Norwood Financial (NWFL) Competitors

Norwood Financial (NASDAQ:NWFL) and MoneyLion (NYSE:ML) 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, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NWFL or ML?

Norwood Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MoneyLion. MoneyLion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norwood Financial, 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
Norwood Financial	$54.53M	4.38	-$160K	$0.09	286.90
MoneyLion	$545.91M	1.78	-$45.24M	$0.75	114.53

Which has more volatility & risk, NWFL or ML?

Norwood Financial has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoneyLion has a beta of 2.94, indicating that its share price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NWFL or ML?

Norwood Financial currently has a consensus target price of $28.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. MoneyLion has a consensus target price of $90.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Norwood Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Norwood Financial is more favorable than MoneyLion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norwood Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
MoneyLion	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is NWFL or ML more profitable?

MoneyLion has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Norwood Financial's net margin of -0.16%. Norwood Financial's return on equity of 8.38% beat MoneyLion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norwood Financial	-0.16%	8.38%	0.69%
MoneyLion	0.64%	1.18%	0.61%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NWFL or ML?

28.1% of Norwood Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of MoneyLion shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Norwood Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of MoneyLion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor NWFL or ML?

In the previous week, Norwood Financial had 1 more articles in the media than MoneyLion. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Norwood Financial and 0 mentions for MoneyLion. Norwood Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat MoneyLion's score of 0.00 indicating that Norwood Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Norwood Financial	Very Positive
MoneyLion	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWFL or ML?

Norwood Financial received 100 more outperform votes than MoneyLion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave MoneyLion an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Norwood Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Norwood Financial	Outperform Votes 123 60.00%	Underperform Votes 82 40.00%
MoneyLion	Outperform Votes 23 69.70%	Underperform Votes 10 30.30%

Summary

MoneyLion beats Norwood Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.