LM Funding America (LMFA) Competitors

Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) and LM Funding America (NASDAQ:LMFA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NLIT or LMFA?

70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of LM Funding America shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.1% of LM Funding America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor NLIT or LMFA?

In the previous week, LM Funding America had 4 more articles in the media than Northern Lights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LM Funding America and 0 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition. LM Funding America's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Northern Lights Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that LM Funding America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Lights Acquisition	Neutral
LM Funding America	Neutral

Do analysts prefer NLIT or LMFA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Lights Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
LM Funding America	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is NLIT or LMFA more profitable?

Northern Lights Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LM Funding America's net margin of -96.23%. Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat LM Funding America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%
LM Funding America	-96.23%	-35.84%	-31.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NLIT or LMFA?

LM Funding America received 138 more outperform votes than Northern Lights Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A
LM Funding America	Outperform Votes 138 56.33%	Underperform Votes 107 43.67%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NLIT or LMFA?

Northern Lights Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LM Funding America.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$1.25M	N/A	N/A
LM Funding America	$7.03M	1.23	-$15.94M	-$6.76	-0.25

Summary

LM Funding America beats Northern Lights Acquisition on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.