MARA vs. BITF, CLSK, COIN, HIVE, HUT, RIOT, GRAB, AER, CPAY, and GIB
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), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), and CGI Group (GIB).
Marathon Digital vs. Its Competitors
Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Bitfarms had 16 more articles in the media than Marathon Digital. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Bitfarms and 16 mentions for Marathon Digital. Marathon Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Bitfarms' score of 0.40 indicating that Marathon Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bitfarms has a beta of 3.73, meaning that its stock price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.33, meaning that its stock price is 533% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.35, suggesting a potential downside of 12.65%. Marathon Digital has a consensus price target of $23.90, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Given Marathon Digital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than Bitfarms.
Marathon Digital has a net margin of 85.02% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -35.09%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of -2.11% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Marathon Digital beats Bitfarms on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MARA) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff