Qudian (QD) Competitors

Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) and Qudian (NYSE:QD) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate CIFR or QD?

Cipher Mining currently has a consensus price target of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 20.94%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Qudian.

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
Qudian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, CIFR or QD?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qudian has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CIFR or QD?

Qudian has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qudian, 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	13.97	-$44.63M	-$0.36	-17.51
Qudian	$186.37M	2.95	$12.57M	$0.24	13.56

Is CIFR or QD more profitable?

Qudian has a net margin of 170.45% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -81.21%. Qudian's return on equity of 2.79% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-81.21%	-17.77%	-14.88%
Qudian	170.45%	2.79%	2.56%

Does the media favor CIFR or QD?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 12 more articles in the media than Qudian. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cipher Mining and 2 mentions for Qudian. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Qudian's score of 0.07 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Qudian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CIFR or QD?

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Qudian shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Qudian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Qudian on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.