SHF (SHFS) Competitors

Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) and SHF (NASDAQ:SHFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Is MGYR or SHFS more profitable?

SHF has a net margin of 36.34% compared to Magyar Bancorp's net margin of 14.91%. SHF's return on equity of 10.24% beat Magyar Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magyar Bancorp	14.91%	7.22%	0.84%
SHF	36.34%	10.24%	5.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MGYR or SHFS?

Magyar Bancorp received 57 more outperform votes than SHF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave SHF an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Magyar Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Magyar Bancorp	Outperform Votes 59 60.82%	Underperform Votes 38 39.18%
SHF	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MGYR or SHFS?

Magyar Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than SHF. SHF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magyar Bancorp, 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
Magyar Bancorp	$31.59M	2.95	$7.78M	$1.24	11.59
SHF	$17.56M	1.30	-$17.28M	$0.17	2.42

Which has more volatility and risk, MGYR or SHFS?

Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SHF has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MGYR or SHFS?

In the previous week, SHF had 2 more articles in the media than Magyar Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SHF and 1 mentions for Magyar Bancorp. SHF's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Magyar Bancorp's score of 0.94 indicating that SHF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Magyar Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SHF	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MGYR or SHFS?

46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of SHF shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of SHF shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Magyar Bancorp beats SHF on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.