Source Capital (SOR) Competitors

Source Capital (NYSE:SOR) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SOR or CIFR more profitable?

Source Capital has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. Source Capital's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Source Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SOR or CIFR?

Source Capital received 46 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.52% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 72.33% of users gave Source Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Source Capital	Outperform Votes 115 72.33%	Underperform Votes 44 27.67%
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 69 94.52%	Underperform Votes 4 5.48%

Do analysts prefer SOR or CIFR?

Cipher Mining has a consensus price target of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 104.97%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Source Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Source Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Which has better earnings and valuation, SOR or CIFR?

Source Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cipher Mining.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Source Capital	$40.22M	8.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	$152.09M	8.20	-$25.78M	-$0.36	-10.33

Which has more volatility and risk, SOR or CIFR?

Source Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SOR or CIFR?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Source Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cipher Mining and 2 mentions for Source Capital. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Source Capital's score of 0.61 indicating that Cipher Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Source Capital	Positive
Cipher Mining	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SOR or CIFR?

13.1% of Source Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 77.0% of Source Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Source Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.