Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) Head to Head Review

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for MDB Capital and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0	0	4	0	3.00

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $15.88, suggesting a potential upside of 38.22%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than MDB Capital.

Risk and Volatility

MDB Capital has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MDB Capital and Greystone Housing Impact Investors”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$4.36 million	9.28	-$6.97 million	$0.93	4.68
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$32.94 million	8.16	$54.01 million	$0.46	24.97

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of MDB Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDB Capital	N/A	-75.31%	-63.59%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	22.35%	5.76%	1.27%

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats MDB Capital on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MDB Capital

MDB Capital Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a broker-dealer. The company operates through two segments, Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service, and Technology Development. The Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service segment operates as a full-service broker dealer that focuses on conducting private and public securities offerings, as well as providing research services for investment banking due diligence. The Technology Development segment engages in the synthetic biology technology development business. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.

About Greystone Housing Impact Investors

Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP acquires, holds, sells, and deals in a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds (MRBs) that are issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing for multifamily, student, and senior citizen housing; skilled nursing properties; and commercial properties in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Affordable Multifamily MRB Investments; Seniors and Skilled Nursing MRB Investments; MF Properties; Market-Rate Joint Venture Investments. It also invests in governmental issuer loans. The company was formerly known as America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. and changed its name to Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP in December 2022. Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.