MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and zSpace (NASDAQ:ZSPC) Financial Survey

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and zSpace (NASDAQ:ZSPC) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for MARA and zSpace, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	3	1	8	0	2.42
zSpace	1	2	0	0	1.67

MARA presently has a consensus price target of $19.10, indicating a potential upside of 153.65%. zSpace has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 68,081.82%. Given zSpace’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe zSpace is more favorable than MARA.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of zSpace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MARA and zSpace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	-429.71%	-26.05%	-12.73%
zSpace	-91.13%	N/A	-236.00%

Risk and Volatility

MARA has a beta of 5.33, meaning that its share price is 433% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, zSpace has a beta of -1.44, meaning that its share price is 244% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MARA and zSpace”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MARA	$907.09 million	3.21	-$1.31 billion	($9.16)	-0.82
zSpace	$27.86 million	0.15	-$25.39 million	($16.94)	-0.01

zSpace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MARA. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than zSpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

MARA beats zSpace on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MARA

MARA Holdings, Inc. operates as a digital asset technology company that mines digital assets with a focus on the bitcoin ecosystem in United States. The company was formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to MARA Holdings, Inc. in August 2024. MARA Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About zSpace

zSpace Technologies, Inc. is a provider of commercial augmented reality and virtual reality technology principally in the education market. The Company offers differentiated hardware along with learning software modules for K-12 science, technology, engineering, game design and mathematics applications, as well as workforce-oriented career and technical education applications. zSpace Technologies Inc. is based in SAN JOSE, Calif.