FRGE vs. TOP, BNRE, EBTC, SMMF, MPB, RRBI, GNTY, BRT, TYG, and PPT
Should you be buying Forge Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forge Global include TOP Financial Group (TOP), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), BRT Apartments (BRT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE) and TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, TOP Financial Group had 20 more articles in the media than Forge Global. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for TOP Financial Group and 5 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 media.
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.
TOP Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forge Global.
Forge Global presently has a consensus price target of $3.69, indicating a potential upside of 94.59%. Given Forge Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forge Global is more favorable than TOP Financial Group.
Forge Global received 4 more outperform votes than TOP Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
36.3% of Forge Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Forge Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Forge Global has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOP Financial Group has a beta of -0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forge Global beats TOP Financial Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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