Guild (GHLD) Competitors $19.94 +0.01 (+0.03%) Closing price 09/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$19.94 0.00 (-0.03%) As of 09/25/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GHLD vs. CIFR, QFIN, SFBS, IFS, WULF, ASB, UCB, GGAL, INTR, and CLSKShould you be buying Guild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guild include Cipher Mining (CIFR), Qfin (QFIN), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), TeraWulf (WULF), Associated Banc (ASB), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Inter & Co. Inc. (INTR), and Cleanspark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Guild vs. Its Competitors Cipher Mining Qfin ServisFirst Bancshares Intercorp Financial Services TeraWulf Associated Banc United Community Banks Grupo Financiero Galicia Inter & Co. Inc. Cleanspark Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation. Do insiders and institutionals believe in CIFR or GHLD? 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.3% of Guild shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CIFR or GHLD? Guild has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCipher Mining$151.27M30.31-$44.63M-$0.43-27.12Guild$1.05B1.18$97.13M$0.3951.14 Which has more volatility & risk, CIFR or GHLD? Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend CIFR or GHLD? Cipher Mining presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.66%. Guild has a consensus target price of $18.42, suggesting a potential downside of 7.66%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Guild.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cipher Mining 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86Guild 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.22 Is CIFR or GHLD more profitable? Guild has a net margin of 2.56% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -96.95%. Guild's return on equity of 8.92% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Cipher Mining-96.95% -21.71% -17.29% Guild 2.56%8.92%2.27% Does the media favor CIFR or GHLD? In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 40 more articles in the media than Guild. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Cipher Mining and 1 mentions for Guild. Guild's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.63 indicating that Guild is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cipher Mining 14 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 14 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Guild 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryGuild beats Cipher Mining on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Guild News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GHLD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart GHLD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGuildFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.24B$8.00B$12.62B$21.61BDividend YieldN/A4.79%5.47%3.52%P/E Ratio51.1417.04239.4829.18Price / Sales1.186.9330.7459.53Price / Cash10.4427.7022.6924.32Price / Book0.982.962.274.52Net Income$97.13M$313.53M$1.01B$1.00B7 Day Performance0.23%-2.23%-0.91%-0.84%1 Month Performance-0.10%6.31%0.85%1.80%1 Year Performance17.74%26.17%539.39%12.54% Guild Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GHLDGuild2.3542 of 5 stars$19.95+0.0%$18.42-7.7%+18.6%$1.24B$1.05B51.145,270CIFRCipher Mining1.2797 of 5 stars$13.96+13.7%$8.11-41.9%+202.1%$4.83B$151.27M-32.4710Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeGap DownQFINQfin4.7546 of 5 stars$30.71+1.3%$51.73+68.5%+14.3%$4.78B$2.35B4.343,527SFBSServisFirst Bancshares3.0471 of 5 stars$82.96-1.5%$90.50+9.1%+3.5%$4.60B$981.18M18.15570IFSIntercorp Financial Services4.1854 of 5 stars$40.77+1.7%N/A+59.0%$4.59B$1.68B9.068,542Positive NewsWULFTeraWulf1.9876 of 5 stars$11.49+4.6%$11.22-2.3%+113.4%$4.48B$140.05M-32.836Trending NewsGap DownASBAssociated Banc4.7811 of 5 stars$25.88-1.5%$27.78+7.4%+21.7%$4.36B$2.39B33.604,000Positive NewsUCBUnited Community Banks1.7366 of 5 stars$31.80-1.3%N/AN/A$3.92B$1.50B14.452,979News CoverageGGALGrupo Financiero Galicia4.1787 of 5 stars$32.03+21.1%$81.00+152.9%-29.2%$3.90B$10.79B4.7212,440Dividend AnnouncementHigh Trading VolumeINTRInter & Co. Inc.3.4429 of 5 stars$9.00+2.4%$6.77-24.8%+33.4%$3.86B$1.31B20.004,333CLSKCleanspark4.3489 of 5 stars$13.74+0.9%$20.47+49.0%+46.5%$3.83B$378.97M16.16130Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CIFR Alternatives QFIN Alternatives SFBS Alternatives IFS Alternatives WULF Alternatives ASB Alternatives UCB Alternatives GGAL Alternatives INTR Alternatives CLSK Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GHLD) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAnother gold high? 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