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Red Violet, Inc. RDVT
$79.27 -1.22% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.12B
Strong growthHigh qualityStrong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.14, up 90.0% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 96 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +38.9%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 35%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 18%
- Gross marginTop 3%
- Operating marginTop 18%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 29%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.1% | 20.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 59.0% | 90.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 83.1% | 87.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 17.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 20.0% | 28.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.2% | 18.1% | ↑ | Top 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 90.0% | 59.0% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Gross margin | 87.4% | 83.1% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Operating margin | 17.9% | 11.9% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 10.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 28.1% | 20.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.2% | — | Top 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.2% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.89×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.73×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.32%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +38.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $84.33
- Target vs current price
- +6.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +50.1% | +0.2% | +6.6% | +16.3% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +43.8% | +7.9% | +17.0% | +32.0% | +71.6% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +40.0% | +2.8% | -1.8% | -21.8% | +23.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +21.9% | +4.5% | +11.1% | +6.3% | -14.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.2% | -3.0% | +11.1% | +17.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | +43.5% | +2.2% | +20.5% | +16.3% | +7.1% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +0.0% | -3.4% | -2.2% | +0.2% | +27.3% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -4.3% | +7.3% | +14.0% | +24.4% | +28.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.33 | +50.1% | $26.7M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.32 | +43.8% | $25.8M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.15 | +40.0% | $23.4M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.32 | +21.9% | $23.1M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.28 | +0.0% | $21.8M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.23 | +43.5% | $22.0M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.09 | +0.0% | $19.6M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.23 | -4.3% | $19.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 69.5× | 72.5× | 42th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 51.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 39.2× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| EV / Sales | 10.82× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.49% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| Earnings yield | 1.44% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.6× – 468.4× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +49.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +90.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -20.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 107
- Days above the 200-day average
- 96
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +9.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +45.3%
- RSI (14)
- 60.6
- Relative volume
- 0.73×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 37th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.25
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -1.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2021 | Nov 7, 2022 | -63.7% | 218 days | 568 days (Feb 13, 2025) |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 | -42.1% | 97 days | 61 days (Jun 26, 2026) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | May 11, 2021 | -35.4% | 105 days | 77 days (Aug 30, 2021) |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -21.8% | 16 days | 23 days (Nov 2, 2021) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | -20.2% | 15 days | 42 days (May 8, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.12B
- P/E (TTM)
- 69.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.14
- Revenue (TTM)
- $99.0M
- 52-week range
- $33.40 – $81.80
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $44.0M | $53.3M | $60.2M | $75.2M | $90.3M |
| Gross profit | $32.8M | $41.1M | $47.1M | $61.2M | $75.6M |
| Operating income | -$1.3M | $361,000 | $2.5M | $7.9M | $13.1M |
| Net income | $655,000 | $616,000 | $13.5M | $7.0M | $13.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.96 | $0.50 | $0.91 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.1M | $19.6M | $22.0M | $21.8M | $23.1M | $23.4M | $25.8M | $26.7M |
| Net income | $1.7M | $863,000 | $3.4M | $2.7M | $4.2M | $2.8M | $4.4M | $5.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.12 | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.18 | $0.29 | $0.20 | $0.30 | $0.35 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $8.9M | $12.5M | $15.1M | $24.0M | $29.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.2M | -$8.8M | -$9.1M | -$169,000 | -$563,000 |
| Free cash flow | $3.7M | $3.6M | $5.9M | $23.8M | $28.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$4.2M | -$4.2M |
| Net share buybacks | $20.9M | -$878,000 | -$3.7M | -$5.9M | -$915,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $50.0M
- Total assets
- $120.3M
- Total liabilities
- $8.7M
- Total debt
- $2.6M
- Net debt
- -$47.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $111.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.30 | Feb 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 608,708
- Days to cover
- 2.90
- Change vs previous report
- +15.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.