Samsara (NYSE:IOT) vs. i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) Head-To-Head Analysis

i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for i3 Verticals and Samsara, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i3 Verticals	1	3	3	0	2.29
Samsara	1	5	14	2	2.77

i3 Verticals currently has a consensus price target of $25.40, indicating a potential upside of 64.29%. Samsara has a consensus price target of $51.68, indicating a potential upside of 25.27%. Given i3 Verticals’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe i3 Verticals is more favorable than Samsara.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Samsara shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.1% of i3 Verticals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.1% of Samsara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares i3 Verticals and Samsara”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
i3 Verticals	$218.16 million	1.87	$17.87 million	$0.38	40.68
Samsara	$1.62 billion	14.93	-$9.12 million	$0.16	257.86

i3 Verticals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Samsara. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samsara, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

i3 Verticals has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares i3 Verticals and Samsara’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i3 Verticals	4.24%	4.49%	3.31%
Samsara	4.90%	4.13%	2.35%

Summary

Samsara beats i3 Verticals on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About i3 Verticals

i3 Verticals, Inc. provides integrated payment and software solutions primarily to the public sector and healthcare markets in the United States. It operates in two segments, Software and Services, and Merchant Services. The company offers payment processing services that enables upper and lower court case management, collections, finance and accounting, motor vehicle and carrier registration, e-filing and taxation, license plate inventory, property tax management, utility billing, professional licensing, document workflow, and law enforcement software; assists public schools in completing payment processing functions, including accepting payments for online or at school lunches, and school activities. It also provides software platforms, such as electronic healthcare records and revenue cycle management solutions; insurance adjudication, patient engagement platforms, billing, scheduling, and integrated payments solutions; and workflow software and associated professional services to medical insurance payers. In addition, the company engages in software licenses and subscriptions, transaction-based fees, ongoing software maintenance and support, and other software-related solutions; and payment processing and gateway fees, as well as other related fixed transaction or service fees. Further, it sells equipment, and offers non-software related professional services. The company offers its solutions to clients through direct sales force; distribution partners comprising independent software vendors, independent sales organizations, and value-added resellers. i3 Verticals, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

About Samsara

Samsara Inc. provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its connected operations cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy. Its applications include video-based safety that enables customers to build a safety program and protect their teams with AI-enabled video; vehicle telematics which provides visibility into real-time vehicle location and diagnostics with GPS tracking, routing and dispatch, fuel efficiency management, electric vehicle usage and charge planning, preventative maintenance, and insights to manage fuel and energy costs; and mobile apps and workflows that improves productivity for frontline workers and enables regulatory compliance for workers to see upcoming jobs, capture electronic documents, perform maintenance inspections, maintain compliance logs, and message with back-office administration. The company also provides equipment monitoring which offers visibility and management of unpowered and powered assets, ranging from generators and compressors to heavy construction equipment and trailers to improve operating efficiency, prevent unplanned downtime, and avoid critical safety and compliance issues; and site visibility that provides remote visibility into sites to improve onsite security, safety, and incident response times. It serves transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, healthcare and education, manufacturing, food and beverage, and other industries, as well as government. Samsara Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.