HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE) Competitors

Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) and HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts prefer CCB or HIVE?

Coastal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. HIVE Digital Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.64, indicating a potential upside of 279.30%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than Coastal Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
HIVE Digital Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Which has more risk and volatility, CCB or HIVE?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.45, indicating that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CCB or HIVE?

In the previous week, HIVE Digital Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Coastal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for HIVE Digital Technologies and 5 mentions for Coastal Financial. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat HIVE Digital Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HIVE Digital Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCB or HIVE?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
Coastal Financial	$436.55M	3.08	$45.22M	$3.38	26.50
HIVE Digital Technologies	$117.25M	3.22	-$51.21M	-$0.05	-40.30

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CCB or HIVE?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Coastal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCB or HIVE?

HIVE Digital Technologies received 12 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.19% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave HIVE Digital Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%
HIVE Digital Technologies	Outperform Votes 35 58.33%	Underperform Votes 25 41.67%

Is CCB or HIVE more profitable?

Coastal Financial has a net margin of 6.43% compared to HIVE Digital Technologies' net margin of -5.45%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat HIVE Digital Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%
HIVE Digital Technologies	-5.45%	-8.95%	-7.74%

Summary

Coastal Financial beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.