Critical Analysis: Prestige Wealth (NASDAQ:PWM) versus MARA (NASDAQ:MARA)

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and Prestige Wealth (NASDAQ:PWM) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for MARA and Prestige Wealth, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	1	5	4	0	2.30
Prestige Wealth	0	0	0	0	0.00

MARA currently has a consensus target price of $23.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.72%. Given MARA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than Prestige Wealth.

Profitability

This table compares MARA and Prestige Wealth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%
Prestige Wealth	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Prestige Wealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of MARA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MARA and Prestige Wealth”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MARA	$387.51 million	21.95	$261.17 million	$0.79	33.46
Prestige Wealth	$350,000.00	39.60	-$1.04 million	N/A	N/A

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Prestige Wealth.

Risk & Volatility

MARA has a beta of 5.63, indicating that its share price is 463% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prestige Wealth has a beta of 3.72, indicating that its share price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MARA beats Prestige Wealth on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MARA

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 Prestige Wealth

Prestige Wealth Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wealth management and asset management services. It assists its clients in identifying and purchasing wealth and asset management products. The company offers its services primarily for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, including business owners, executives, heirs of rich families, and other affluent individuals in Asia primarily in the mainland China or Hong Kong. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. Prestige Wealth Inc. is a subsidiary of Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited.