Reviewing Vontier (NYSE:VNT) and Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF)

Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vontier shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Bitfarms and Vontier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitfarms	-48.26%	-4.48%	-3.71%
Vontier	13.20%	39.25%	10.83%

Risk & Volatility

Bitfarms has a beta of 3.81, meaning that its share price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Bitfarms and Vontier, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitfarms	1	1	7	0	2.67
Vontier	1	2	7	0	2.60

Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.04, indicating a potential upside of 83.71%. Vontier has a consensus price target of $47.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Bitfarms’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Vontier.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bitfarms and Vontier”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitfarms	$192.88 million	6.86	-$138.36 million	($0.23)	-9.57
Vontier	$3.08 billion	1.88	$406.10 million	$2.76	14.82

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

Summary

Vontier beats Bitfarms on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitfarms

Bitfarms Ltd. engages in the mining of cryptocurrency coins and tokens in Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina. It owns and operates server farms that primarily validates transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and earning cryptocurrency from block rewards and transaction fees. The company also provides electrician services to commercial and residential customers in Quebec, Canada. It also undertakes hosting of third-party mining hardware. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Vontier

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing. The Repair Solutions segment manufactures and distributes vehicle repair tools, toolboxes, automotive diagnostic equipment and software through mobile franchise network. The Environmental and Fueling Solutions segment offers environmental, fueling hardware, software, and aftermarket solutions for fueling infrastructures. It also offers a range of solutions, including environmental sensors; fueling equipment; field payment hardware; point-of sale, workflow, and monitoring software; vehicle tracking and fleet management; software solutions for EV charging; and vehicle mechanics, and technicians equipment. The company markets its products and services to retail and commercial fueling, convenience store, and car wash operators; commercial vehicle repair businesses, fleet owners/operators and electric vehicle charging network operators, as well as direct sales personnel and independent distributors. It serves customers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Vontier Corporation was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.