Contrasting Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN) and Elys BMG Group (NASDAQ:ELYS)

Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN) and Elys BMG Group (NASDAQ:ELYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Intellicheck and Elys BMG Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intellicheck	0	0	3	0	3.00
Elys BMG Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Intellicheck currently has a consensus price target of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 15.48%. Given Intellicheck’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intellicheck is more favorable than Elys BMG Group.

Volatility & Risk

Intellicheck has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elys BMG Group has a beta of 10.59, indicating that its share price is 959% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Intellicheck and Elys BMG Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intellicheck	$20.66 million	5.18	-$1.98 million	($0.04)	-133.50
Elys BMG Group	$43.86 million	0.00	-$18.26 million	N/A	N/A

Intellicheck has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elys BMG Group.

Profitability

This table compares Intellicheck and Elys BMG Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intellicheck	-3.37%	-1.59%	-1.23%
Elys BMG Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.8% of Intellicheck shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Intellicheck shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of Elys BMG Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

About Intellicheck

Intellicheck, Inc., a technology company, provides on-demand digital identity validation solutions for KYC, fraud, and age verification needs in North America. The company offers solutions for digital and physical identities for financial services, fintech companies, BNPL providers, e-commerce and retail commerce businesses, law enforcement, and government agencies. It provides identity systems products, including commercial identification products, such as Intellicheck Platform, an identity solution that checks whether an ID is valid, matches the ID to the person presenting it, and provides a risk score to determine the risk of doing business with that person; IDN-Portal, an Intellicheck-branded identity validation application that provides the ability to scan an ID using a mobile phone; IDN-Portal+ that offers document validation, retail POS integration, additional data for analytics and analysis, and online validation, and other features; IDN-Direct that provides access to additional data and the ability to use the platform's Risk Score capability to help with decision-making; and Intellicheck mobile app, which provides the ability to login and scan an ID. The company also offers State Aware Software solution, which provides or restricts information that is electronically scanned from an ID based on the electronic reading laws according to the state in which the ID is scanned; data collection devices that enable its software applications to be used on a variety of commercially available credit card terminals, PDAs, tablets, laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and point-of-sale terminals; and instant credit application kiosk software applications. It serves government, military, and commercial markets. The company was formerly known as Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. and changed its name to Intellicheck, Inc. in May 2017. Intellicheck, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

About Elys BMG Group

Elys BMG Group, Inc. engages in the provision of business-to-consumer gaming services in the United States and Europe. The company offers betting platform software services to leisure betting establishments; and operates web based and land-based leisure betting establishments. Its gaming product offerings include sports betting; and online casino, such as online slot and table games, poker, bingo, skilled and interactive games, virtual sports betting, and horse racing. It provides its products through physical, land-based retail locations; newgioco.it or commercial webskins linked to its website; and mobile devices. The company was formerly known as Elys Game Technology, Corp. and changed its name to Elys BMG Group, Inc. in January 2024. Elys BMG Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Toronto, Canada.