Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOAN) is a publicly traded business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing financing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses across the United States. The firm structures short-term bridge loans, senior secured debt and mezzanine debt facilities to support clients’ growth initiatives, working capital needs and acquisition financing requirements. Its investment approach is designed to deliver flexible, asset-backed financing tailored to the unique cash-flow profiles of its portfolio companies.

Operating primarily from its New York headquarters, Manhattan Bridge Capital partners with businesses in a variety of sectors, including business services, consumer products, healthcare and industrial manufacturing. The company’s credit team conducts in-depth due diligence to assess collateral value and borrower creditworthiness, aiming to mitigate risk through first-lien security interests, conservative loan-to-value ratios and active portfolio monitoring. Through this disciplined underwriting process, Manhattan Bridge Capital seeks to generate stable income and capital preservation for its shareholders.

Founded in 2013, Manhattan Bridge Capital has built a track record of deploying capital into middle-market enterprises that may face limited access to traditional bank financing. The company is overseen by an experienced management team and board of directors with extensive backgrounds in credit investing, corporate finance and regulatory compliance. With a focus on transparent governance and risk management, Manhattan Bridge Capital continues to pursue targeted lending opportunities that align with its mandate as a BDC.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.12 to $4.15
• 50-Day Range: $3.91 to $4.69
• 52-Week Range: $3.90 to $5.80
• Volume: 6,287 shs
• Average Volume: 29,776 shs
• Market Capitalization: $47.32 million
• P/E Ratio: 9.86
• Dividend Yield: 10.63%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Manhattan Bridge Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Manhattan Bridge Capital scored higher than 55% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 573rd out of 858 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Manhattan Bridge Capital has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Manhattan Bridge Capital has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Manhattan Bridge Capital is 9.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Manhattan Bridge Capital is 9.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.22.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Manhattan Bridge Capital has a P/B Ratio of 1.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.44% of the float of Manhattan Bridge Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Manhattan Bridge Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.86, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Manhattan Bridge Capital has recently increased by 1.97%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Manhattan Bridge Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.68%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Manhattan Bridge Capital has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Manhattan Bridge Capital is 104.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.47

News Sentiment

Manhattan Bridge Capital has a news sentiment score of 1.47. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Manhattan Bridge Capital this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for LOAN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $31,920.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0675% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Manhattan Bridge Capital insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $31,920.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

24.60% of the stock of Manhattan Bridge Capital is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

21.84% of the stock of Manhattan Bridge Capital is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Today: 8/17/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 10/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LOAN
• CIK: 1080340
• Web: www.manhattanbridgecapital.com
• Phone: (516) 444-3400
• Fax: 516-444-3404
• Employees: 6
• Year Founded: 1989

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $5.11 million
• Net Margins: 58.30%
• Pretax Margin: 58.31%
• Return on Equity: 11.02%
• Return on Assets: 7.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.06
• Quick Ratio: 3.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.67 million
• Price / Sales: 5.46
• Cash Flow: $0.46 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.01
• Book Value: $3.77 per share
• Price / Book: 1.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 11,430,000
• Free Float: 8,615,000
• Market Cap: $47.32 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.16