Contrasting RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:RTB) & Klaviyo (NYSE:KVYO)

Klaviyo (NYSE:KVYO) and RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:RTB) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Klaviyo and RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Klaviyo	1	4	17	0	2.73
RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock	1	0	0	0	1.00

Klaviyo presently has a consensus target price of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 32.99%. Given Klaviyo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Klaviyo is more favorable than RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.4% of Klaviyo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.4% of Klaviyo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Klaviyo has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Klaviyo and RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Klaviyo	0.49%	5.67%	4.25%
RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock	-216.56%	-342.57%	-101.47%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Klaviyo and RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Klaviyo	$1.39 billion	4.14	-$31.77 million	$0.02	1,009.75
RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock	$11.13 million	10.56	-$17.53 million	($6.36)	-1.32

RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Klaviyo. RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Klaviyo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Klaviyo beats RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Klaviyo

Klaviyo, Inc., a technology company, provides a software-as-a-service platform in the United States, other Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Klaviyo, a cloud-native platform for data store, segmentation engine, campaigns and flows, and messaging infrastructure. It also provides email to send personalized marketing emails, including drag-and-drop email templates to edit and customize pre-built templates; email campaigns and automations with smart send time features, generative artificial intelligence for subject line creation, A/B testing tools, and consumer list segmentation; short message services to send targeted marketing text messages to consumers, as well as built-in contact cards to ensure that texts does not appear as random numbers; and push, a personalized push notification to engage with consumer. In addition, the company offers other applications, such as reviews, which collect product reviews; and customer data platform that allows to manage, deploy, transform, and sync data. It serves its products to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses to mid-market businesses, and enterprises. The was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About RTB Digital, Inc. Common Stock

Ryvyl Inc., a technology company, engages in the development, marketing, and sale of blockchain-based payment solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company's blockchain-based systems facilitate, record, and store a volume of tokenized assets representing cash or data on a blockchain-based ledger. Its products include QuickCard Payment System, a physical and virtual payment card processing management system, including software that facilitates on and off ramp e-wallet management; Coyni, a digital token platform, which offers custodial assurance by utilizing its stable coin and blockchain technology in a closed-loop ecosystem; and ChargeSavvy, an end-to-end POS solution comprising software and hardware for the restaurant and hospitality industry. It serves customers in various industries, including foreign exchange, retail, and e-commerce sectors. The company was formerly known as GreenBox POS and changed its name to Ryvyl Inc. in October 2022. Ryvyl Inc. is based in San Diego, California.