Contrasting MDB Capital (MDBH) and Its Competitors

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) is one of 109 publicly-traded companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare MDB Capital to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.4% of MDB Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of MDB Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and its competitors’ 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	-62.34%	-73.50%	-4.01%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for MDB Capital and its competitors, 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	473	1790	2793	102	2.49

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 13.75%. Given MDB Capital’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$5.99 million	-$6.97 million	-2.55
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.74 billion	$383.60 million	16.42

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

Risk & Volatility

MDB Capital has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDB Capital’s competitors have a beta of 5.17, indicating that their average stock price is 417% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MDB Capital competitors beat MDB Capital on 7 of the 10 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.