Northern Lights Acquisition (NLIT) Competitors

SHF (NASDAQ:SHFS) and Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is SHFS or NLIT more profitable?

SHF has a net margin of 36.34% compared to Northern Lights Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat SHF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SHF	36.34%	10.24%	5.66%
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%

Does the media favor SHFS or NLIT?

In the previous week, SHF had 5 more articles in the media than Northern Lights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SHF and 0 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition. SHF's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Northern Lights Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that SHF is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SHF	Positive
Northern Lights Acquisition	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SHFS or NLIT?

Northern Lights Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SHF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SHF	$22.21M	0.75	-$17.28M	$0.17	1.75
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$1.25M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SHFS or NLIT?

29.2% of SHF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.5% of SHF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHFS or NLIT?

SHF received 2 more outperform votes than Northern Lights Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SHF	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A

Summary

SHF beats Northern Lights Acquisition on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.