Head to Head Analysis: Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and eBullion (OTCMKTS:EBML)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Marathon Digital and eBullion, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marathon Digital	1	4	4	0	2.33
eBullion	0	0	0	0	N/A

Marathon Digital presently has a consensus target price of $19.79, indicating a potential upside of 15.99%. Given Marathon Digital’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than eBullion.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Marathon Digital shares are owned 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.

Volatility and Risk

Marathon Digital has a beta of 5.5, indicating that its stock price is 450% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBullion has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Marathon Digital and eBullion”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Digital	$387.51 million	12.96	$261.17 million	$1.56	10.94
eBullion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than eBullion.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marathon Digital	62.57%	-5.15%	-4.23%
eBullion	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Marathon Digital beats eBullion on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Marathon Digital

MARA 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 Digital Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to MARA Holdings, Inc. in August 2024. MARA Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About eBullion

eBullion, Inc. provides precious metals spot contract trading services for gold and silver trading through electronic trading platform located in Hong Kong. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.