Soluna (SLNH) Competitors

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) and Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, SLNH or PBHC?

Soluna has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Bancorp has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SLNH or PBHC?

Pathfinder Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pathfinder 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
Soluna	$21.07M	0.91	-$29.20M	-$14.56	-0.16
Pathfinder Bancorp	$44.74M	1.86	$9.29M	$0.32	55.03

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SLNH or PBHC?

23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 27.3% of Soluna shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SLNH or PBHC more profitable?

Pathfinder Bancorp has a net margin of 2.42% compared to Soluna's net margin of -75.30%. Pathfinder Bancorp's return on equity of 1.65% beat Soluna's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soluna	-75.30%	-45.29%	-24.41%
Pathfinder Bancorp	2.42%	1.65%	0.14%

Does the media favor SLNH or PBHC?

In the previous week, Soluna had 4 more articles in the media than Pathfinder Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Soluna and 1 mentions for Pathfinder Bancorp. Pathfinder Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Soluna's score of -0.16 indicating that Pathfinder Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Soluna	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pathfinder Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLNH or PBHC?

Pathfinder Bancorp received 118 more outperform votes than Soluna when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Pathfinder Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Soluna an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Soluna	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Pathfinder Bancorp	Outperform Votes 118 63.10%	Underperform Votes 69 36.90%

Summary

Pathfinder Bancorp beats Soluna on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.