Siebert Financial (SIEB) Competitors

BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) and Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRSP or SIEB?

Siebert Financial received 72 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.94% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote while only 30.93% of users gave Siebert Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightSpire Capital	Outperform Votes 18 52.94%	Underperform Votes 16 47.06%
Siebert Financial	Outperform Votes 90 30.93%	Underperform Votes 201 69.07%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRSP or SIEB?

Siebert Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightSpire Capital. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Siebert 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
BrightSpire Capital	$347.22M	1.89	-$15.55M	-$0.56	-8.96
Siebert Financial	$80.51M	1.72	$7.83M	$0.33	10.39

Which has more risk & volatility, BRSP or SIEB?

BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Siebert Financial has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BRSP or SIEB?

In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital had 12 more articles in the media than Siebert Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BrightSpire Capital and 4 mentions for Siebert Financial. Siebert Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of 0.07 indicating that Siebert Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightSpire Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Siebert Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BRSP or SIEB?

BrightSpire Capital presently has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 44.42%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Siebert Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightSpire Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Siebert Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRSP or SIEB?

56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Siebert Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of BrightSpire Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.0% of Siebert Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BRSP or SIEB more profitable?

Siebert Financial has a net margin of 12.83% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -79.23%. Siebert Financial's return on equity of 13.92% beat BrightSpire Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightSpire Capital	-79.23%	8.82%	2.55%
Siebert Financial	12.83%	13.92%	1.57%

Summary

BrightSpire Capital beats Siebert Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.