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CM Finance (CMFN) Competitors

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CMFN vs. RMAX, HNVR, UBFO, BHR, MSD, NNY, ONL, RMBI, BANX, and CZWI

Should you be buying CM Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CM Finance include RE/MAX (RMAX), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (BHR), Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (MSD), Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NNY), Orion Office REIT (ONL), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), and Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

CM Finance vs. Its Competitors

CM Finance (NASDAQ:CMFN) and RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

RE/MAX has a net margin of 3.19% compared to CM Finance's net margin of -13.35%. CM Finance's return on equity of 11.75% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CM Finance-13.35% 11.75% 5.97%
RE/MAX 3.19%-51.38%4.88%

RE/MAX has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.31%. Given RE/MAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than CM Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CM Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
RE/MAX
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, RE/MAX had 16 more articles in the media than CM Finance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for RE/MAX and 0 mentions for CM Finance. CM Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat RE/MAX's score of -0.06 indicating that CM Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CM Finance Neutral
RE/MAX Neutral

CM Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RE/MAX. CM Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RE/MAX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CM Finance$40.79M0.94$15.62M$1.392.04
RE/MAX$307.68M0.49$7.12M$0.4317.53

CM Finance has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RE/MAX has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

44.5% of CM Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of RE/MAX shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of CM Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of RE/MAX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

RE/MAX beats CM Finance on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMFN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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CMFN vs. The Competition

MetricCM FinanceInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$38.55M$5.34M$12.04B$9.51B
Dividend Yield14.22%N/A5.62%4.08%
P/E Ratio2.04N/A19.7423.80
Price / Sales0.947.8525.9366.65
Price / Cash4.89N/A21.3357.96
Price / Book0.23N/A2.095.55
Net Income$15.62M-$350K$1.00B$259.03M

CM Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMFN
CM Finance
N/A$2.83
-1.2%
N/A-15.2%$38.55M$40.79M2.04N/A
RMAX
RE/MAX
2.8018 of 5 stars
$7.78
-8.7%
$9.75
+25.3%
-18.0%$155.09M$303.87M18.09590Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
HNVR
Hanover Bancorp
3.8886 of 5 stars
$21.17
-1.0%
$23.75
+12.2%
+20.0%$153.04M$71.77M13.84160Analyst Forecast
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
3.3153 of 5 stars
$8.72
-1.6%
N/A+5.4%$152.43M$65.46M13.21120Positive News
BHR
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS
3.2407 of 5 stars
$2.27
-3.2%
N/A-37.0%$151.87M$728.40M-2.63N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
Earnings Report
MSD
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund
N/A$7.46
-0.4%
N/A-2.5%$151.29MN/A0.00N/A
NNY
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu
N/A$7.99
-0.1%
N/A-3.9%$150.98M$9.81M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
ONL
Orion Office REIT
1.8471 of 5 stars
$2.66
+0.4%
N/A-35.5%$149.47M$164.86M-1.7330Upcoming Earnings
RMBI
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation
1.9827 of 5 stars
$14.32
-1.0%
N/A+9.8%$149.07M$85.28M15.23180News Coverage
Positive News
BANX
ArrowMark Financial
N/A$20.75
-0.2%
N/A+6.2%$147.89M$19.65M0.0015,600
CZWI
Citizens Community Bancorp
4.2047 of 5 stars
$14.74
-0.3%
N/A+16.1%$147.25M$57.94M11.89220News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:CMFN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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