Critical Comparison: BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) & HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE)

BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) and HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies 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.

Profitability

This table compares BitFuFu and HIVE Digital Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BitFuFu	N/A	N/A	N/A
HIVE Digital Technologies	-57.15%	-34.90%	-26.36%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for BitFuFu and HIVE Digital Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BitFuFu	0	0	0	0	N/A
HIVE Digital Technologies	0	1	2	0	2.67

HIVE Digital Technologies has a consensus target price of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 67.75%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than BitFuFu.

Volatility & Risk

BitFuFu has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.48, suggesting that its share price is 248% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BitFuFu and HIVE Digital Technologies’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BitFuFu	$284.11 million	0.10	$10.49 million	N/A	N/A
HIVE Digital Technologies	$106.32 million	3.33	-$236.42 million	($0.64)	-4.81

BitFuFu has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies.

Summary

BitFuFu beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 7 of the 11 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 HIVE Digital Technologies

HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland. The company engages in the mining and sale of digital currencies, including Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin, and other coins. It also operates data centers; and offers infrastructure solutions. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.