Contrasting SOS (NYSE:SOS) & Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN)

SOS (NYSE:SOS) and Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SOS and Iris Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SOS	0	0	0	0	N/A
Iris Energy	0	0	5	0	3.00

Iris Energy has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 153.70%. Given Iris Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than SOS.

Risk and Volatility

SOS has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iris Energy has a beta of 3.05, suggesting that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SOS and Iris Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SOS	N/A	N/A	N/A
Iris Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.9% of SOS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Iris Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of SOS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Iris Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SOS and Iris Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SOS	$260.03 million	1.40	-$229.45 million	N/A	N/A
Iris Energy	$75.51 million	4.18	-$171.87 million	N/A	N/A

Iris Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SOS.

Summary

Iris Energy beats SOS on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SOS

SOS Limited provides data mining and analysis services to corporate and individual members in the People's Republic of China. It provides marketing data, technology, and solutions for insurance companies; emergency rescue services; and insurance product and health care information portals. The company operates SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service platform that offers basic cloud products, such as medical rescue, auto rescue, financial rescue, and life rescue cards; cooperative cloud systems, including information rescue center, intelligent big data, and intelligent software and hardware; and information cloud systems, such as newsToday and E-commerce Today, 10086 hot-line center, information security services, and marketing-related data. It also focuses on cryptocurrency mining, blockchain-based insurance, and security management businesses. The company serves insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. The company is based in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.

About Iris Energy

Iris Energy Limited owns and operates bitcoin mining data centers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.