Northern Lights Acquisition (NLIT) Competitors

Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) and Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Is NLIT or FNWD more profitable?

Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Northern Lights Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%
Finward Bancorp	10.85%	7.91%	0.58%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NLIT or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Lights Acquisition.

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
Finward Bancorp	$61.38M	2.14	$12.13M	$0.77	39.40

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NLIT or FNWD?

70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned 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.

Do analysts recommend NLIT or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Finward Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Finward Bancorp is more favorable than Northern Lights Acquisition.

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
Finward Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NLIT or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp received 2 more outperform votes than Northern Lights Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A
Finward Bancorp	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Does the media prefer NLIT or FNWD?

In the previous week, Finward Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Northern Lights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Finward Bancorp and 0 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Northern Lights Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Lights Acquisition	Neutral
Finward Bancorp	Positive

Summary

Finward Bancorp beats Northern Lights Acquisition on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.