Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) and MoneyLion (NYSE:ML) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer CIFR or ML?

Cipher Mining presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.49%. MoneyLion has a consensus target price of $78.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.28%. Given Cipher Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than MoneyLion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
MoneyLion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, CIFR or ML?

Cipher Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MoneyLion. MoneyLion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cipher Mining, 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
Cipher Mining	$126.84M	9.58	-$25.78M	$0.06	65.34
MoneyLion	$450.77M	1.98	-$45.24M	-$2.90	-29.23

Which has more risk & volatility, CIFR or ML?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoneyLion has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIFR or ML more profitable?

Cipher Mining has a net margin of 13.54% compared to MoneyLion's net margin of -6.42%. Cipher Mining's return on equity of 4.66% beat MoneyLion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	13.54%	4.66%	3.99%
MoneyLion	-6.42%	-3.02%	-1.51%

Does the media refer more to CIFR or ML?

In the previous week, MoneyLion had 4 more articles in the media than Cipher Mining. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for MoneyLion and 7 mentions for Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat MoneyLion's score of 0.49 indicating that Cipher Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cipher Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MoneyLion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIFR or ML?

Cipher Mining received 24 more outperform votes than MoneyLion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 92.31% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave MoneyLion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 36 92.31%	Underperform Votes 3 7.69%
MoneyLion	Outperform Votes 12 70.59%	Underperform Votes 5 29.41%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIFR or ML?

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of MoneyLion shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of MoneyLion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats MoneyLion on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.