HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE – Get Free Report) and NU (NYSE:NU – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.22 |
| NU | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.40 |
HIVE Digital Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $7.58, indicating a potential upside of 167.96%. NU has a consensus price target of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than NU.
Profitability
This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and NU’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | -12.04% | -10.78% | -8.97% |
| NU | 16.28% | 28.70% | 4.41% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and NU”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | $114.46 million | 3.66 | -$51.21 million | ($0.14) | -20.21 |
| NU | $8.03 billion | 8.16 | $1.03 billion | $0.36 | 38.18 |
NU has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NU beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About HIVE Digital Technologies
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland. The company engages in the mining and sale of digital currencies, including Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin, and other coins. It also operates data centers; and offers infrastructure solutions. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About NU
Nu Holdings Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of digital banking services. The company was founded by David Vélez Osorno, Cristina Helena Zingaretti Junqueira, and Adam Edward Wible on February 26, 2016 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.
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