Malaga Financial Corporation (MLGF): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is MLGF undervalued?

MLGF closed at 22.68 on 5 Nov 2026 against a GLS average fair value of 24.71 - 8.2% below fair value, which our scans read as "fairly priced". 5 of 9 models are above the current price. There is no discount to lean on here, so the margin of safety is not the reason to look at the stock.

The 9 models disagree widely: GLS Growth gives 3.00 while 10 Cap gives 49.38. A spread that wide means the average is sensitive to which methods you trust; the model table below shows where each one lands, and the Quote page lets you switch any of them off.

Ranked against every other company we cover, MLGF is clearly cheaper than it is fast-growing, so the nightly engine files it under Value (value score 53, growth score 14, out of 100). It also carries the Income tag (Income = a dividend yield of 4% or more).

Nine valuation models for MLGF

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Financial health is weak: MLGF passes 4 of the nine Piotroski tests. Our scans drop the stock at the health filter; a low score is often the reason a stock looks cheap on the valuation models. The GLS Moat score is 8.6 out of 10 - high returns on capital, steady margins and growth that held up through bad years point to a durable business.

Returns on capital are thin or negative - ROIC 4.4%, ROE 9.7%, ROA 1.5% - with debt at 1.18 times equity and negative free cash flow.

The dividend yield is high at 4.41% (payout ratio 0%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 24: No options

MLGF has no listed options in the nightly snapshot, so there is nothing to sell and the stock cannot be wheeled however good the business. It fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade), so the score stays under 70 and is shown as "No options" (24 here). The valuation and quality numbers still apply to owning the shares outright.

Volume runs at 0k shares a day on a market cap of $224M, with a beta of 0.11 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for MLGF in the nightly calendar.

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