Analyzing OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) & MDWerks (OTCMKTS:MDWK)

OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) and MDWerks (OTCMKTS:MDWK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Volatility & Risk

OLB Group has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDWerks has a beta of 17.27, suggesting that its share price is 1,627% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares OLB Group and MDWerks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OLB Group	-92.68%	-208.53%	-71.73%
MDWerks	-179.07%	-308.26%	-88.71%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.8% of OLB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of OLB Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for OLB Group and MDWerks, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OLB Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
MDWerks	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares OLB Group and MDWerks”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OLB Group	$12.84 million	0.36	-$11.23 million	($3.56)	-0.12
MDWerks	$2.36 million	17.86	-$1.62 million	($0.03)	-6.00

MDWerks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OLB Group. MDWerks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OLB Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

OLB Group beats MDWerks on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OLB Group

The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.

About MDWerks

MDWerks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy waving technologies in the United States. The company offers green and radio wave technologies. It also produces and sells alcoholic beverages, including whiskey and vodka. In addition, the company develops radio frequency applications. It serves structural engineering, food and beverage, alcoholic beverages, manufacturing, and adhesives industries. MDWerks, Inc. is based in Green Cove Springs, Florida.