Soluna (SLNH) vs. Its Rivals Financial Contrast

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) is one of 101 publicly-traded companies in the “Nondepository credit institutions” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Soluna to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Soluna and its competitors, 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	408	1583	2378	72	2.48

As a group, “Nondepository credit institutions” companies have a potential upside of 8.59%. Given Soluna’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Soluna has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Soluna and its competitors’ 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	-38.62%	-68.84%	-0.27%

Volatility and 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 competitors have a beta of 5.47, meaning that their average stock price is 447% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soluna	$21.07 million	-$29.20 million	-0.06
Soluna Competitors	$2.94 billion	$408.78 million	16.21

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Soluna shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of shares of all “Nondepository credit institutions” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Soluna competitors beat Soluna on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

About Soluna

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.