Analyzing Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK)

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Core Scientific and Argo Blockchain, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0	0	8	0	3.00
Argo Blockchain	0	2	0	0	2.00

Core Scientific currently has a consensus target price of $14.88, suggesting a potential upside of 33.05%. Argo Blockchain has a consensus target price of $1.45, suggesting a potential upside of 23.93%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Argo Blockchain.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Core Scientific and Argo Blockchain’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
Argo Blockchain	-93.70%	-4,172.69%	-50.32%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Core Scientific and Argo Blockchain”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core Scientific	$575.23 million	3.46	N/A	N/A	N/A
Argo Blockchain	$50.56 million	1.47	-$35.03 million	($0.47)	-2.49

Core Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Argo Blockchain.

Summary

Core Scientific beats Argo Blockchain on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

About Argo Blockchain

Argo Blockchain plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies mining business worldwide. It engages in mining purpose-built computers for complex cryptographic algorithms. The company was formerly known as GoSun Blockchain Limited and changed its name to Argo Blockchain plc in December 2017. Argo Blockchain plc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.