Critical Comparison: MDB Capital (MDBH) vs. Its Rivals

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) is one of 101 public companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare MDB Capital to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

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	-65.72%	-76.17%	-4.07%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets 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	342	1402	2375	93	2.53

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 19.21%. Given MDB Capital’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MDB Capital and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	-$6.97 million	-2.79
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.67 billion	$324.05 million	4.60

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.

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.