i3 Verticals (IIIV) Competitors

Remitly Global (NASDAQ:RELY) and i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend RELY or IIIV?

Remitly Global currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.79%. i3 Verticals has a consensus price target of $34.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Remitly Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Remitly Global is more favorable than i3 Verticals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Remitly Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
i3 Verticals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RELY or IIIV?

74.3% of Remitly Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Remitly Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of i3 Verticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, RELY or IIIV?

i3 Verticals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Remitly Global. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Remitly Global, 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
Remitly Global	$1.26B	3.18	-$36.98M	$0.06	324.83
i3 Verticals	$229.92M	4.29	$113.34M	$5.22	5.86

Is RELY or IIIV more profitable?

i3 Verticals has a net margin of 55.87% compared to Remitly Global's net margin of 0.96%. i3 Verticals' return on equity of 3.87% beat Remitly Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Remitly Global	0.96%	2.31%	1.51%
i3 Verticals	55.87%	3.87%	2.91%

Does the media prefer RELY or IIIV?

In the previous week, Remitly Global had 3 more articles in the media than i3 Verticals. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Remitly Global and 11 mentions for i3 Verticals. Remitly Global's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat i3 Verticals' score of 1.06 indicating that Remitly Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Remitly Global	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
i3 Verticals	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, RELY or IIIV?

Remitly Global has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

i3 Verticals beats Remitly Global on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.