Reviewing Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) & LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP)

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

LiveRamp has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkami Technology has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LiveRamp and Alkami Technology”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp	$832.10 million	2.81	$145.95 million	$2.44	15.78
Alkami Technology	$443.64 million	3.24	-$47.65 million	($0.34)	-39.44

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

Profitability

This table compares LiveRamp and Alkami Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	18.71%	9.77%	7.41%
Alkami Technology	-7.24%	-4.75%	-2.07%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Alkami Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Alkami Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for LiveRamp and Alkami Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	0	6	2	0	2.25
Alkami Technology	2	6	1	0	1.89

LiveRamp presently has a consensus price target of $38.08, indicating a potential downside of 1.08%. Alkami Technology has a consensus price target of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 31.25%. Given Alkami Technology’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alkami Technology is more favorable than LiveRamp.

Summary

LiveRamp beats Alkami Technology on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Alkami Technology

Alkami Technology, Inc. offers cloud-based digital banking solutions in the United States. The company's Alkami Platform allows financial institutions to onboard and engage new users, accelerate revenues, and enhance operational efficiency, with the support of a proprietary, cloud-based, and multi-tenant architecture. It serves community, regional, super-regional credit unions, and banks. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.