Contrasting of Red Violet Inc. (RDVT) and Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM)

Red Violet Inc. (NASDAQ:RDVT) and Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) compete against each other in the Application Software sector. We will contrast them and contrast their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

Table 1 shows the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation for Red Violet Inc. and Cheetah Mobile Inc.

Profitability

Table 2 provides the return on assets, return on equity and net margins of the two firms.

Liquidity

Red Violet Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 3.1 and 3.1 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Cheetah Mobile Inc. are 3.3 and 3.3 respectively. Cheetah Mobile Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to Red Violet Inc.

Analyst Ratings

The table shown features the ratings and recommendations for Red Violet Inc. and Cheetah Mobile Inc.

Meanwhile, Cheetah Mobile Inc.’s consensus price target is $4.35, while its potential upside is 36.36%.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

Roughly 16.1% of Red Violet Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 16.4% of Cheetah Mobile Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 13.2% of Red Violet Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Competitively, 16.14% are Cheetah Mobile Inc.’s share held by insiders.

Performance

In this table we provide the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

For the past year Red Violet Inc. had bullish trend while Cheetah Mobile Inc. had bearish trend.

Summary

On 6 of the 9 factors Cheetah Mobile Inc. beats Red Violet Inc.

Red Violet, Inc., a software and services company, specializes in big data analysis providing cloud-based mission-critical information solutions to enterprises in various industries in the United States. Its proprietary platform includes CORE, a cloud-based technology platform, which serves various industries within risk management. The company serves various industries, including law enforcement, government, financial services, insurance, and corporate risk for identity verification, risk assessment, fraud detection, and compliance. It markets its products and services through value-added distributors, resellers, and strategic partners; and trade shows and seminars, advertising, public relations, distribution of sales literature, and product specifications and ongoing communication with prospective clients, distributors, resellers, strategic partners, and installed base of current clients, as well as through direct sales. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Red Violet, Inc. (NasdaqCM:RDVT) operates independently of Cogint, Inc. as of March 26, 2018.

Cheetah Mobile Inc. operates a platform that offers mobile and personal computer (PC) applications for its users and global content promotional channels. The companyÂ’s suite of utility applications optimizes mobile and PC Internet system performance and provides real time protection against known and unknown security threats. Its mobile and PC applications for users include Clean Master, a junk file cleaning, memory boosting, and privacy protection tool for mobile devices; CM Security, an anti-virus and security application for mobile devices; Battery Doctor, a power optimization tool for mobile devices; Cheetah Browser, a safe Web browser for PCs and mobile devices; CM Browser, a mobile browser; CM Launcher, a secure launcher that offers acceleration, secure protection, and stylish wallpapers, as well as automatically organizes mobile applications based on personal behavior; Photo Grid, a photo collage application that allows users to create professional looking collages of photos through an intuitive interface for mobile devices; CM Locker, a lightweight lock screen; and Duba Anti-virus, an Internet security application for PC and mobile devices. The company also offers content-driven applications comprising Live.me, a live video streaming application; and News Republic, a global mobile news service operator, as well as various products, which include mobile advertising publishing; mobile advertising platform; Duba.com personal start page that aggregates online resources and provides users access to their online destinations; Web and mobile games publishing; and cloud-based data analytics engines. It serves direct advertisers, including mobile application developers, mobile game developers, and e-commerce companies, as well as search engines. The company was formerly known as Kingsoft Internet Software Holdings Limited and changed its name to Cheetah Mobile Inc. in March 2014. Cheetah Mobile Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.