Company Analysis

Red Violet, Inc. (RDVT)

Nasdaq: RDVT · Services-Prepackaged Software · Boca Raton, FL · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade6.5
◀ Past 6.8● Present 6.7▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Red Violet, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past6.825% of the headline
● Present6.735% of the headline
▶ Future6.240% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+34.2% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $9 million in fiscal 2017 to $90 million in fiscal 2025, up 34.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span34.2%top 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.7% a year. 15% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Red Violet, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 15% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $143 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 29% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Red Violet, Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 4% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 218 in its family; net margin 14.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $90 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of 14.6% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 19.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$90.3Mbottom 28% of its family
  • net margin14.6%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth19.2%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Dubner, Derek (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-03-30, 8.6 years (top 19% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (top 12%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.6 yearstop 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.6 yearstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 13% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $44 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 38.9% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 31.9% of revenue (top 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets38.9%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue31.9%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 19.2% a year over the last three filed years against 34.2% over all 9, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew 20% (top 30%); capital spending grew 14.7% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). Red Violet, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-15.0 points a yearbottom 26% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.0%top 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.7%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 44% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Red Violet, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $90 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.1% above the $89 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (top 30%); a net margin of 14.6% against 11% before (bottom 39%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.1%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+87%top 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.6 pointsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton RDVT · research, not advice