Reviewing BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH)

BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for BitFuFu and Soluna, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BitFuFu	0	0	1	0	3.00
Soluna	0	0	0	0	0.00

BitFuFu presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.22%. Given BitFuFu’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than Soluna.

Risk & Volatility

BitFuFu has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna has a beta of 3.86, suggesting that its stock price is 286% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BitFuFu and Soluna”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BitFuFu	$463.33 million	1.30	$10.49 million	$0.35	10.51
Soluna	$31.41 million	0.31	-$29.20 million	($11.29)	-0.06

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%
Soluna	-75.30%	-45.29%	-24.41%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of Soluna shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BitFuFu beats Soluna on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BitFuFu

BitFuFu Inc. provides digital asset mining and cloud-mining services in Singapore. It also offers miner rental, and miner hosting and sales services to institutional customers and individual digital asset enthusiasts. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

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.