Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both mid-cap banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Is CLSK or CIFR more profitable?

Cleanspark has a net margin of 47.98% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -96.95%. Cleanspark's return on equity of 8.89% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleanspark	47.98%	8.89%	6.62%
Cipher Mining	-96.95%	-21.71%	-17.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, CLSK or CIFR?

Cleanspark has a beta of 3.72, suggesting that its stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CLSK or CIFR?

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cleanspark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cipher Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CLSK or CIFR?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 12 more articles in the media than Cleanspark. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cipher Mining and 9 mentions for Cleanspark. Cleanspark's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.55 indicating that Cleanspark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cleanspark	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cipher Mining	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CLSK or CIFR?

Cleanspark presently has a consensus price target of $20.47, suggesting a potential upside of 108.47%. Cipher Mining has a consensus price target of $7.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.17%. Given Cleanspark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Cipher Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleanspark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has better earnings and valuation, CLSK or CIFR?

Cipher Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cleanspark. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cleanspark, 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
Cleanspark	$631.94M	4.37	-$145.78M	$0.85	11.55
Cipher Mining	$151.27M	16.59	-$44.63M	-$0.43	-14.84

Summary

Cleanspark beats Cipher Mining on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.