Riskified (RSKD) Competitors

WNS (NYSE:WNS) and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WNS or RSKD?

97.4% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Riskified shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of WNS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Riskified shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WNS or RSKD?

WNS has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riskified has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WNS or RSKD more profitable?

WNS has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Riskified's net margin of -11.15%. WNS's return on equity of 23.03% beat Riskified's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WNS	12.11%	23.03%	12.22%
Riskified	-11.15%	-7.42%	-5.86%

Do analysts prefer WNS or RSKD?

WNS presently has a consensus price target of $68.13, suggesting a potential downside of 9.03%. Riskified has a consensus price target of $6.03, suggesting a potential upside of 20.02%. Given Riskified's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Riskified is more favorable than WNS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Riskified	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media favor WNS or RSKD?

In the previous week, WNS had 3 more articles in the media than Riskified. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WNS and 3 mentions for Riskified. WNS's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Riskified's score of 0.20 indicating that WNS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WNS	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Riskified	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, WNS or RSKD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WNS	$1.31B	2.64	$170.11M	$3.59	20.86
Riskified	$333.50M	2.43	-$34.92M	-$0.22	-22.84

Summary

WNS beats Riskified on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.