Comparing MDB Capital (MDBH) and Its Rivals

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of MDB Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings 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	473	1790	2793	102	2.49

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

Volatility and Risk

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

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	-62.34%	-73.50%	-4.01%

Earnings & 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	$5.99 million	-$6.97 million	-2.55
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.74 billion	$383.60 million	16.42

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 10 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.