Financial Survey: KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD)

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) and KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Riskified and KORE Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Riskified	$344.64 million	2.10	-$34.92 million	($0.17)	-26.37
KORE Group	$286.09 million	0.55	-$146.08 million	($3.58)	-2.51

Riskified has higher revenue and earnings than KORE Group. Riskified is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KORE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Riskified and KORE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Riskified	-8.00%	-5.63%	-4.24%
KORE Group	-24.51%	N/A	-15.92%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.0% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of KORE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of KORE Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Riskified has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KORE Group has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Riskified and KORE Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Riskified	1	3	3	0	2.29
KORE Group	1	2	0	0	1.67

Riskified currently has a consensus target price of $5.96, suggesting a potential upside of 32.91%. KORE Group has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 55.46%. Given Riskified’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Riskified is more favorable than KORE Group.

Summary

Riskified beats KORE Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About KORE Group

KORE Group Holdings, Inc. provides Internet of Things (IoT) services and solutions worldwide. It offers connectivity and location-based services, device solutions, and managed and professional services that are used in the development and support of IoT technology for the business market. The company’s products include IoT connectivity-as-a-service; connectivity enablement-as-a-service; device management services; and security location based services. It serves customers in healthcare, fleet and vehicle management, asset management, communication services, and industrial/manufacturing sectors. KORE Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.