Northern Lights Acquisition (NLIT) Competitors

ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ:COFS) and Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to COFS or NLIT?

In the previous week, ChoiceOne Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than Northern Lights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ChoiceOne Financial Services and 1 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition. ChoiceOne Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Northern Lights Acquisition's score of 0.26 indicating that ChoiceOne Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ChoiceOne Financial Services	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Northern Lights Acquisition	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, COFS or NLIT?

ChoiceOne Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Lights Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChoiceOne Financial Services	$92.44M	2.76	$26.73M	$3.26	8.72
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$1.25M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COFS or NLIT?

ChoiceOne Financial Services received 4 more outperform votes than Northern Lights Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ChoiceOne Financial Services	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COFS or NLIT?

19.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COFS or NLIT more profitable?

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a net margin of 19.21% compared to Northern Lights Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat ChoiceOne Financial Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChoiceOne Financial Services	19.21%	12.44%	1.04%
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%

Do analysts recommend COFS or NLIT?

ChoiceOne Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.14%. Given ChoiceOne Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ChoiceOne Financial Services is more favorable than Northern Lights Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChoiceOne Financial Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northern Lights Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

ChoiceOne Financial Services beats Northern Lights Acquisition on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.