Riskified (RSKD) Competitors

i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IIIV or RSKD?

64.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. 33.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by company 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.

Is IIIV or RSKD more profitable?

i3 Verticals has a net margin of -2.46% compared to i3 Verticals' net margin of -25.53%. Riskified's return on equity of 9.67% beat i3 Verticals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i3 Verticals	-2.46%	9.67%	3.52%
Riskified	-25.53%	-13.48%	-11.08%

Which has more volatility and risk, IIIV or RSKD?

i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riskified has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IIIV or RSKD?

i3 Verticals received 123 more outperform votes than Riskified when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave i3 Verticals an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Riskified an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i3 Verticals	Outperform Votes 143 61.64%	Underperform Votes 89 38.36%
Riskified	Outperform Votes 20 38.46%	Underperform Votes 32 61.54%

Do analysts prefer IIIV or RSKD?

i3 Verticals currently has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 49.09%. Riskified has a consensus target price of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.21%. Given i3 Verticals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Riskified is more favorable than i3 Verticals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i3 Verticals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Riskified	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IIIV or RSKD?

i3 Verticals has higher revenue and earnings than Riskified. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riskified, 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
i3 Verticals	$317.86M	2.20	-$17.10M	-$0.38	-55.16
Riskified	$261.25M	2.75	-$103.99M	-$0.42	-10.43

Does the media prefer IIIV or RSKD?

In the previous week, Riskified had 1 more articles in the media than i3 Verticals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Riskified and 0 mentions for i3 Verticals. Riskified's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled i3 Verticals'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
i3 Verticals	Neutral
Riskified	Neutral

Summary

i3 Verticals beats Riskified on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.