Financial Contrast: MDB Capital (MDBH) and Its Rivals

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) is one of 102 public companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare MDB Capital to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDB Capital	N/A	-56.19%	-48.57%
MDB Capital Competitors	-65.73%	-76.18%	-4.07%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MDB Capital and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	-$6.97 million	-2.69
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.56 billion	$320.60 million	4.48

MDB Capital’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for MDB Capital and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
MDB Capital Competitors	360	1403	2372	92	2.52

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 13.57%. Given MDB Capital’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

MDB Capital rivals beat MDB Capital on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

MDB Capital Company Profile

MDB Capital Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a broker-dealer. The company operates through two segments, Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service, and Technology Development. The Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service segment operates as a full-service broker dealer that focuses on conducting private and public securities offerings, as well as providing research services for investment banking due diligence. The Technology Development segment engages in the synthetic biology technology development business. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.