Contrasting Medallion Financial (NASDAQ:MFIN) and MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH)

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of MDB Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Medallion Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of MDB Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Medallion Financial has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDB Capital has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Medallion Financial and MDB Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medallion Financial	$194.55 million	1.15	$55.08 million	$1.69	5.72
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	43.65	-$6.97 million	($2.87)	-2.13

Medallion Financial has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medallion Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Medallion Financial and MDB Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medallion Financial	13.72%	9.52%	1.48%
MDB Capital	N/A	-75.31%	-63.59%

Summary

Medallion Financial beats MDB Capital on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Medallion Financial

Medallion Financial Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Recreation Lending, Home Improvement Lending, Commercial Lending, and Taxi Medallion Lending. The company offers loans that finance consumer purchases of recreational vehicles, boats, and other consumer recreational equipment; consumer financing for window, siding, and roof replacement, swimming pool installations, and other home improvement projects; senior and subordinated loans for the purchase of equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business, or purchase or improvement of an existing business; and taxi medallion loans to individuals and small to mid-size businesses. It also provides debt, mezzanine, and equity investment capital to companies in various commercial industries; and raises deposits and conducts other banking activities. Medallion Financial Corp. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.

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.