Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, CIFR or HWBK?

Hawthorn Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, 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	5.98	-$25.78M	-$0.12	-20.50
Hawthorn Bancshares	$72.91M	2.85	$18.26M	$2.61	10.54

Is CIFR or HWBK more profitable?

Hawthorn Bancshares has a net margin of 16.65% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity of 13.00% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%
Hawthorn Bancshares	16.65%	13.00%	1.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, CIFR or HWBK?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CIFR or HWBK?

Cipher Mining presently has a consensus target price of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 230.28%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Hawthorn Bancshares.

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
Hawthorn Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIFR or HWBK?

Hawthorn Bancshares received 98 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.20% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave Hawthorn Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 65 94.20%	Underperform Votes 4 5.80%
Hawthorn Bancshares	Outperform Votes 163 62.93%	Underperform Votes 96 37.07%

Does the media refer more to CIFR or HWBK?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 5 more articles in the media than Hawthorn Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cipher Mining and 2 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of 0.40 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hawthorn Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.