Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) vs. Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) Financial Contrast

Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Cleanspark and Thryv, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleanspark	2	0	14	1	2.82
Thryv	1	4	2	0	2.14

Cleanspark presently has a consensus target price of $23.11, indicating a potential upside of 181.79%. Thryv has a consensus target price of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 560.00%. Given Thryv’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Thryv is more favorable than Cleanspark.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Thryv shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Thryv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cleanspark and Thryv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleanspark	-146.90%	-18.63%	-8.15%
Thryv	-2.27%	-7.36%	-2.36%

Risk and Volatility

Cleanspark has a beta of 3.84, indicating that its stock price is 284% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thryv has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cleanspark and Thryv”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cleanspark	$766.31 million	2.75	$364.46 million	($3.77)	-2.18
Thryv	$785.02 million	0.07	$310,000.00	($0.37)	-3.38

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

Summary

Thryv beats Cleanspark on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Thryv

Thryv Holdings, Inc. provides digital marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the small-to-medium sized businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Thryv U.S. Marketing Services, Thryv U.S. SaaS, Thryv International Marketing Services, and Thryv International SaaS. The company provides print yellow pages, internet yellow pages, and search engine marketing; and other digital media solutions, such as online display and social advertising, online presence and video, and search engine optimization tools. It also offers command center that enables SMBs to centralize all their communication through a modular, expandable, and customizable platform; and business center, a SMB end-to-end customer experience platform, which offers customer relationship management, appointment scheduling, estimate and invoice creation, payments, document management, social media content, and online review management. In addition, the company provides marketing center, a marketing and advertising platform for AutoID, enhanced online presence, omni-channel paid campaigns, and marketing tools; Thryv Add-ons provides AI-assisted website development, SEO tools, google business profile optimization, and Hub by Thryv; and ThryvPay, a payment solution that allows users to get paid via credit card and ACH. The company was formerly known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc. Thryv Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in DFW Airport, Texas.