Red Violet, Inc.
Business
Red Violet, Inc. builds proprietary, cloud-native technologies and applies AI/ML-driven analytics to deliver identity intelligence for public and private sector organizations. The company offers identity verification, risk mitigation, due diligence, fraud detection and prevention, regulatory compliance, and customer acquisition solutions, primarily via its CORE platform and branded products IDI (idiCORE) and FOREWARN. Key business units include IDI and FOREWARN, which serve investigative, financial services, insurance, healthcare, law enforcement, real estate, and other industries. Customers access solutions through hosted online interfaces, APIs, batch processing, direct sales, and channel partners including distributors and resellers.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-27
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 90 | 75 | 60 | 53 | 44 | |
| Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) | 15 | 14 | 13 | — | — | |
| Sales and marketing expenses | 22 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 | |
| General and administrative expenses | 30 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 20 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |
| Total costs and expenses | 77 | 67 | 58 | 53 | 45 | |
| Income from operations | 13 | 8 | 3 | 361,000 | −1 | |
| Interest income, net | 1 | 1 | 1 | 351,000 | −7,000 | |
| Income before income taxes | 15 | 9 | 4 | 712,000 | 853,000 | |
| Income tax expense | 1 | 2 | −10 | 96,000 | 198,000 | |
| Net income | 13 | 7 | 14 | 616,000 | 655,000 | |
| Basic (per share) | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
| Diluted (per share) | 0.91 | 0.5 | 0.96 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
| Basic (shares) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
| Diluted (shares) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 44 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 34 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $231 and $188 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2 | 2 | 1 | 771,000 | 599,000 | |
| Total current assets | 57 | 46 | 40 | 38 | 39 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 882,000 | 545,000 | 592,000 | 709,000 | 577,000 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 39 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 28 | |
| Goodwill | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Right-of-use assets | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | — | |
| Other noncurrent assets | 949,000 | 1 | 517,000 | 601,000 | 137,000 | |
| Total assets | 112 | 99 | 93 | 77 | 74 | |
| Accounts payable | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 395,000 | |
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 396,000 | 406,000 | 569,000 | 692,000 | 617,000 | |
| Deferred revenue | 1 | 712,000 | 690,000 | 670,000 | 841,000 | |
| Dividend payable | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |
| Total current liabilities | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Noncurrent operating lease liabilities | 2 | 2 | 2 | 598,000 | 1 | |
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 820,000 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Total liabilities | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | |
| Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, and 0 shares issued and outstanding, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock - $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, , 14,151,350 and13,936,329 shares issued and outstanding, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 13,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 89 | 87 | 94 | 92 | 91 | |
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | 12 | −870,000 | −8 | −21 | −22 | |
| Total shareholders' equity | 101 | 87 | 86 | 71 | 69 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | 112 | 99 | 93 | 77 | 74 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share-based compensation expense | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Write-off of long-lived assets | 3,000 | 85,000 | 6,000 | 177,000 | 32,000 | |
| Provision for bad debts | 760,000 | 342,000 | 1 | 174,000 | 95,000 | |
| Noncash lease expenses | 509,000 | 556,000 | 576,000 | 547,000 | 500,000 | |
| Deferred income tax expense | 911,000 | 2 | −10 | 89,000 | 198,000 | |
| Accounts receivable | −3 | −1 | −3 | −2 | −630,000 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | −654,000 | −514,000 | −342,000 | −172,000 | −18,000 | |
| Other noncurrent assets | 199,000 | −656,000 | 84,000 | −464,000 | 2,000 | |
| Accounts payable | −150,000 | 496,000 | −598,000 | 624,000 | −470,000 | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 884,000 | 936,000 | 100,000 | 1 | −1 | |
| Deferred revenue | 316,000 | 22,000 | 20,000 | −171,000 | 337,000 | |
| Operating lease liabilities | −359,000 | −570,000 | −641,000 | −618,000 | −552,000 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 29 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 9 | |
| Purchase of property and equipment | −563,000 | −169,000 | −122,000 | −373,000 | −280,000 | |
| Capitalized costs included in intangible assets | −11 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −5 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −5 | |
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of vesting of restricted stock units | −6 | −4 | −2 | −5 | −3 | |
| Repurchases of common stock | −915,000 | −6 | −4 | −878,000 | — | |
| Dividend payable | −4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −11 | −10 | −6 | −6 | 18 | |
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 7 | 4 | 222,000 | −2 | 21 | |
| Cash paid for interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 629,000 | 607,000 | 82,000 | 39,000 | 0 | |
| Share-based compensation capitalized in intangible assets | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |