CMFN vs. MRBK, UBFO, SUNS, MNSB, CZWI, DMF, CBFV, MDV, BANX, and GOCO
Should you be buying CM Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CM Finance include Meridian (MRBK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Sunrise Realty Trust (SUNS), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Modiv Industrial (MDV), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), and GoHealth (GOCO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CM Finance vs. Its Competitors
CM Finance (NASDAQ:CMFN) and Meridian (NASDAQ:MRBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Meridian had 5 more articles in the media than CM Finance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Meridian and 0 mentions for CM Finance. Meridian's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CM Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Meridian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meridian has a net margin of 8.28% compared to CM Finance's net margin of -13.35%. CM Finance's return on equity of 11.75% beat Meridian's return on equity.
CM Finance has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meridian has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.5% of CM Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Meridian shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of CM Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Meridian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Meridian has higher revenue and earnings than CM Finance. CM Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meridian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CM Finance received 24 more outperform votes than Meridian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave CM Finance an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Meridian an outperform vote.
CM Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.3%. Meridian pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CM Finance pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Meridian pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Meridian has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.39%. Given Meridian's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Meridian is more favorable than CM Finance.
Summary
Meridian beats CM Finance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:CMFN) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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