Pinetree Capital (PNP) Competitors

Pinetree Capital (TSE:PNP) and Bitfarms (TSE:BITF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PNP or BITF?

Pinetree Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinetree Capital, 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
Pinetree Capital	C$8.67M	19.79	C$18.94M	C$2.02	9.05
Bitfarms	C$159.92M	3.42	-C$110.66M	-C$0.44	-3.51

Which has more risk and volatility, PNP or BITF?

Pinetree Capital has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitfarms has a beta of 3.2, indicating that its stock price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PNP or BITF?

Bitfarms has a consensus price target of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 140.38%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Pinetree Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinetree Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bitfarms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PNP or BITF?

6.0% of Pinetree Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.2% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 43.4% of Pinetree Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Bitfarms 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNP or BITF?

Pinetree Capital received 68 more outperform votes than Bitfarms when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Bitfarms an outperform vote while only 65.77% of users gave Pinetree Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinetree Capital	Outperform Votes 73 65.77%	Underperform Votes 38 34.23%
Bitfarms	Outperform Votes 5 83.33%	Underperform Votes 1 16.67%

Is PNP or BITF more profitable?

Pinetree Capital has a net margin of 218.56% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -69.20%. Pinetree Capital's return on equity of 34.80% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinetree Capital	218.56%	34.80%	17.18%
Bitfarms	-69.20%	-30.76%	-10.66%

Does the media refer more to PNP or BITF?

In the previous week, Pinetree Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Bitfarms. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pinetree Capital and 5 mentions for Bitfarms. Bitfarms' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Pinetree Capital's score of 0.01 indicating that Bitfarms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinetree Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bitfarms	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Pinetree Capital beats Bitfarms on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.