Analyzing Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ:GMGI) & authID (NASDAQ:AUID)

authID (NASDAQ:AUID) and Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ:GMGI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for authID and Golden Matrix Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
authID	0	0	0	0	N/A
Golden Matrix Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares authID and Golden Matrix Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
authID	$190,000.00	374.02	-$19.40 million	N/A	N/A
Golden Matrix Group	$44.17 million	3.13	-$1.17 million	($0.02)	-189.00

Golden Matrix Group has higher revenue and earnings than authID.

Risk and Volatility

authID has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Matrix Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.8% of authID shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Golden Matrix Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of authID shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.2% of Golden Matrix Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares authID and Golden Matrix Group’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%
Golden Matrix Group	-1.45%	-2.10%	-1.84%

Summary

Golden Matrix Group 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 Golden Matrix Group

Golden Matrix Group, Inc. provides enterprise software-as-a-service solutions for online casino and sports betting operators. The company develops and owns online gaming intellectual property; and builds gaming platforms for customers located primarily in the Asia Pacific region. Its platform facilitates gaming customers in operating online casinos, sportsbooks, lottery, and live games; and provides customers with access to a portfolio of licensed gaming content, which are provided by gaming content providers. The company also provides services and resells third party gaming content to licensed online gaming distributors. Its platform is accessed through desktop and mobile applications. The company was formerly known as Source Gold Corp. and changed its name to Golden Matrix Group, Inc. in April 2016. Golden Matrix Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.