Critical Analysis: T Stamp (IDAI) & The Competition

T Stamp (NASDAQ:IDAI) is one of 959 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare T Stamp to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

T Stamp has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T Stamp’s rivals have a beta of 1.35, indicating that their average stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares T Stamp and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
T Stamp	$3.14 million	-$8.32 million	-1.27
T Stamp Competitors	$1.79 billion	$382.69 million	111.66

T Stamp’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than T Stamp. T Stamp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares T Stamp and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
T Stamp	-272.78%	-137.70%	-84.06%
T Stamp Competitors	-596.15%	26.13%	-8.98%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.3% of T Stamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of T Stamp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for T Stamp and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
T Stamp	0	1	0	0	2.00
T Stamp Competitors	5852	21629	45027	1502	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.38%. Given T Stamp’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe T Stamp has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

T Stamp rivals beat T Stamp on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

About T Stamp

T Stamp Inc., doing business as Trust Stamp, is an artificial intelligence and identity services company that develops privacy-focused technologies for identity verification, authentication and fraud prevention. Its platform is designed to help organizations establish trust in digital interactions while limiting the exposure of sensitive personal information. The company provides biometric identity solutions, including facial recognition, identity matching, document verification and liveness detection.