GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) versus Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) Head to Head Contrast

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Soluna has a beta of 5.09, meaning that its share price is 409% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Soluna and GDS, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Soluna	1	1	2	0	2.25
GDS	0	2	3	1	2.83

Soluna currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 461.80%. GDS has a consensus price target of $48.12, indicating a potential upside of 117.33%. Given Soluna’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Soluna is more favorable than GDS.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Soluna shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Soluna and GDS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soluna	$42.08 million	3.13	-$53.41 million	($1.12)	-0.48
GDS	$1.63 billion	2.71	$132.10 million	$2.15	10.30

GDS has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Soluna and GDS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soluna	-182.16%	-52.19%	-32.17%
GDS	30.70%	17.94%	6.11%

Summary

GDS beats Soluna on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Soluna

Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.

About GDS

GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. It serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.