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Safeguard Scientifics (SFES) Competitors

$0.88 -0.02 (-2.21%)
As of 10/21/2025 10:49 AM Eastern

SFES vs. LOAN, SELF, ALCY, REFR, TBMC, GLLI, EURK, PLUT, HSPO, and FTII

Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Global Self Storage (SELF), Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 (ALCY), Research Frontiers (REFR), Trailblazer Merger Corporation I (TBMC), Globalink Investment (GLLI), Eureka Acquisition (EURK), Plutus Financial Group (PLUT), Horizon Space Acquisition I (HSPO), and FutureTech II Acquisition (FTII). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Safeguard Scientifics vs. Its Competitors

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

53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 51.8% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Manhattan Bridge Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Safeguard ScientificsN/AN/A-$9.83M-$0.38-2.32
Manhattan Bridge Capital$7.32M8.20$5.59M$0.4711.16

Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 59.04% compared to Safeguard Scientifics' net margin of 0.00%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 12.68% beat Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Safeguard ScientificsN/A -53.75% -48.03%
Manhattan Bridge Capital 59.04%12.68%8.07%

In the previous week, Manhattan Bridge Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Manhattan Bridge Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Safeguard Scientifics Neutral
Manhattan Bridge Capital Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Safeguard Scientifics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Manhattan Bridge Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Safeguard Scientifics on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SFES vs. The Competition

MetricSafeguard ScientificsInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.72M$267.58M$12.64B$10.56B
Dividend YieldN/A14.66%5.59%4.88%
P/E Ratio-1.577.9221.2727.16
Price / SalesN/A6.4430.54166.44
Price / CashN/A6.7822.4061.65
Price / Book0.730.682.236.45
Net Income-$9.83M$19.57M$1.02B$276.51M
7 Day Performance-2.21%-0.35%-0.61%-2.38%
1 Month Performance-3.29%-4.97%-1.30%0.49%
1 Year Performance-3.24%-11.14%535.63%30.73%

Safeguard Scientifics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFES
Safeguard Scientifics
N/A$0.88
-2.2%
N/A+6.0%$14.72MN/A-1.5733Gap Down
LOAN
Manhattan Bridge Capital
1.6522 of 5 stars
$5.15
-2.5%
N/A-4.3%$58.91M$7.32M10.966News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SELF
Global Self Storage
1.115 of 5 stars
$4.91
-0.4%
$6.50
+32.4%
-1.8%$55.67M$12.71M22.3230High Trading Volume
ALCY
Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1
N/A$12.08
+2.6%
N/A+10.2%$54.72MN/A0.00N/A
REFR
Research Frontiers
0.085 of 5 stars
$1.62
-9.3%
N/A-14.9%$54.35M$1.34M-32.306Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TBMC
Trailblazer Merger Corporation I
N/A$11.94
+2.2%
N/A+7.0%$53.72MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Gap Up
GLLI
Globalink Investment
0.2602 of 5 stars
$15.00
flat
N/AN/A$52.77MN/A-65.21N/A
EURK
Eureka Acquisition
N/A$10.82
+0.1%
N/A+7.7%$52.24MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
PLUT
Plutus Financial Group
N/A$3.66
-2.1%
N/AN/A$52.16M$9.75M0.0010
HSPO
Horizon Space Acquisition I
N/A$12.42
-0.2%
N/A+10.5%$51.78MN/A0.002
FTII
FutureTech II Acquisition
N/A$12.02
flat
N/AN/A$51.57MN/A0.002

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This page (NASDAQ:SFES) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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