Analyzing Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) and Hargreaves Lansdown (OTCMKTS:HRGLY)

Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) and Hargreaves Lansdown (OTCMKTS:HRGLY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Stronghold Digital Mining has a beta of 3, indicating that its share price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Stronghold Digital Mining and Hargreaves Lansdown, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	1	0	1	3.00
Hargreaves Lansdown	0	0	0	0	0.00

Stronghold Digital Mining currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.94%. Given Stronghold Digital Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stronghold Digital Mining is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Profitability

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and Hargreaves Lansdown’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stronghold Digital Mining	-11.21%	13.67%	3.59%
Hargreaves Lansdown	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and Hargreaves Lansdown”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stronghold Digital Mining	$79.53 million	0.61	-$71.40 million	($3.70)	-0.76
Hargreaves Lansdown	$776.11 million	N/A	$287.92 million	N/A	N/A

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Stronghold Digital Mining.

Summary

Stronghold Digital Mining beats Hargreaves Lansdown on 8 of the 11 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 Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown plc provides investment services for individuals and corporates in the United Kingdom and Poland. The company offers stocks and shares individual savings accounts (ISAs), fund and share accounts, and junior and lifetime ISAs. It also provides pension services, including self-invested personal pensions (SIPP), junior SIPPs, annuities, and drawdown; share dealing services; and fund dealing services. In addition, the company offers investment accounts; cash savings; accounts for children; and foreign currency exchange, retirement, and financial advisory services. Hargreaves Lansdown plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.