Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HWC or CIFR?

Cipher Mining received 4 more outperform votes than Hancock Whitney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 94.20% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 65 94.20%	Underperform Votes 4 5.80%

Do analysts rate HWC or CIFR?

Hancock Whitney presently has a consensus target price of $62.56, suggesting a potential upside of 16.82%. Cipher Mining has a consensus target price of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 219.88%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Does the media refer more to HWC or CIFR?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 12 more articles in the media than Cipher Mining. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 6 mentions for Cipher Mining. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.69 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hancock Whitney	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cipher Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HWC or CIFR more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.56% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hancock Whitney	22.40%	11.56%	1.32%
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, HWC or CIFR?

Hancock Whitney has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.47, indicating that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HWC or CIFR?

81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HWC or CIFR?

Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, 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
Hancock Whitney	$1.44B	3.21	$460.82M	$5.28	10.14
Cipher Mining	$151.27M	6.17	-$25.78M	-$0.12	-21.17

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats Cipher Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.