Financial Comparison: Hargreaves Lansdown (OTCMKTS:HRGLY) & Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG)

Hargreaves Lansdown (OTCMKTS:HRGLY) and Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Hargreaves Lansdown and Stronghold Digital Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	0	0	0	0	0.00
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	1	0	1	3.00

Stronghold Digital Mining has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.94%. Given Stronghold Digital Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stronghold Digital Mining is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Volatility and Risk

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Stronghold Digital Mining has a beta of 3, indicating that its stock price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Hargreaves Lansdown and Stronghold Digital Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stronghold Digital Mining	-11.21%	13.67%	3.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hargreaves Lansdown and Stronghold Digital Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hargreaves Lansdown	$776.11 million	N/A	$287.92 million	N/A	N/A
Stronghold Digital Mining	$79.53 million	0.61	-$71.40 million	($3.70)	-0.76

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Stronghold Digital Mining.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.3% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stronghold Digital Mining beats Hargreaves Lansdown on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown plc provides investment services for individuals and corporates in the United Kingdom and Poland. The company offers stocks and shares individual savings accounts (ISAs), fund and share accounts, and junior and lifetime ISAs. It also provides pension services, including self-invested personal pensions (SIPP), junior SIPPs, annuities, and drawdown; share dealing services; and fund dealing services. In addition, the company offers investment accounts; cash savings; accounts for children; and foreign currency exchange, retirement, and financial advisory services. Hargreaves Lansdown plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

About Stronghold Digital Mining

Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., a crypto asset mining company, focuses on Bitcoin mining in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy Operations and Cryptocurrency Operations. It also owns and operates coal refuse power generation facilities; and provides environmental remediation and reclamation services. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.