Head to Head Contrast: Soluna (SLNH) & Its Peers

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) is one of 103 public companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Soluna to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Soluna and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Soluna	0	0	0	0	N/A
Soluna Competitors	425	1595	2392	72	2.47

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 3.33%. Given Soluna’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Soluna has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Soluna shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Soluna and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soluna	$21.07 million	-$29.20 million	-0.09
Soluna Competitors	$2.73 billion	$393.99 million	15.82

Soluna’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Soluna and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soluna	-138.62%	-47.43%	-28.17%
Soluna Competitors	-102.94%	-69.45%	-20.25%

Volatility & Risk

Soluna has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna’s rivals have a beta of 5.39, meaning that their average stock price is 439% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Soluna rivals beat Soluna on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

Soluna Company Profile

Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. The company operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. It also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.