Pagaya Technologies (PGY) Competitors

Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, BITF or PGY?

Bitfarms has a beta of 3.62, suggesting that its stock price is 262% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 6.67, suggesting that its stock price is 567% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BITF or PGY?

Bitfarms has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pagaya Technologies. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pagaya Technologies, 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
Bitfarms	$146.37M	4.21	-$104.04M	-$0.37	-4.68
Pagaya Technologies	$812.05M	0.73	-$128.44M	-$2.16	-4.64

Is BITF or PGY more profitable?

Pagaya Technologies has a net margin of -16.22% compared to Pagaya Technologies' net margin of -70.53%. Bitfarms' return on equity of -7.91% beat Pagaya Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitfarms	-70.53%	-19.58%	-16.13%
Pagaya Technologies	-16.22%	-7.91%	-4.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BITF or PGY?

Bitfarms received 12 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.19% of users gave Bitfarms an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bitfarms	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%
Pagaya Technologies	Outperform Votes 11 57.89%	Underperform Votes 8 42.11%

Does the media refer more to BITF or PGY?

In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 26 more articles in the media than Bitfarms. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 3 mentions for Bitfarms. Pagaya Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Bitfarms' score of 0.88 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pagaya Technologies	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BITF or PGY?

20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BITF or PGY?

Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 145.66%. Pagaya Technologies has a consensus price target of $38.08, indicating a potential upside of 280.07%. Given Bitfarms' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Bitfarms.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitfarms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pagaya Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Pagaya Technologies beats Bitfarms on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.