SII vs. CLSK, WD, QFIN, RIOT, LU, UPST, PWP, CIFR, IREN, and ML
Should you be buying Sprott stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott include CleanSpark (CLSK), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Iris Energy (IREN), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Sprott (NYSE:SII) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 10 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CleanSpark and 1 mentions for Sprott. CleanSpark's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Sprott's score of -1.00 indicating that CleanSpark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sprott has a net margin of 28.76% compared to CleanSpark's net margin of 22.41%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.15% beat CleanSpark's return on equity.
28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of CleanSpark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CleanSpark has a consensus price target of $19.22, suggesting a potential upside of 19.58%. Given CleanSpark's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than Sprott.
Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than CleanSpark.
CleanSpark received 111 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 37.04% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
Sprott has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.3, indicating that its stock price is 330% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CleanSpark beats Sprott on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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