Marathon Digital (MARA) Competitors

Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer MARA or BITF?

Marathon Digital currently has a consensus price target of $24.22, suggesting a potential upside of 48.69%. Bitfarms has a consensus price target of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 211.02%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Marathon Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marathon Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Bitfarms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MARA or BITF?

Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Digital, 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
Marathon Digital	$656.38M	9.19	$541.25M	$1.11	14.68
Bitfarms	$192.88M	3.66	-$94.55M	-$0.17	-7.47

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MARA or BITF?

44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MARA or BITF?

Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.24, suggesting that its share price is 524% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitfarms has a beta of 3.5, suggesting that its share price is 250% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MARA or BITF more profitable?

Marathon Digital has a net margin of 85.02% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -35.09%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of -2.11% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marathon Digital	85.02%	-2.11%	-1.33%
Bitfarms	-35.09%	-9.86%	-8.44%

Does the media prefer MARA or BITF?

In the previous week, Bitfarms had 1 more articles in the media than Marathon Digital. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Bitfarms and 20 mentions for Marathon Digital. Bitfarms' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.68 indicating that Bitfarms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marathon Digital	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bitfarms	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Marathon Digital beats Bitfarms on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.