Strategy (MSTR) Competitors

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSTR or CLSK?

59.8% of Strategy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Strategy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cleanspark shares are held 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, MSTR or CLSK?

Strategy has a beta of 3.82, indicating that its stock price is 282% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleanspark has a beta of 3.65, indicating that its stock price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MSTR or CLSK?

In the previous week, Strategy had 124 more articles in the media than Cleanspark. MarketBeat recorded 142 mentions for Strategy and 18 mentions for Cleanspark. Cleanspark's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Strategy's score of 0.76 indicating that Cleanspark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Strategy	64 Very Positive mention(s)	40 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cleanspark	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MSTR or CLSK?

Strategy presently has a consensus price target of $547.50, indicating a potential upside of 63.39%. Cleanspark has a consensus price target of $20.47, indicating a potential upside of 82.79%. Given Cleanspark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Strategy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Strategy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Cleanspark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MSTR or CLSK?

Cleanspark has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Strategy. Cleanspark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategy, 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
Strategy	$463.46M	205.01	-$1.17B	$11.36	29.50
Cleanspark	$378.97M	8.31	-$145.78M	$0.85	13.18

Is MSTR or CLSK more profitable?

Strategy has a net margin of 1,036.61% compared to Cleanspark's net margin of 47.98%. Strategy's return on equity of 18.83% beat Cleanspark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Strategy	1,036.61%	18.83%	13.40%
Cleanspark	47.98%	8.89%	6.62%

Summary

Strategy beats Cleanspark on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.