MicroFinancial (MFI) Competitors

MicroFinancial (NASDAQ:MFI) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is MFI or MCO more profitable?

Moody's has a net margin of 29.05% compared to MicroFinancial's net margin of 0.00%. Moody's' return on equity of 57.97% beat MicroFinancial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MicroFinancial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Moody's	29.05%	57.97%	14.60%

Do analysts recommend MFI or MCO?

Moody's has a consensus target price of $507.36, suggesting a potential upside of 3.67%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than MicroFinancial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MicroFinancial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Moody's	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the media prefer MFI or MCO?

In the previous week, Moody's had 27 more articles in the media than MicroFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Moody's and 5 mentions for MicroFinancial. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat MicroFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MicroFinancial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Moody's	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MFI or MCO?

Moody's received 443 more outperform votes than MicroFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.64% of users gave MicroFinancial an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MicroFinancial	Outperform Votes 103 74.64%	Underperform Votes 35 25.36%
Moody's	Outperform Votes 546 59.28%	Underperform Votes 375 40.72%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MFI or MCO?

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than MicroFinancial.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MicroFinancial	$4.09M	2.38	$850K	N/A	N/A
Moody's	$5.92B	14.99	$1.61B	$10.95	44.70

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MFI or MCO?

92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.1% of MicroFinancial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Moody's beats MicroFinancial on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.