III vs. IIIV, AHG, NVRI, PSFE, MNTN, FVRR, MAX, CARS, NRDS, and RSKD
Should you be buying Information Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services Group include i3 Verticals (IIIV), Akso Health Group (AHG), Enviri (NVRI), Paysafe (PSFE), MNTN (MNTN), Fiverr International (FVRR), MediaAlpha (MAX), Cars.com (CARS), NerdWallet (NRDS), and Riskified (RSKD). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Information Services Group vs. Its Competitors
Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
i3 Verticals has a net margin of 55.87% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of 3.27%. Information Services Group's return on equity of 6.87% beat i3 Verticals' return on equity.
Information Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. i3 Verticals has a consensus target price of $34.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Given i3 Verticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe i3 Verticals is more favorable than Information Services Group.
In the previous week, Information Services Group and Information Services Group both had 4 articles in the media. i3 Verticals' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Information Services Group's score of 0.61 indicating that i3 Verticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.1% of Information Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Information Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of i3 Verticals shares are held by 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.
Information Services Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
i3 Verticals has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services Group. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
i3 Verticals beats Information Services Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:III) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
