Applied Digital (APLD) Competitors

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, APLD or MARA?

Applied Digital has a beta of 5.98, suggesting that its share price is 498% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.82, suggesting that its share price is 582% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APLD or MARA?

MARA received 269 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 53.70% of users gave MARA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Applied Digital	Outperform Votes 43 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
MARA	Outperform Votes 312 53.70%	Underperform Votes 269 46.30%

Is APLD or MARA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -127.86%. MARA's return on equity of -8.40% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-127.86%	-117.67%	-27.84%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Does the media prefer APLD or MARA?

In the previous week, Applied Digital had 1 more articles in the media than MARA. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Applied Digital and 27 mentions for MARA. Applied Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat MARA's score of 0.54 indicating that Applied Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Applied Digital	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MARA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate APLD or MARA?

Applied Digital presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.73%. MARA has a consensus target price of $20.72, indicating a potential upside of 24.53%. Given Applied Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than MARA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MARA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in APLD or MARA?

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, APLD or MARA?

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Digital, 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
Applied Digital	$221.19M	6.83	-$149.27M	-$1.37	-4.91
MARA	$705.06M	8.31	$261.17M	-$1.45	-11.48

Summary

Applied Digital and MARA tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.