Intellicheck Mobilisa (NASDAQ:IDN) & DarkIris (NASDAQ:DKI) Critical Review

DarkIris (NASDAQ:DKI) and Intellicheck Mobilisa (NASDAQ:IDN) are both small-cap services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.8% of Intellicheck Mobilisa shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Intellicheck Mobilisa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares DarkIris and Intellicheck Mobilisa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DarkIris	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellicheck Mobilisa	0.95%	1.16%	0.89%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DarkIris and Intellicheck Mobilisa”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DarkIris	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellicheck Mobilisa	$20.00 million	6.09	-$920,000.00	$0.01	603.00

DarkIris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intellicheck Mobilisa.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for DarkIris and Intellicheck Mobilisa, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DarkIris	1	0	0	0	1.00
Intellicheck Mobilisa	0	1	0	2	3.33

Summary

Intellicheck Mobilisa beats DarkIris on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DarkIris

DarkIris Inc. is a holding company incorporated as an exempted company on May 31, 2024 under the laws of the Cayman Islands. We operate substantially all of our business through our subsidiaries in Hong Kong, namely Quantum Arts Co., Limited (“Quantum”) and Hongkong Stellar Wisdom Co., Limited (“Stellar”). Operated in Hong Kong, we are a comprehensive technology enterprise engaged in the development, publishing and operating of mobile digital games via various third-party digital storefronts. Our activities encompass including game design, programming and graphics, as well as distribution and operation of mobile games on various platforms. We leverage on (i) the innovative, creative and technical expertise of the gaming industry communities in Hong Kong and (ii) the multicultural environment and diversified interests of mobile game players in these regions. Our goal is to create and promote a broader array of engaging, immersive, and captivating mobile game genres to cater to a global audience of gamers. Over the past seven years, we have successfully released numerous popular games. We are committed to consistently demonstrating exceptional strength and unique allure across diverse sectors of games, leading the way in pioneering advancements within the gaming industry. Quantum is our operating subsidiary in Hong Kong dedicated to games development and publishing, which is committed to bringing unique gaming experiences to game players around the world. It has a team of game developers who are not only technically proficient, but also have keen market insights to quickly capture and respond to the diverse needs of the global game market. Historically, Turing was our operating subsidiary in Guangzhou, PRC, committed to mobile game publishing and management of our intellectual property resources, and successfully published a broad range of games. In addition, Turing has always operated as a cost center of the Company, relying on personnel for research and development to support the overall business of the group. To align with the nature of our business, in which the majority of our revenue was generated overseas and the revenue generated from Turing only accounted for less than 3% of the Company, improve the operation efficiency, and lower our operation costs, we began shifting our business focus toward overseas operations centered in Hong Kong, starting from early 2025. During the transition period, all the software copyrights and trademarks owned by Turing have been or in the process of transferring to Quantum. On May 14, 2025, Quantum entered into a share transfer agreement with Xiamen Yusanjia, an unaffiliated third party, to transfer all outstanding shares of Turing, at the price approximately at RMB2.0 million (US$268,000) based on its unaudited net assets as of April 30, 2025. After the Disposition, our operation remains the same. Over the past seven years, we have rapidly grown into a mobile game publisher with significant influence in popular game categories such as card games, action role-playing games (“ARPGs”), and massively multiplayer online games (“MMOs”) by virtue of its deep insight into the global game market. Our core product offerings are: . Games Development. We develop, market and distribute our self-developed mobile games; and . Games Publishing and Operation. We publish and operate our self-developed mobile games and mobile games we license from other game developers. Our principal office is in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

About Intellicheck Mobilisa

Intellicheck, Inc., a technology company, develops, integrates, and markets threat identification and identity authentication solutions for bank and retail fraud prevention, law enforcement threat identification, and mobile and handheld access control and security systems primarily in the United States. 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 that provides the ability to scan an ID using a mobile phone; IDN-Portal+ that uses a retail scanner to validate an ID, and get additional data for analytics and analysis; 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.