Beneficient (BENF) Competitors $0.30 0.00 (-0.33%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BENF vs. LMFA, AIHS, SLNH, SHFS, CARV, NCPL, NRBO, PWM, MEGL, and SNTGShould you be buying Beneficient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beneficient include LM Funding America (LMFA), Senmiao Technology (AIHS), Soluna (SLNH), SHF (SHFS), Carver Bancorp (CARV), Netcapital (NCPL), NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals (NRBO), Prestige Wealth (PWM), Magic Empire Global (MEGL), and Sentage (SNTG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Beneficient vs. Its Competitors LM Funding America Senmiao Technology Soluna SHF Carver Bancorp Netcapital NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals Prestige Wealth Magic Empire Global Sentage LM Funding America (NASDAQ:LMFA) and Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking. Does the MarketBeat Community favor LMFA or BENF? LM Funding America received 138 more outperform votes than Beneficient when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLM Funding AmericaOutperform Votes13856.33% Underperform Votes10743.67% BeneficientN/AN/A Do analysts rate LMFA or BENF? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score LM Funding America 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Beneficient 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LMFA or BENF? 22.7% of LM Funding America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Beneficient shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.1% of LM Funding America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Beneficient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher earnings & valuation, LMFA or BENF? Beneficient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LM Funding America. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLM Funding America$7.03M1.23-$15.94M-$6.76-0.25Beneficient-$20.08M-0.13N/AN/AN/A Is LMFA or BENF more profitable? Beneficient has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LM Funding America's net margin of -96.23%. Beneficient's return on equity of 0.00% beat LM Funding America's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets LM Funding America-96.23% -35.84% -31.86% Beneficient N/A N/A N/A Does the media refer more to LMFA or BENF? In the previous week, Beneficient had 1 more articles in the media than LM Funding America. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Beneficient and 4 mentions for LM Funding America. LM Funding America's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Beneficient's score of -0.55 indicating that LM Funding America is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment LM Funding America 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Beneficient 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Which has more risk & volatility, LMFA or BENF? LM Funding America has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beneficient has a beta of -0.51, meaning that its stock price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryLM Funding America beats Beneficient on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Beneficient News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BENF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BENF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BENF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBeneficientHolding Offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.63M$487.08M$11.73B$8.62BDividend YieldN/A7.67%5.66%4.17%P/E RatioN/A2.5323.0519.96Price / Sales-0.1383.4426.86157.63Price / CashN/A69.0117.6034.64Price / BookN/A6.432.894.69Net IncomeN/A$35.76M$1.04B$248.14M7 Day Performance-7.60%2.76%1.53%2.39%1 Month Performance-1.94%4.14%1.45%6.05%1 Year Performance-89.66%44.69%540.37%13.60% Beneficient Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BENFBeneficient0.7032 of 5 stars$0.30-0.3%N/A-91.8%$2.63M-$20.08M0.0080Analyst RevisionGap DownLMFALM Funding America1.4219 of 5 stars$2.05+6.2%N/A-64.8%$10.45M$7.03M-0.418High Trading VolumeAIHSSenmiao Technology0.3185 of 5 stars$0.95+4.3%N/A+39.4%$9.98M$5.88M-2.97150News CoverageGap DownSLNHSoluna1.7767 of 5 stars$0.61-1.4%N/A-78.5%$8.47M$31.41M-0.0460News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpSHFSSHF0.7328 of 5 stars$2.67-4.0%N/A-79.9%$7.43M$15.63M15.713Positive NewsCARVCarver Bancorp1.1926 of 5 stars$1.45-4.3%N/A-15.9%$7.38M$24.59M-0.75110Short Interest ↓NCPLNetcapital1.063 of 5 stars$2.72+0.6%N/A-65.7%$5.95M$812.61K-0.09N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownNRBONeuroBo PharmaceuticalsN/A$0.65-4.7%N/A-80.7%$5.60MN/A0.0010News CoverageGap DownHigh Trading VolumePWMPrestige Wealth0.9642 of 5 stars$0.37-9.5%N/A-48.4%$5.35M$639.91K0.004Short Interest ↓MEGLMagic Empire Global1.6354 of 5 stars$1.23+1.7%N/A-15.8%$5.00M$12.78M0.008News CoverageShort Interest ↓Gap DownSNTGSentage1.8182 of 5 stars$1.70+2.1%N/A-14.5%$4.75M$107.51K0.0020Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LMFA Alternatives AIHS Alternatives SLNH Alternatives SHFS Alternatives CARV Alternatives NCPL Alternatives NRBO Alternatives PWM Alternatives MEGL Alternatives SNTG Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BENF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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