Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate OVLY or CIFR?

Cipher Mining has a consensus target price of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 232.99%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Oak Valley Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oak Valley Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Does the media favor OVLY or CIFR?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Oak Valley Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cipher Mining and 2 mentions for Oak Valley Bancorp. Oak Valley Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.86 indicating that Oak Valley Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oak Valley Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cipher Mining	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OVLY or CIFR?

30.9% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OVLY or CIFR?

Oak Valley Bancorp received 100 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.20% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 53.05% of users gave Oak Valley Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oak Valley Bancorp	Outperform Votes 165 53.05%	Underperform Votes 146 46.95%
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 65 94.20%	Underperform Votes 4 5.80%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OVLY or CIFR?

Oak Valley Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oak Valley Bancorp, 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
Oak Valley Bancorp	$76.59M	2.57	$24.95M	$3.02	7.79
Cipher Mining	$151.27M	5.93	-$25.78M	-$0.12	-20.33

Which has more risk and volatility, OVLY or CIFR?

Oak Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OVLY or CIFR more profitable?

Oak Valley Bancorp has a net margin of 28.03% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Oak Valley Bancorp's return on equity of 14.28% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oak Valley Bancorp	28.03%	14.28%	1.35%
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%

Summary

Oak Valley Bancorp beats Cipher Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.