Core Scientific (CORZ) Competitors

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CORZ or BSAC?

Core Scientific has a beta of 6.66, indicating that its stock price is 566% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CORZ or BSAC?

6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Core Scientific 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.

Does the media prefer CORZ or BSAC?

In the previous week, Core Scientific had 38 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Core Scientific and 4 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Core Scientific's score of 1.07 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Core Scientific	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander-Chile	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CORZ or BSAC more profitable?

Banco Santander-Chile has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CORZ or BSAC?

Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Core Scientific. Core Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, 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
Core Scientific	$410.91M	7.47	-$1.50B	-$5.03	-2.05
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.74T	0.00	$883.95M	$2.29	10.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CORZ or BSAC?

Banco Santander-Chile received 200 more outperform votes than Core Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.42% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Core Scientific	Outperform Votes 58 73.42%	Underperform Votes 21 26.58%
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 53.86%	Underperform Votes 221 46.14%

Do analysts rate CORZ or BSAC?

Core Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $18.81, suggesting a potential upside of 82.47%. Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential downside of 10.84%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Banco Santander-Chile	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Banco Santander-Chile beats Core Scientific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.