The OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB – Get Free Report) and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
3.8% of The OLB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of The OLB Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by 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.
Profitability
This table compares The OLB Group and Riskified’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| The OLB Group | -110.49% | -161.91% | -110.41% |
| Riskified | -14.57% | -8.33% | -6.82% |
Volatility & Risk
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares The OLB Group and Riskified”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| The OLB Group | $30.57 million | 0.12 | -$23.18 million | ($5.93) | -0.34 |
| Riskified | $297.61 million | 2.76 | -$59.03 million | ($0.26) | -17.73 |
The OLB Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Riskified. Riskified is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The OLB Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for The OLB Group and Riskified, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| The OLB Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Riskified | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.13 |
Riskified has a consensus target price of $6.03, indicating a potential upside of 30.83%. Given Riskified’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Riskified is more favorable than The OLB Group.
Summary
Riskified beats The OLB Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About The OLB Group
The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.
About Riskified
Riskified Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops and offers an e-commerce risk management platform that allows online merchants to create trusted relationships with consumers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. It offers Chargeback Guarantee that ensures the legitimacy of merchants' online orders; Policy Protect, a machine learning solution designed to detect and prevent refund and returns policy abuse in real-time; Account Secure, a solution that cross-checks every login attempt; Dispute Resolve, which is used to compile submissions for fraud and non-fraud related chargeback issues; and PSD2 Optimize that helps merchants avoid bank authorization failures and abandoned shopping carts. The company serves direct-to-consumer brands, online-only retailers, omnichannel retailers, online marketplaces, and e-commerce service providers in various industries, such as payments, money transfer and crypto, tickets and travel, electronics, home, and fashion and luxury goods. Riskified Ltd. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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