Head-To-Head Review: MDB Capital (MDBH) vs. The Competition

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MDB Capital and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	-$6.97 million	-2.65
MDB Capital Competitors	$2.60 billion	$319.96 million	4.57

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

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and its competitors’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for MDB Capital and its competitors, 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 16.10%. Given MDB Capital’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MDB Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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