Red Violet Inc. (NASDAQ:RDVT) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) are two firms in the Application Software that compete against each other. Below is a comparison of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Red Violet Inc. | 14.30M | 5.38 | 7.97M | -0.77 | 0.00 |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.20 | 0.00 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share (EPS), top-line revenue and valuation of Red Violet Inc. and Gridsum Holding Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 represents Red Violet Inc. (NASDAQ:RDVT) and Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Red Violet Inc. | -55.73% | 0% | 0% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -19.7% | -11.2% |
Liquidity
Red Violet Inc.’s Current Ratio is 4.2 while its Quick Ratio is 4.2. On the competitive side is, Gridsum Holding Inc. which has a 2 Current Ratio and a 2 Quick Ratio. Red Violet Inc. is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to Gridsum Holding Inc.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Roughly 6.2% of Red Violet Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 37.7% of Gridsum Holding Inc. are owned by institutional investors. About 14.4% of Red Violet Inc.’s share are owned by insiders. Comparatively, insiders own roughly 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s shares.
Performance
In this table we show the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Red Violet Inc. | 8.14% | 23.49% | 19.59% | -4.42% | 0% | -83.69% |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | -9.6% | -27.31% | -32.75% | -38.34% | -55.84% | -57.81% |
For the past year Red Violet Inc. was more bearish than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Summary
Red Violet Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 6 of the 9 factors.
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.
Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.