Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN) Competitors

Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LOAN or FVR?

21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LOAN or FVR more profitable?

Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 59.04% compared to FrontView REIT's net margin of -43.21%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 12.68% beat FrontView REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manhattan Bridge Capital	59.04%	12.68%	8.07%
FrontView REIT	-43.21%	-5.48%	-3.33%

Do analysts prefer LOAN or FVR?

FrontView REIT has a consensus target price of $15.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Given FrontView REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than Manhattan Bridge Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manhattan Bridge Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FrontView REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media favor LOAN or FVR?

In the previous week, FrontView REIT had 4 more articles in the media than Manhattan Bridge Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FrontView REIT and 0 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital. FrontView REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that FrontView REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Manhattan Bridge Capital	Neutral
FrontView REIT	Positive

Is LOAN or FVR a better dividend stock?

Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FrontView REIT pays out -80.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manhattan Bridge Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manhattan Bridge Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LOAN or FVR?

Manhattan Bridge Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FrontView REIT. FrontView REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Bridge Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manhattan Bridge Capital	$9.69M	6.39	$5.59M	$0.47	11.51
FrontView REIT	$66.68M	3.94	-$22.21M	-$1.07	-12.85

Summary

Manhattan Bridge Capital beats FrontView REIT on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.