MARA (MARA) Competitors

Toast (NYSE:TOST) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TOST or MARA?

MARA received 234 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.70% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 39.80% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toast	Outperform Votes 78 39.80%	Underperform Votes 118 60.20%
MARA	Outperform Votes 312 53.70%	Underperform Votes 269 46.30%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TOST or MARA?

82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TOST or MARA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Toast's net margin of 0.40%. Toast's return on equity of 1.54% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	0.40%	1.54%	0.93%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, TOST or MARA?

Toast has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.82, indicating that its stock price is 582% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TOST or MARA?

Toast presently has a consensus target price of $40.91, suggesting a potential downside of 7.62%. MARA has a consensus target price of $20.72, suggesting a potential upside of 27.99%. Given MARA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
MARA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media prefer TOST or MARA?

In the previous week, Toast had 2 more articles in the media than MARA. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Toast and 29 mentions for MARA. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat MARA's score of 0.54 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MARA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TOST or MARA?

MARA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toast. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, 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
Toast	$5.22B	4.22	-$246M	$0.23	192.57
MARA	$705.06M	8.08	$261.17M	-$1.45	-11.17

Summary

Toast beats MARA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.