CoinShares International (OTCMKTS:CNSRF) and Applied Digital (OTCMKTS:APLD) Head to Head Survey

CoinShares International (OTCMKTS:CNSRF) and Applied Digital (OTCMKTS:APLD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CoinShares International and Applied Digital’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoinShares International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Applied Digital	$143.91 million	5.21	-$44.65 million	($0.79)	-6.91

CoinShares International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Applied Digital.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for CoinShares International and Applied Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoinShares International	0	0	0	0	N/A
Applied Digital	0	0	2	0	3.00

Applied Digital has a consensus target price of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. Given Applied Digital’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than CoinShares International.

Profitability

This table compares CoinShares International and Applied Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoinShares International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Applied Digital	-80.60%	-61.59%	-22.75%

Summary

Applied Digital beats CoinShares International on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CoinShares International

CoinShares International Limited engages in the digital assets and blockchain technology business. It offers Investment management and advisory services; and exchange traded products. The company was formerly known as Global Advisors (Holdings) Limited and changed its name to CoinShares International Limited in June 2020. CoinShares International Limited was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Saint Helier, Jersey.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.