CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) & RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL) Critical Survey

RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

RocketFuel Blockchain has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.19, indicating that its share price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for RocketFuel Blockchain and CleanSpark, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RocketFuel Blockchain	0	0	0	0	N/A
CleanSpark	0	1	5	0	2.83

CleanSpark has a consensus price target of $21.42, suggesting a potential upside of 107.53%. Given CleanSpark’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than RocketFuel Blockchain.

Profitability

This table compares RocketFuel Blockchain and CleanSpark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RocketFuel Blockchain	N/A	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	-46.31%	-3.64%	-3.39%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.2% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CleanSpark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares RocketFuel Blockchain and CleanSpark”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RocketFuel Blockchain	$200,000.00	3.36	-$3.78 million	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	$168.41 million	15.51	-$136.59 million	N/A	N/A

RocketFuel Blockchain has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CleanSpark.

Summary

CleanSpark beats RocketFuel Blockchain on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About RocketFuel Blockchain

RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. provides payment and check-out systems for shoppers on e-commerce sites using cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and direct bank transfers. It also offers payout solutions, cross-border B2B transfer solutions, and other solutions, as well as invoicing and crypto payments services. The company has a strategic partnership with ACI Worldwide, Inc. to offer the cryptocurrency payment solution available to customers through ACI portals. RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.