MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) versus CNFinance (NYSE:CNF) Head to Head Comparison

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) and CNFinance (NYSE:CNF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MDB Capital and CNFinance”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$1.30 million	215.87	-$6.97 million	($2.53)	-2.59
CNFinance	$246.31 million	0.47	$23.26 million	$0.31	5.45

CNFinance has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNFinance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of CNFinance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for MDB Capital and CNFinance, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
CNFinance	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and CNFinance’s 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%
CNFinance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CNFinance beats MDB Capital on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About CNFinance

CNFinance Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides home equity loan services in the People's Republic of China. It offers micro credit loan services for micro and small-enterprise owners; and loan lending agency services for financial institutions. The company provides bridge loan products, which are unsecured short-term loans to pay off borrowers' existing loans secured by real property. It operates approximately 87 branches and sub-branches in China. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China.