Riskified (NYSE:RSKD – Get Free Report) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Riskified and Alight”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Riskified | $333.50 million | 2.27 | -$59.03 million | ($0.22) | -21.36 |
Alight | $2.32 billion | 1.20 | -$157.00 million | ($0.14) | -37.04 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
59.0% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Alight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Riskified and Alight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Riskified | -10.72% | -6.00% | -4.87% |
Alight | -5.53% | 5.42% | 2.45% |
Risk & Volatility
Riskified has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Riskified and Alight, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Riskified | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
Alight | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.88 |
Riskified presently has a consensus price target of $6.03, indicating a potential upside of 28.32%. Alight has a consensus price target of $9.94, indicating a potential upside of 91.66%. Given Alight’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alight is more favorable than Riskified.
Summary
Alight beats Riskified 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 Alight
Alight, Inc. provides cloud-based integrated digital human capital and business solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Employer Solutions and Professional Services. The Employer Solutions segment offers employee wellbeing, integrated benefits administration, healthcare navigation, financial wellbeing, leave of absence management, retiree healthcare and payroll; and operates AI-led capabilities software. The Professional Services segment offers consulting offerings, such as cloud advisory, deployment, and optimization services for cloud platforms. The company provides Alight Worklife, an intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Its solutions enable employees to enrich their health, wealth, and wellbeing that helps organizations achieve a high-performance culture. Alight, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
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