Head-To-Head Analysis: Giftify (GIFT) versus Its Rivals

Giftify (NASDAQ:GIFT) is one of 52 public companies in the “LEISURE&REC SVS” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Giftify to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Giftify and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Giftify	-15.13%	-63.88%	-39.60%
Giftify Competitors	-92.84%	-46.06%	-4.17%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Giftify and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Giftify	0	0	1	0	3.00
Giftify Competitors	552	1607	3068	54	2.50

Giftify presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 273.83%. As a group, “LEISURE&REC SVS” companies have a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Giftify’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Giftify is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Giftify and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Giftify	$90.57 million	-$18.83 million	-2.14
Giftify Competitors	$4.01 billion	$329.02 million	-0.83

Giftify’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Giftify. Giftify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.2% of shares of all “LEISURE&REC SVS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.5% of Giftify shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of shares of all “LEISURE&REC SVS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Giftify has a beta of -1.54, indicating that its stock price is 254% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Giftify’s peers have a beta of 0.69, indicating that their average stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Giftify peers beat Giftify on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Giftify

RDE, Inc. owns and operates a restaurant deal space in the United States. The company operates Restaurant.com that connects digital consumers, businesses, and communities with dining and merchant deal options at approximately 182,500 restaurants and retailers to approximately 7.8 million customers. It sells discount certificates for restaurants, as well as complementary entertainment and travel offerings, and consumer products on behalf of third-party merchants. The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois.