Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CIFR or ASB?

Associated Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, 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	$151.27M	5.66	-$25.78M	-$0.12	-19.42
Associated Banc	$1.03B	3.16	$123.14M	$0.79	24.87

Is CIFR or ASB more profitable?

Associated Banc has a net margin of 5.15% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Associated Banc's return on equity of 8.24% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%
Associated Banc	5.15%	8.24%	0.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIFR or ASB?

Associated Banc received 177 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.20% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 47.73% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 65 94.20%	Underperform Votes 4 5.80%
Associated Banc	Outperform Votes 242 47.73%	Underperform Votes 265 52.27%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CIFR or ASB?

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Associated Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer CIFR or ASB?

In the previous week, Associated Banc had 7 more articles in the media than Cipher Mining. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Associated Banc and 6 mentions for Cipher Mining. Associated Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.59 indicating that Associated Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cipher Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Associated Banc	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CIFR or ASB?

Cipher Mining presently has a consensus target price of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 248.71%. Associated Banc has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.71%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Associated Banc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Associated Banc	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more risk & volatility, CIFR or ASB?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its share price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Banc has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Associated Banc beats Cipher Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.