Contrasting OLB Group (OLB) and The Competition

OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) is one of 341 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare OLB Group to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.8% of OLB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of OLB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares OLB Group and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
OLB Group	$8.68 million	-$5.87 million	-0.63
OLB Group Competitors	$6.42 billion	$1.09 billion	10.52

OLB Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than OLB Group. OLB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

OLB Group has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OLB Group’s peers have a beta of 2.51, indicating that their average share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares OLB Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OLB Group	-68.26%	-76.38%	-35.87%
OLB Group Competitors	-409.12%	-40.47%	-6.29%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for OLB Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OLB Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
OLB Group Competitors	1988	6946	11713	446	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 6.28%. Given OLB Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OLB Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

OLB Group peers beat OLB Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

OLB Group Company Profile

The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.