Financial Comparison: BTC Digital (NASDAQ:BTCT) versus Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and BTC Digital (NASDAQ:BTCT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Core Scientific and BTC Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core Scientific	$510.67 million	4.31	-$1.62 billion	($5.50)	-1.36
BTC Digital	$8.48 million	1.55	-$2.82 million	N/A	N/A

BTC Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.3% of BTC Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of BTC Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Core Scientific and BTC Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0	0	15	1	3.06
BTC Digital	0	0	0	0	0.00

Core Scientific presently has a consensus price target of $19.07, suggesting a potential upside of 154.90%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than BTC Digital.

Volatility and Risk

Core Scientific has a beta of 6.83, meaning that its share price is 583% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BTC Digital has a beta of 2.73, meaning that its share price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Core Scientific and BTC Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
BTC Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Core Scientific beats BTC Digital on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

About BTC Digital

BTC Digital Ltd. a crypto asset technology company engages in bitcoin mining business. It is also involved in mining machines resale and rental business. The company was formerly known as Meten Holding Group Ltd. and changed its name to BTC Digital Ltd. in August 2023. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.