Shore Bancshares (SHBI) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CIFR or SHBI?

Shore Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shore 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	$126.84M	15.05	-$25.78M	-$0.13	-42.23
Shore Bancshares	$326.48M	1.56	$43.89M	$1.33	11.50

Is CIFR or SHBI more profitable?

Shore Bancshares has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Shore Bancshares' return on equity of 10.40% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%
Shore Bancshares	13.44%	10.40%	0.93%

Which has more risk & volatility, CIFR or SHBI?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shore Bancshares has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIFR or SHBI?

Shore Bancshares received 126 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.31% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Shore Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 61 95.31%	Underperform Votes 3 4.69%
Shore Bancshares	Outperform Votes 187 56.84%	Underperform Votes 142 43.16%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIFR or SHBI?

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Shore Bancshares 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.

Do analysts prefer CIFR or SHBI?

Cipher Mining presently has a consensus target price of $8.14, indicating a potential upside of 48.25%. Shore Bancshares has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.72%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Shore Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Shore Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer CIFR or SHBI?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Shore Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cipher Mining and 2 mentions for Shore Bancshares. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Shore Bancshares' score of 0.81 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shore Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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