neutral
Red Violet	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EXFY or RDVT?

68.4% of Expensify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Red Violet shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Expensify shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Red Violet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EXFY or RDVT?

Expensify has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Violet has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EXFY or RDVT?

Expensify currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.61%. Given Expensify's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Expensify is more favorable than Red Violet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expensify	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Red Violet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is EXFY or RDVT more profitable?

Red Violet has a net margin of 7.17% compared to Expensify's net margin of -11.81%. Red Violet's return on equity of 6.80% beat Expensify's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expensify	-11.81%	-14.72%	-8.89%
Red Violet	7.17%	6.80%	6.28%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXFY or RDVT?

Red Violet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Expensify. Expensify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Violet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expensify	$141.78M	1.38	-$41.46M	-$0.09	-27.00
Red Violet	$79.68M	8.29	$13.53M	$0.61	77.61

Summary

Red Violet beats Expensify on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.