Head-To-Head Review: Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) & Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG)

Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) and Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and Perella Weinberg Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stronghold Digital Mining	-7.61%	40.15%	12.99%
Perella Weinberg Partners	-15.75%	56.85%	11.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Stronghold Digital Mining and Perella Weinberg Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
Perella Weinberg Partners	1	0	2	0	2.33

Stronghold Digital Mining presently has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Perella Weinberg Partners has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.49%. Given Stronghold Digital Mining’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stronghold Digital Mining is more favorable than Perella Weinberg Partners.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 47.5% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Stronghold Digital Mining has a beta of 2.79, meaning that its share price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and Perella Weinberg Partners’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stronghold Digital Mining	$86.09 million	0.86	-$71.40 million	($4.72)	-1.02
Perella Weinberg Partners	$725.81 million	2.54	-$17.22 million	($1.86)	-10.51

Perella Weinberg Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Stronghold Digital Mining. Perella Weinberg Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stronghold Digital Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Perella Weinberg Partners beats Stronghold Digital Mining on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stronghold Digital Mining

Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., a crypto asset mining company, focuses on Bitcoin mining in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy Operations and Cryptocurrency Operations. It also owns and operates coal refuse power generation facilities; and provides environmental remediation and reclamation services. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Perella Weinberg Partners

Perella Weinberg Partners, an independent investment banking company, provides strategic and financial advice services in the United States and internationally. The company offers advisory services related to strategic and financial decisions, mergers and acquisition execution, shareholder and defense advisory, and financing and capital solutions advice with resources focused on restructuring, liability management, and capital markets advisory, as well as underwriting and research services primarily for the energy and related industries. It serves public multinational corporations, mid-sized public and private companies, financial sponsors, individual entrepreneurs, private and institutional investors, creditor committees, and government institutions in consumer and retail; energy and energy transition; financial services and FinTech; healthcare; industrials and infrastructure; and technology, telecommunication, and media industries. Perella Weinberg Partners is headquartered in New York, New York.