Northern Lights Acquisition (NLIT) Competitors

Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) and Chain Bridge Bancorp (NYSE:CBNA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Is NLIT or CBNA more profitable?

Chain Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 35.57% compared to Northern Lights Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat Chain Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%
Chain Bridge Bancorp	35.57%	16.04%	1.37%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NLIT or CBNA?

Chain Bridge Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Lights Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$1.25M	N/A	N/A
Chain Bridge Bancorp	$56.65M	3.13	$20.95M	$3.78	7.15

Does the media prefer NLIT or CBNA?

In the previous week, Chain Bridge Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Northern Lights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chain Bridge Bancorp and 0 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition. Chain Bridge Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Northern Lights Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Chain Bridge Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Lights Acquisition	Neutral
Chain Bridge Bancorp	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NLIT or CBNA?

70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Chain Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NLIT or CBNA?

Chain Bridge Bancorp has a consensus target price of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given Chain Bridge Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chain Bridge Bancorp is more favorable than Northern Lights Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Lights Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Chain Bridge Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Chain Bridge Bancorp beats Northern Lights Acquisition on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.