TOP vs. FRGE, LCNB, INSI, ESSA, MNSB, MRCC, CIO, HRTG, PWOD, and OXSQ
Should you be buying TOP Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TOP Financial Group include Forge Global (FRGE), LCNB (LCNB), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Monroe Capital (MRCC), City Office REIT (CIO), Heritage Insurance (HRTG), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) and Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
TOP Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forge Global.
TOP Financial Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Forge Global's net margin of -136.16%. TOP Financial Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Forge Global's return on equity.
Forge Global has a consensus price target of $3.69, indicating a potential upside of 104.86%. Given Forge Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forge Global is more favorable than TOP Financial Group.
0.4% of TOP Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Forge Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Forge Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TOP Financial Group has a beta of -0.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forge Global has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forge Global received 4 more outperform votes than TOP Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, TOP Financial Group had 18 more articles in the media than Forge Global. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for TOP Financial Group and 7 mentions for Forge Global. Forge Global's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat TOP Financial Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Forge Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Forge Global beats TOP Financial Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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