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MARA vs. BITF, CLSK, COIN, HIVE, HUT, RIOT, CPAY, GIB, AER, and RBA

Should you be buying Marathon Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Digital include Bitfarms (BITF), Cleanspark (CLSK), Coinbase Global (COIN), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Hut 8 (HUT), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Aercap (AER), and RB Global (RBA).

Marathon Digital vs. Its Competitors

Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bitfarms$209.41M3.41-$105.93M-$0.19-6.74
Marathon Digital$656.38M9.00$541.25M$1.1114.37

20.6% of Bitfarms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Marathon Digital has a net margin of 85.02% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -40.09%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of -2.11% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bitfarms-40.09% -12.70% -11.18%
Marathon Digital 85.02%-2.11%-1.33%

Bitfarms has a beta of 3.5, suggesting that its share price is 250% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.24, suggesting that its share price is 524% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $3.95, indicating a potential upside of 208.59%. Marathon Digital has a consensus price target of $24.22, indicating a potential upside of 51.86%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Marathon Digital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bitfarms
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Marathon Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 12 more articles in the media than Bitfarms. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Marathon Digital and 6 mentions for Bitfarms. Bitfarms' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.39 indicating that Bitfarms is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bitfarms
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marathon Digital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Marathon Digital beats Bitfarms on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MARA vs. The Competition

MetricMarathon DigitalFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.89B$7.55B$12.17B$9.57B
Dividend YieldN/A4.87%5.64%4.18%
P/E Ratio14.3718.6619.8625.14
Price / Sales9.005.1326.00103.02
Price / Cash7.0820.8221.4958.58
Price / Book1.232.592.115.59
Net Income$541.25M$310.82M$1.00B$265.48M
7 Day Performance2.90%2.39%1.01%1.22%
1 Month Performance-8.96%7.42%-0.11%0.39%
1 Year Performance-8.28%33.18%543.14%23.47%

Marathon Digital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MARA
Marathon Digital
4.0121 of 5 stars
$15.95
+0.4%
$24.22
+51.9%
+0.7%$5.89B$656.38M14.379
BITF
Bitfarms
2.6114 of 5 stars
$1.21
+3.9%
$3.95
+227.8%
-32.1%$666.27M$192.88M-6.29110Upcoming Earnings
CLSK
Cleanspark
4.2528 of 5 stars
$10.68
+2.3%
$20.69
+93.8%
-3.2%$2.98B$537.40M-11.06130
COIN
Coinbase Global
3.8243 of 5 stars
$318.38
+1.2%
$352.18
+10.6%
+73.7%$80.61B$6.56B30.713,772Trending News
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Gap Up
HIVE
HIVE Digital Technologies
2.6726 of 5 stars
$2.06
+1.2%
$6.67
+224.4%
-19.5%$466.96M$115.28M-5.6820Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
HUT
Hut 8
3.6746 of 5 stars
$20.86
+5.4%
$26.12
+25.2%
+79.9%$2.16B$162.38M0.00219News Coverage
Gap Up
RIOT
Riot Platforms
2.8517 of 5 stars
$11.39
+3.2%
$17.39
+52.7%
+51.6%$4.19B$376.66M-26.38340Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CPAY
Corpay
4.0556 of 5 stars
$324.23
+2.5%
$401.07
+23.7%
+12.8%$22.82B$4.05B22.7111,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GIB
CGI Group
3.6425 of 5 stars
$96.67
+1.2%
$148.25
+53.4%
-10.1%$21.55B$10.79B17.8790,250
AER
Aercap
3.438 of 5 stars
$109.22
+0.8%
$122.00
+11.7%
+21.9%$20.38B$8.00B6.79740Positive News
RBA
RB Global
3.7221 of 5 stars
$109.24
+0.9%
$116.21
+6.4%
+43.9%$20.24B$4.28B53.747,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:MARA) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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