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MetricMNSBMainStreet Bancshares, Inc.FGFHForesight Financial Group IncCPKFCHESAPEAKE FINANCIAL SHARES INCENBPENB Financial CorpMedian of the restexcluding MNSB
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$24.43▼ 0.25 (1.01%)
$49.89▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$38.49▼ 0.01 (0.03%)
$30.96▲ 1.21 (4.07%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/108.7/107.3/108.0/108.0/10
Market value$183.1M$179.9M$181.2M$176.3M
Revenue$2.2M$58.1M$70.1M—
Profit$15.6M$7.9M$10.0M$21.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.4%3.5%3.8%—3.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.3368.7%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.714.9%13.5%14.3%—13.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.487.0%25.6%21.1%—23.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.7.1%4.6%7.5%13.4%7.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.11.73x22.87x18.12x8.18x18.12x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book0.84x1.06x1.36x1.09x1.09x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.9.12x8.80x11.53x13.02x11.53x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/75/74/75/55.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksnot reportedn/a for banksn/a for banks

How MNSB compares with the others

  • MNSB's profit margin of 714.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (13.9%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 9.4% against 3.6%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 11.7x against 18.1x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 9.1x against 11.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.