i3 Verticals (IIIV) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DLO or IIIV?

DLocal has higher revenue and earnings than i3 Verticals. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLocal, 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
DLocal	$778.30M	3.81	$148.96M	$0.49	21.20
i3 Verticals	$241.65M	3.40	$113.34M	$4.40	5.63

Do analysts rate DLO or IIIV?

DLocal currently has a consensus price target of $12.07, indicating a potential upside of 16.14%. i3 Verticals has a consensus price target of $29.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.43%. Given i3 Verticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe i3 Verticals is more favorable than DLocal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLocal	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
i3 Verticals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to DLO or IIIV?

In the previous week, i3 Verticals had 5 more articles in the media than DLocal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for i3 Verticals and 1 mentions for DLocal. DLocal's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat i3 Verticals' score of 1.11 indicating that DLocal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DLocal	Positive
i3 Verticals	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, DLO or IIIV?

DLocal has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DLO or IIIV?

90.1% of DLocal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of DLocal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of i3 Verticals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLO or IIIV?

i3 Verticals received 136 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave i3 Verticals an outperform vote while only 32.89% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLocal	Outperform Votes 25 32.89%	Underperform Votes 51 67.11%
i3 Verticals	Outperform Votes 161 61.69%	Underperform Votes 100 38.31%

Is DLO or IIIV more profitable?

i3 Verticals has a net margin of 41.85% compared to DLocal's net margin of 16.35%. DLocal's return on equity of 32.59% beat i3 Verticals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLocal	16.35%	32.59%	12.95%
i3 Verticals	41.85%	3.36%	1.81%

Summary

i3 Verticals beats DLocal on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.