Currency Exchange International (CXI) Competitors

Currency Exchange International (TSE:CXI) and Bitfarms (TSE:BITF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CXI or BITF?

0.2% of Currency Exchange International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.2% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Currency Exchange International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Bitfarms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CXI or BITF?

In the previous week, Bitfarms had 2 more articles in the media than Currency Exchange International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bitfarms and 4 mentions for Currency Exchange International. Bitfarms' average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Currency Exchange International's score of -0.20 indicating that Bitfarms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Currency Exchange International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bitfarms	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CXI or BITF?

Currency Exchange International has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitfarms has a beta of 3.2, meaning that its share price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CXI or BITF?

Bitfarms has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 244.04%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Currency Exchange International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Currency Exchange International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bitfarms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CXI or BITF more profitable?

Currency Exchange International has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -69.20%. Currency Exchange International's return on equity of 3.06% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Currency Exchange International	2.90%	3.06%	7.69%
Bitfarms	-69.20%	-30.76%	-10.66%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CXI or BITF?

Currency Exchange International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Currency Exchange International, 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
Currency Exchange International	C$60.47M	1.50	C$1.75M	C$0.56	36.43
Bitfarms	C$159.92M	2.39	-C$110.66M	-C$0.44	-2.45

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CXI or BITF?

Currency Exchange International received 95 more outperform votes than Bitfarms when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Bitfarms an outperform vote while only 63.69% of users gave Currency Exchange International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Currency Exchange International	Outperform Votes 100 63.69%	Underperform Votes 57 36.31%
Bitfarms	Outperform Votes 5 83.33%	Underperform Votes 1 16.67%

Summary

Bitfarms beats Currency Exchange International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.