Comparing Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) & Lion Group (NASDAQ:LGHL)

Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Lion Group (NASDAQ:LGHL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cleanspark and Lion Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cleanspark	$766.31 million	4.49	$364.46 million	$1.11	12.12
Lion Group	$21.09 million	0.00	-$27.45 million	N/A	N/A

Cleanspark has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Group.

Risk and Volatility

Cleanspark has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its stock price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Group has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Cleanspark and Lion Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleanspark	1	1	12	1	2.87
Lion Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Cleanspark currently has a consensus target price of $22.98, indicating a potential upside of 70.86%. Given Cleanspark’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Lion Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Lion Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cleanspark and Lion Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleanspark	47.56%	11.42%	8.02%
Lion Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Cleanspark beats Lion Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cleanspark

CleanSpark, Inc. operates as a bitcoin miner in the Americas. It owns and operates data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Its infrastructure supports Bitcoin, a digital commodity and a tool for financial independence and inclusion. The company was formerly known as Stratean Inc. and changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. in November 2016. CleanSpark, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.

About Lion Group

Lion Group Holding Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates a trading platform for corporate clients, individual traders, and retail investors primarily in the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia. Its trading platform offers a range of products and services comprising contracts for difference trading, over-the-counter stock options trading, futures and securities brokerage, and total return swap trading services through its Lion Brokers Pro app platform. The company's trading platform allows users to trade various futures products on futures exchanges worldwide, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Singapore Exchange, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and Eurex Exchange; stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and the People's Republic of China stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange that are eligible for the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs. It markets its products mainly through search engines, social media, app stores, and third-party websites. Lion Group Holding Ltd. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.