Reviewing ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) & Binah Capital Group (NASDAQ:BCG)

ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) and Binah Capital Group (NASDAQ:BCG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Binah Capital Group has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.9% of ArrowMark Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Binah Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of ArrowMark Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Binah Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for ArrowMark Financial and Binah Capital Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArrowMark Financial	0	0	0	0	0.00
Binah Capital Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ArrowMark Financial and Binah Capital Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArrowMark Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Binah Capital Group	$187.14 million	0.18	$2.31 million	$0.11	17.82

Binah Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than ArrowMark Financial.

Profitability

This table compares ArrowMark Financial and Binah Capital Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArrowMark Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Binah Capital Group	1.23%	421.57%	3.37%

Summary

Binah Capital Group beats ArrowMark Financial on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ArrowMark Financial

ArrowMark Financial Corp. is a closed-end balanced mutual fund launched and managed by ArrowMark Asset Management, LLC. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets of global region. For its equity portion, the fund invests in stocks of companies operating across financials, banks sectors. It invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. For its fixed income portion, the fund invests in debt and subordinated debt, structured notes and securities, regulatory capital securities which are rated below investment grade. ArrowMark Financial Corp. was formed on February 7, 2013 and is domiciled in the United States.

About Binah Capital Group

Binah Capital Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the wealth management industry. The company provides access to stock, bond, exchange-traded fund, and options execution services; and research, compliance, supervision, and accounting and related services for financial advisors. It also offers mutual funds and insurance products, as well as alternative investments, such as non-traded real estate investment trusts, unit trusts, and fixed and variable annuities. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Albany, New York. Binah Capital Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MHC Securities, LLC.