Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) and Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) Financial Analysis

Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) and Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Mawson Infrastructure Group and Monex Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mawson Infrastructure Group	0	1	1	0	2.50
Monex Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Mawson Infrastructure Group presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 68.07%. Given Mawson Infrastructure Group’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mawson Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Monex Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.9% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Monex Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mawson Infrastructure Group and Monex Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mawson Infrastructure Group	$43.57 million	0.45	-$60.42 million	($3.83)	-0.31
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.59	0.50

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

Profitability

This table compares Mawson Infrastructure Group and Monex Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mawson Infrastructure Group	-138.67%	-121.73%	-59.46%
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Monex Group beats Mawson Infrastructure Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mawson Infrastructure Group

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. develops and operates digital infrastructure for digital currency on the bitcoin blockchain network in the United States. It engages in digital currency or bitcoin self-mining, customer co-location and related services, and energy markets, as well as operates data center facilities. The company is based in Midland, Pennsylvania.

About Monex Group

Monex Group, Inc., an online financial institution, provides retail online brokerage services in Japan, the United States, China, and Australia. It offers international forex, asset management, investor education, M&A advisory, and cryptocurrency exchange services; investment and trading, and investment education services; asset building and management services; custodial trust service; private banking services for high net worth clients; investment advisory services; management and utilization services for genomic, medical, and healthcare data; and education and childcare services. In addition, it involved in development and operation of marketing SaaS ChatBook'; research and design, study, development, and consultation on cryptocurrency; and development of trading technology. The company was formerly known as Monex Beans Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Monex Group, Inc. in July 2008. Monex Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.