Financial Review: authID (NASDAQ:AUID) and Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD)

authID (NASDAQ:AUID) and Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares authID and Infobird’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
authID	-10,210.53%	-299.79%	-184.25%
Infobird	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

authID has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infobird has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

8.8% of authID shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Infobird shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of authID shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Infobird shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares authID and Infobird’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
authID	$190,000.00	381.48	-$19.40 million	N/A	N/A
Infobird	$5.51 million	0.66	-$15.27 million	N/A	N/A

Infobird has higher revenue and earnings than authID.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for authID and Infobird, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
authID	0	0	0	0	N/A
Infobird	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Infobird beats authID on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About authID

authID Inc. provides secure, biometric, identity verification, and strong passwordless and biometric authentication for consumer and workforce applications worldwide. The company offers solutions through its Verified platform to enable their users to easily verify and authenticate their identity through a mobile device or desktop. It provides Biometric Identity Verification, which establishes the trusted identity of users based on a variety of ground truth sources, including chip-based electronic machine-readable travel documents, national IDs, and driver's licenses; Human Factor Authentication that delivers trusted FIDO2 strong authentication for device-based passwordless login and transaction authentication that is tied to a trusted identity; Cloud-Based Biometric Multi-Factor Authentication, which provides any bank, enterprise, or government department a secure and convenient application for identity verification and transaction consent as part of any type of electronic transaction; and Identity – Portal that enables enterprises to get started with its identity products without any integration. The company also offers SEARCH, a biometric matching software for desktop fingerprint capture and image processing. The company was formerly known as Ipsidy Inc. and changed its name to authID Inc. authID Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

About Infobird

Infobird Co., Ltd, through its subsidiaries, operates as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled customer engagement solutions in the People's Republic of China. The company offers customer relationship management cloud-based services, such as SaaS and business process outsourcing services to its clients. It also provides AI-powered cloud-based sales force management software, including intelligent quality inspection and intelligent training software to enable its clients to monitor, benchmark, and enhance the performances of agents; consumer product and retail store digitalization solutions; and other services, including software license selling, data analysis, and other professional services. The company serves corporate clients in the finance, education, public services, healthcare, and consumer products industries. Infobird Co., Ltd was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.