Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) CFO Sells $689,160.00 in Stock

Red Violet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RDVTGet Free Report) CFO Daniel Maclachlan sold 12,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.43, for a total value of $689,160.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 358,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,611,741.86. The trade was a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Red Violet Stock Up 4.3%

Shares of RDVT stock traded up $2.46 on Monday, reaching $59.30. 418,289 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 165,628. The stock has a market cap of $836.72 million, a P/E ratio of 61.77 and a beta of 1.85. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $42.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.77. Red Violet, Inc. has a 1-year low of $33.40 and a 1-year high of $64.14.

Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVTGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.14. Red Violet had a net margin of 14.99% and a return on equity of 14.30%. The firm had revenue of $25.83 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.63 million. On average, equities research analysts predict that Red Violet, Inc. will post 1.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on RDVT shares. Zacks Research cut shares of Red Violet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Red Violet in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Red Violet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $62.00.

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Hedge Funds Weigh In On Red Violet

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ashford Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Red Violet by 13.9% in the 1st quarter. Ashford Capital Management Inc. now owns 686,816 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,764,000 after buying an additional 83,998 shares during the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Red Violet in the 1st quarter valued at about $526,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in Red Violet by 581.8% in the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 113,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,925,000 after buying an additional 96,810 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in Red Violet by 16.9% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 164,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,703,000 after buying an additional 23,816 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in Red Violet by 18.4% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 206,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,151,000 after buying an additional 32,189 shares during the last quarter. 63.56% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Red Violet

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Red Violet, Inc (NASDAQ: RDVT) is a provider of advanced data, analytics and technology solutions designed to help organizations mitigate financial crime, fraud and security risks. The company’s cloud-native platform consolidates and enriches data from proprietary, public and third-party sources, applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver insights across the risk-management lifecycle. Red Violet’s suite of services includes behavior-based transaction monitoring, automated watchlist and negative-news screening, enhanced due diligence and real-time geospatial threat intelligence.

Leveraging proprietary algorithms, Red Violet offers products that enable compliance teams to streamline anti-money laundering processes, improve fraud detection and respond swiftly to emerging threats.

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