Head-To-Head Survey: Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK)

Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Sentage and CleanSpark, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sentage	0	0	0	0	N/A
CleanSpark	0	1	5	0	2.83

CleanSpark has a consensus target price of $19.30, suggesting a potential upside of 72.94%. Given CleanSpark’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than Sentage.

Volatility & Risk

Sentage has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.21, suggesting that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sentage and CleanSpark’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sentage	$146,554.00	41.92	-$1.90 million	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	$284.99 million	8.92	-$136.59 million	N/A	N/A

Sentage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CleanSpark.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Sentage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of CleanSpark shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.4% of Sentage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of CleanSpark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sentage and CleanSpark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sentage	N/A	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	22.41%	-6.30%	-5.81%

Summary

CleanSpark beats Sentage on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sentage

Sentage Holdings Inc. provides a range of financial services. The company offers consumer loan repayment and collection management, loan recommendation, and prepaid payment network services in China. It also provides consultancy and information technology support services. Sentage Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

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.