Contrasting MDB Capital (MDBH) and Its Competitors

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) is one of 103 publicly-traded companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare MDB Capital to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and its peers’ 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	-63.73%	-75.07%	-4.07%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MDB Capital and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
MDB Capital Competitors	372	1423	2426	92	2.52

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 13.30%. Given MDB Capital’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MDB Capital and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	-$6.97 million	-2.69
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.61 billion	$319.96 million	4.72

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

Summary

MDB Capital peers beat MDB Capital on 7 of the 9 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.