Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIFR or AUB?

Cipher Mining received 43 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 94.52% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 69 94.52%	Underperform Votes 4 5.48%
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 26 63.41%	Underperform Votes 15 36.59%

Does the media refer more to CIFR or AUB?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cipher Mining and 3 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.85 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cipher Mining	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlantic Union Bankshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CIFR or AUB?

Cipher Mining currently has a consensus target price of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 84.18%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.54%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Atlantic Union Bankshares.

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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk and volatility, CIFR or AUB?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CIFR or AUB?

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned 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.

Is CIFR or AUB more profitable?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 8.50% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CIFR or AUB?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, 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	$152.09M	9.13	-$25.78M	-$0.36	-11.50
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$857.44M	5.20	$209.13M	$2.19	14.30

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.