Analyzing Binah Capital Group (NASDAQ:BCG) & Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)

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

Profitability

This table compares Binah Capital Group and Core Scientific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Binah Capital Group	-3.06%	-205.99%	-7.62%
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Binah Capital Group and Core Scientific, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Binah Capital Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Core Scientific	0	0	18	2	3.10

Core Scientific has a consensus price target of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 71.66%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Binah Capital Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

5.0% of Binah Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 83.0% of Binah Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Core Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Binah Capital Group and Core Scientific”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Binah Capital Group	$172.37 million	0.23	$570,000.00	($0.12)	-20.21
Core Scientific	$410.91 million	7.74	-$1.50 billion	($5.03)	-2.12

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

Risk & Volatility

Binah Capital Group has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Scientific has a beta of 6.66, meaning that its share price is 566% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Core Scientific beats Binah Capital Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Binah Capital Group

Binah Capital Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the wealth management industry. The company provides access to stock, bond, exchange-traded fund, and options execution services; and research, compliance, supervision, and accounting and related services for financial advisors. It also offers mutual funds and insurance products, as well as alternative investments, such as non-traded real estate investment trusts, unit trusts, and fixed and variable annuities. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Albany, New York. Binah Capital Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MHC Securities, LLC.

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.