LM Funding America (LMFA) Competitors

LM Funding America (NASDAQ:LMFA) and Janover (NASDAQ:JNVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend LMFA or JNVR?

LM Funding America presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 264.96%. Given LM Funding America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LM Funding America is more favorable than Janover.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LM Funding America	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Janover	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LMFA or JNVR?

Janover has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LM Funding America. Janover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LM Funding America, 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
LM Funding America	$11M	0.64	-$7.32M	-$4.30	-0.32
Janover	$2.10M	15.21	-$3.37M	-$1.94	-10.42

Does the media refer more to LMFA or JNVR?

In the previous week, LM Funding America had 9 more articles in the media than Janover. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LM Funding America and 0 mentions for Janover. LM Funding America's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Janover's score of 0.00 indicating that LM Funding America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LM Funding America	Positive
Janover	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LMFA or JNVR?

22.7% of LM Funding America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Janover shares are held by institutional investors. 36.1% of LM Funding America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Janover 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.

Is LMFA or JNVR more profitable?

LM Funding America has a net margin of -129.10% compared to Janover's net margin of -187.64%. LM Funding America's return on equity of -33.65% beat Janover's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LM Funding America	-129.10%	-33.65%	-26.31%
Janover	-187.64%	-71.96%	-63.83%

Which has more volatility and risk, LMFA or JNVR?

LM Funding America has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janover has a beta of -7.59, meaning that its stock price is 859% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LM Funding America beats Janover on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.