Silvergate Capital (SI) Competitors

Glen Burnie Bancorp (NASDAQ:GLBZ) and Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GLBZ or SI?

9.8% of Glen Burnie Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Silvergate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Glen Burnie Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Silvergate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, GLBZ or SI?

Glen Burnie Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvergate Capital has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GLBZ or SI?

In the previous week, Glen Burnie Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Silvergate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Glen Burnie Bancorp and 0 mentions for Silvergate Capital. Glen Burnie Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Silvergate Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Glen Burnie Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Glen Burnie Bancorp	Positive
Silvergate Capital	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLBZ or SI?

Glen Burnie Bancorp received 37 more outperform votes than Silvergate Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Glen Burnie Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Silvergate Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glen Burnie Bancorp	Outperform Votes 121 67.22%	Underperform Votes 59 32.78%
Silvergate Capital	Outperform Votes 84 52.83%	Underperform Votes 75 47.17%

Is GLBZ or SI a better dividend stock?

Glen Burnie Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Silvergate Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.9420 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,176.8%. Glen Burnie Bancorp pays out 666.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Silvergate Capital pays out -9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silvergate Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GLBZ or SI?

Glen Burnie Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Silvergate Capital. Silvergate Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glen Burnie Bancorp, 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
Glen Burnie Bancorp	$14.44M	1.00	$1.43M	$0.03	165.72
Silvergate Capital	-$609.47M	-0.01	-$937.91M	-$29.96	-0.01

Is GLBZ or SI more profitable?

Silvergate Capital has a net margin of 45.10% compared to Glen Burnie Bancorp's net margin of 0.60%. Silvergate Capital's return on equity of 8.87% beat Glen Burnie Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glen Burnie Bancorp	0.60%	0.50%	0.03%
Silvergate Capital	45.10%	8.87%	0.81%

Summary

Glen Burnie Bancorp beats Silvergate Capital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.