Critical Analysis: MDB Capital (MDBH) vs. Its Peers

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) is one of 106 public companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare MDB Capital to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	-$6.97 million	-2.48
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.58 billion	$309.82 million	17.45

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 Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for MDB Capital and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
MDB Capital Competitors	373	1434	2442	96	2.52

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 15.48%. Given MDB Capital’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	-63.90%	-75.09%	-4.08%

Summary

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

About MDB Capital

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.