RSKD vs. WU, CNXC, CBZ, ACVA, DLO, FA, PAY, FLYW, PAYO, and GETY
Should you be buying Riskified stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riskified include Western Union (WU), Concentrix (CNXC), CBIZ (CBZ), ACV Auctions (ACVA), DLocal (DLO), First Advantage (FA), Paymentus (PAY), Flywire (FLYW), Payoneer Global (PAYO), and Getty Images (GETY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Western Union (NYSE:WU) and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Western Union had 1 more articles in the media than Riskified. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western Union and 6 mentions for Riskified. Riskified's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Western Union's score of 0.24 indicating that Western Union is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than Riskified. Riskified is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Union, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Union received 571 more outperform votes than Riskified when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote while only 38.03% of users gave Riskified an outperform vote.
91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western Union has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riskified has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Union currently has a consensus target price of $13.61, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Riskified has a consensus target price of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.78%. Given Western Union's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Riskified is more favorable than Western Union.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Western Union's net margin of -17.28%. Riskified's return on equity of 120.76% beat Western Union's return on equity.
Summary
Western Union beats Riskified on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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