Head to Head Review: Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT)

Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Marathon Digital has a beta of 5.56, suggesting that its share price is 456% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Technology has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Next Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Marathon Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Next Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Marathon Digital and Next Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marathon Digital	1	4	3	0	2.25
Next Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A

Marathon Digital presently has a consensus target price of $19.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.63%. Given Marathon Digital’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than Next Technology.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Marathon Digital and Next Technology’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Digital	$387.51 million	14.49	$261.17 million	$2.15	9.23
Next Technology	$2.63 million	4.54	-$9.92 million	N/A	N/A

Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Marathon Digital and Next Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marathon Digital	106.46%	-3.80%	-2.82%
Next Technology	N/A	68.67%	63.83%

Summary

Marathon Digital beats Next Technology on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Marathon Digital

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. operates as a digital asset technology company that mines digital assets with a focus on the bitcoin ecosystem in United States. The company was formerly known as Marathon Patent Group, Inc. and changed its name to Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. in February 2021. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. provides technical services and solutions through its social e-commerce platform primarily in Mainland China. It offers YCloud, a micro-business cloud intelligent internationalization system that conducts multi-channel data analysis through the learning of big data and social recommendation relationships, as well as provides users with AI fission and management systems, and supply chain systems. The company's YCloud system also provides micro-business owners with various payment methods, such as Alipay, WeChat, and UnionPay. In addition, it offers chatGPT technical services; and technical system support, software development, and services. The company serves individual and corporate users in the micro business industry. It also has operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company was formerly known as WeTrade Group, Inc. and changed its name to Next Technology Holding Inc in April 2024. Next Technology Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People Republic of China.