Insider Selling: Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) CTO Sells $152,521.20 in Stock

Riskified Ltd. (NYSE:RSKD) CTO Assaf Feldman sold 32,590 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.68, for a total transaction of $152,521.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 2,163,125 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,123,425. This represents a 1.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Riskified Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of Riskified stock traded up $0.10 on Monday, hitting $4.85. 739,891 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 681,876. Riskified Ltd. has a 12-month low of $3.70 and a 12-month high of $5.68. The company has a market cap of $717.79 million, a P/E ratio of -28.50 and a beta of 1.39. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $4.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4.58.

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 4th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $99.33 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $97.21 million. Riskified had a negative return on equity of 5.63% and a negative net margin of 8.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Riskified in the second quarter worth approximately $36,000. Man Group plc bought a new position in shares of Riskified in the fourth quarter worth approximately $50,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Riskified in the third quarter worth approximately $51,000. Invesco Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Riskified in the first quarter worth approximately $51,000. Finally, T3 Companies LLC bought a new position in shares of Riskified in the fourth quarter worth approximately $54,000. 58.98% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RSKD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial reduced their target price on Riskified from $8.00 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Riskified from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $5.96.

Riskified Company Profile

Riskified is a technology company specializing in e-commerce fraud prevention and revenue optimization for online merchants. Its platform combines machine learning, behavioral analytics and proprietary risk models to assess the legitimacy of transactions in real time. By offering a chargeback guarantee, Riskified assumes the financial liability for approved orders that later turn out to be fraudulent, allowing retailers to focus on growth rather than dispute management.

The company’s core product suite addresses various aspects of the online shopping lifecycle, including order approval, account takeover protection and policy compliance.