HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) and Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) Critical Survey

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HIVE Digital Technologies	-12.04%	-10.78%	-8.97%
Mercurity Fintech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.4, suggesting that its stock price is 240% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercurity Fintech has a beta of 3.42, suggesting that its stock price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by institutional investors. 62.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by company 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and Mercurity Fintech”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HIVE Digital Technologies	$124.87 million	4.09	-$51.21 million	($0.14)	-27.57
Mercurity Fintech	$450,000.00	875.81	-$9.36 million	N/A	N/A

Mercurity Fintech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for HIVE Digital Technologies and Mercurity Fintech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HIVE Digital Technologies	0	0	5	1	3.17
Mercurity Fintech	0	0	0	0	0.00

HIVE Digital Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $7.40, suggesting a potential upside of 91.71%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.

Summary

Mercurity Fintech beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Mercurity Fintech

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. operates as a fintech company powered by blockchain. The company provides digital asset trading infrastructure solutions based on internet and blockchain technologies for cryptocurrency traders; and asset digitalization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitalization solutions for traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, bonds, and precious metals. It also offers cryptocurrency mining services that provides computing power to the mining pool; and digital consultation services, such as digital payment solutions, asset management, and online and traditional brokerage services. The company was formerly known as JMU Limited and changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.